For those of you in the Tucson area, there will be a FREE educational seminar on Fibromyalgia next week from 5:30 - 7pm on Thursday, June 26. The seminar will include the latest news and approaches in treating Fibromyalgia, including a question and answer session.

The seminar will be held at the Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell, Tucson, AZ, 85724. For more information, call 520-917-7070.

This is part of the Arthritis Foundation Greater Southwest Chapter's Live and Learn Series designed to help those who live with arthritis, take control.

Over the weekend, my mother casually stated that her arthritis has been bothering her. "What arthritis?" I asked her.

My mother is a very active woman just months away from her 80th birthday. She tries to walk 10,000 steps every day (we once calculated that to be a little over 2 miles for her). She has done 5-10Ks, knits lovely things for people and has beautiful hands with long tapered fingers. When she showed me her fingers, I was shocked that I had not noticed, before, that her knuckles were slightly deformed.