One in a hundred people are affected by rheumatoid arthritis, women are three times more likely to get it than men and it can strike people of any age.
Jenni is joined by Susan Oliver, Chair of the Royal College of Nursing Rheumatology Forum, and author Alice Peterson. Alice was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 18, ruining her planned career as a tennis player.
Alice Peterson's debut novel, Look the World in the Eye, is published by Transworld in September 2005, ISBN 055277300
