Daniel Malito

Living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as you all know, is a constant test. A gauntlet that must be run on a daily basis that takes years to learn how to...

I think we need to come up with a new slogan for rheumatoid arthritis and chronic illness, and the way I’m feeling lately makes me think that the perfect one...

That old familiar feeling. Those of us who have been living with RA for a while know what it feels like when the illness flares up. Whether you have been...

“Yes, but...” These 2 small words seem inconsequential, but for anyone living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic illness, they are part of one of the most important phrases you...

Many times, if you ask someone with rheumatoid arthritis, or really any chronic illness, what it feels like to live with this wretched disease, they will tell you some version...

You know, we talk a lot about relationships and chronic illness, and how easily RA can make them more complicated and even ruin them. It happens — there’s no point...

I have been lucky thus far. The pain pill issues and the war this country is waging on pain patients has only touched me somewhat — with pill shortages here...

Well, it finally happened. Despite all precautions taken and warnings observed, I am now unclean! That's right, just shy of 4 years, I have now officially joined the ranks of...

Isolation. Loneliness. Separation. All of these basically have the same meaning to the “man on the street,” “Jane Q. Public,” and the laymen out there, but to those of us...

Guess what? Chronically ill and disabled people have lives. Gasp! It’s true! We drink milk and we date, and we stub our toes at night and curse the very universe...

Let me ask you this question. Do you know someone who is perfect? I mean, absolutely perfect; Never gives a wrong answer, never guesses wrong, never slacks off at work...

It’s not you, it’s me. We’ve all heard that before – usually when breaking up with someone or being broken up with. I realized recently that it applies to living...

Fatigue. We've all experienced it; in fact, it's one of the hardest parts to deal with when you are living with RA and chronic illness. Why is it such a...

Surgery – a necessary part of living with RA, unfortunately, and a major event in a patient’s life. Since this is part 2 of a 2-part series on preparing for...

Surgery. For many of us with rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic illnesses, surgery is as much a part of life as fatigue or blood tests or having to make a...

Finding someone. Dating. Relationships. When you have rheumatoid arthritis or any chronic illness, being in a relationship comes with extra challenges. If there’s anything relationships don’t need – it’s more...

Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most enigmatic chronic illnesses out there; dealing with it daily is a herculean feat. Fatigue, pain, general malaise, depression – the list of symptoms...