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Who We Are

Okay, here's the deal. There is no huge company behind Arthritis Insight. No CEO, no secretary, no janitor. It's just us, Tina and Kim, two housewives in Ohio who are running AI while cooking dinner, doing laundry and helping with homework.

Sit back, relax and I'll tell you a little story about how it all came about.

One sad August day I found out that I had rheumatoid arthritis. I was young, I had small children to raise! How could this happen to me? I first turned towards my local Arthritis Foundation for help. I needed to learn everything I could about the disease and I wanted to get in touch with others my age who were dealing with it. 

Unfortunately, my local AF wasn't much help. There were no evening groups I could join and I couldn't go during the day, I was working. I wasn't able to find the support and info I craved so I turned to the internet. WOW! I found a gajillion websites about arthritis. I learned so much, I had NO idea Emu's had arthritis curing oil!

Once I weeded through the quack sites and quick cures I found a good group of websites that I could turn to when I needed to, but I still didn't find what I really needed. I wanted it all in once place. Easy to read, accurate information and areas where I could find others for support. Hmmm, I thought, maybe I can create one myself!

Off to the library I went and came home with HTML for Dummies. Taught myself how to write a webpage and created the ugliest website you ever did see! My good friend Kimmy McCarthy said, "PLEASE let me make you some graphics for that site. It's sooo ugly!" And then my website was useful and pretty too! Soon Kimmy became much more than the designer! She became my right hand and became involved in all aspects of the site.

That was 8 years ago. The site name has changed thru the years, and the people involved have changed but some things remain the same. It is still the best place on the web to find arthritis information and support. And it's still run by a gimp and her friend from their kitchens in Ohio.

Tina Underwood