"But You Don't Look Sick!" Living With Invisible RA Symptoms

About three months after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, I realized that I was more tired than I had ever been in my life. I was tired of my joints...

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis is often a subtle masquerade of appearances: a smile when one is in pain, the forced buoyancy of energy when one is exhausted, the illusion of...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a complicated condition that the vast majority of people are either unaware of or misinformed about. While it’s impossible for anyone to truly understand what it’s like...

People who meet me for the first time are usually quite surprised to find out at some later point that I’m a cyborg – a term that I think my...

If you have RA or a similar chronic illness, such as fibromyalgia, lupus, Crohn's disease, diabetes, and the list goes on and on -- you've probably heard the term "invisible...

Those of us who have rheumatoid arthritis tend to be quite familiar with the standard laundry list of symptoms associated with this condition, like pain, joint swelling, and fatigue. Living...