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As yet undiagnosed autoimmune disease

Hello all, I’ve struggled for nearly 10 years with symptoms that always seem to be related to RA. My bloods never show it or any other autoimmune disease according to...

Traveling with rheumatoid arthritis

Share your tips on traveling via plane or even road trips. It's been awhile since I've traveled overseas internationally so any advice would be awesome as I feel like a...

Progression of RA

I was diagnosed a couple of yrs ago, but im sure it started a couple of yrs before diagnoses!! Started in my thumbs where it felt like my ligaments and...

Multiple Problems Making Diagnosis (and Life) Difficult

I was diagnosed six years ago with no less than nine autoimmune disorders, the most serious of which are RA, limited systemic sclerosis, Sjögren syndrome, and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. My...

Hands

Things I can hardly do with my RA hands. Open a bottle, large or small, open the tab on a soda, scratch an itch on my shoulders or anywhere. I...

Hands really hurting

I used my hands to much yesterday at work using a chain saw so now the pain meds dont seem to be doing any good I stayed home to rest...

Bubble life

So, just got my rx for Leflunomide 20mg. And the things it says about infection risk are startling. The paperwork says to avoid cuts & injuries -even goes so far...

Does Ice or hear help

I’m very newly diagnosed. I have so many questions, but I guess, my first question is. Does ice or heat help manage the pain or swelling...

Am I supposed to hurt and be stiff all day every day?

I’m on humira, levothyroxine ( Graves Disease too), and heart meds. I also have spinal stenosis. My rheumatologist says I will be in some pain and my joints pain/stiffness will...

Post surgical flare

In the past eight months I’ve had two major surgeries. The end of August I had a complete right knee replacement, it went very well, but I was taken off...

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