This San Antonio woman is the first in Texas to receive new rheumatoid arthritis implant
For nearly four decades, San Antonio resident Susan Perry struggled to manage the chronic pain from her rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s tissues and joints.
Perry, now 69, was diagnosed in her early 30s and cycled through over a dozen medications, trying to balance finding relief and managing the side effects from the drugs. At its worst, the chronic inflammation made falling asleep challenging, and Perry required a stool to sit on while volunteering at her church’s kitchen in the Crownridge area just north of Six Flags.