There was no recovery process to speak of in a traditional sense. Since this is a chronic condition, I’ve just simply gotten used to the aches and pains over the years. I really didn’t start to feel any different until a few weeks ago, when I realized I had forgotten to take my pain and arthritis mediciation, but I wasn’t having any pain that day. I went off it and I haven’t had to go back on it. My joints all feel noticeably better, there’s basically no pain anymore when I walk. I’d have some days like this before but nothing this long sustained before.

It’s too early to tell but my doctors think that with a sustained factor level, my body isn’t under as much stress from the bleeding all the time and can focus on repairing the damage caused from a lifetime of near constant bleeding.