Living
The diagnosis of a degenerative illness puts the world into perspective. It brings an immediacy to one’s mortality that few …
Denial is a powerful coping mechanism. Sometimes the depth of a tragedy is too much to bear, and denial allows …
Ok, so I know what you are thinking….this woman is crazy to suggest dancing to people who live with joint …
I will never forget the first RA flare I had. It was a warm summer morning in May, and I …
There’s something so special about Thanksgiving. Like many holidays, we have the special foods and hopefully quality time with people …
A positive self-image is challenging under the best of circumstance, but when you have a disease like RA, self-image takes …
In August, I did the first injection of my ninth biologic–Kevzara (sarilumab). Technically, it’s my 10th biologic since the fall …
I’ve spoken in the past about how spontaneity was a result of my RA. Before this autoimmune reared its ugly …
As Thanksgiving approaches, I am reflecting on all I am grateful for, as pertains to my life in general and …
I got some really surprising health advice from one of my doctors recently: “Don’t rush to the doctor. Sometimes stuff …
I was speaking to someone earlier this week and somehow we ended up at a place talking about how it …
Recently, I had a routine dentist appointment that went a little awry. For the past 22 years, I have had …
“There is this neat embassy open house this weekend.” (How long do I have to stand?) “There is this awesome …
I spent 10 years in the Chicago area and I do NOT miss the snow, bitter cold and ice! I …
“The trouble with people nowadays is they don’t know how to do nothing.” ―Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head, 1961 I …
There are a million and one ways that you can be helpful to a friend that is having a tough …
People always ask how I’m doing, and for a while I’d say “Great!” or “Fine!” or even “Super-de-duper awesome and …
Receiving a rheumatoid arthritis/disease diagnosis tosses you into an ocean full of questions, doubts, fears, and my favorite: coping! Coping …
Rheumatoid arthritis requires a lot of stamina. Day after day, pain comes along for the ride. So does the fatigue …
Virginia Woolf once asserted in her famous novel Orlando that we all probably live about 2052 lives. Quite an arbitrary …
