Active todayIf Someone Told Me __ About My RA, I Would Not Have Believed It. We posed this question to our community earlier this year. Some responses were: *"The amount of medication and how often I would go to a doctor appointment." *How bad finding...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesAwareness
Active 5 days agoWill you take our In America survey & help others understand life with RA?Take survery: https://bit.ly/3Xs1bda *Update* The survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest. What makes RA so difficult, amongst other reasons, is the lack of awareness and growing misinformation...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesAwareness
RA, Graves Disease, heart valve issues After being diagnosed with RA about 15 years ago, the “hits just keep on coming “. Next it was Fibromyalgia, then started losing teeth. Following that, I was diagnosed with...Reactions 0 reactions Comments10 repliesProgressionFlares & Flare ManagementAwareness
Mental Health and RAI want to start a discussion about mental health and RA. It is so important for us to be mentally healthy. I would like to know how some of the...Reactions 0 reactions Comments13 repliesNewly DiagnosedAwarenessDepression
Effects of Covid vaccines on our RA ...Hi, New tho this site because looking for feedback from fellow RA sufferers with regards to after effects of Covid vaccine on your RA. I have had three vaccines and...Reactions 0 reactions Comments10 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementAwarenessCoping
Adverse side effects of methotrexate Has anyone had any adverse side effects to methotrexate. I got the flu and according to the doctors the methotrexate wasn’t working to fight off any infection and I got...Reactions 0 reactions Comments36 repliesTreatmentAwarenessSide Effects
arthritic fingersI am seventy and for a couple of years experienced sharp pains lasting a second in my finger joints, they come on from nowhere some times and other times when...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesAwareness
Neurological Flare?I am sero positive RA, undifferentiated connective tissue dz, trigeminal neuralgia, small fiber neuropathy are my main diagnosis. Two weeks ago, after a weekend of gardening, I went to bed...Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementBrain FogAwareness
What treatment do you recommend for facial rashes?I always know when I’m about to experience a severe flare up with my RA because I get a red butterfly rash on my face. It itches, burns and occasionally...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesAwarenessComorbidities
RA Blood Tests for Immflamation I am a woman 53 years old with seronegative RA and my PCP doctor said the high normal end of SED rate for a female over 50 is 30. I...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesTreatmentAwareness
