Thank You for Taking Our Survey!We appreciate you taking the time to answer all of our questions. Your responses will help us better understand life with rheumatoid...reactionscomments
Going Back to Biweekly Humira ShotsI thought I could handle just doing one Humira shot a month. I thought I could make myself less vulnerable to the...reactions7comments
How Much Self-Care Is Enough?Some days it feels like I spend the majority of my time on body maintenance. Although it may be regular chronic condition...reactions6comments
Positivity and ReinventionHealthUnion has a great podcast called Living With. It features many of the fascinating people who contribute articles and moderate our communities...reactions5comments
Painsomnia: Physical and Emotional"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in...reactions15comments
Disability Denial and Rheumatoid ArthritisDo you ever wonder why being declared disabled while having rheumatoid arthritis seems almost impossible? I know I have. Oh, and to be...reactions14comments
The Symptom Match GameDo you ever feel like trying to match your symptoms to causality and treatment is a game? Someone has taken the ordered...reactions17comments
4 Adaptive Kitchen Tools and Tips for RAWorking and cooking in the kitchen with RA can be a bit frustrating sometimes. That’s because pain, stiffness, and swelling in the...reactions20comments
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fatigue, and GuiltToday, I woke up at 10:45 am. Then I woke up again at 11:20 am. Then I also woke up again at...reactions32comments
Thinking Temporally with Rheumatoid ArthritisTime is a construct. It is malleable and flexible and at the same time, very exacting and rigid. That’s been made ever...reactions1comment
Community Shares: The Painful Reality of ShinglesWe asked our community of patient leaders to share about their shingles experiences. What topped the list of challenges when dealing with...reactions22comments
Decluttering the Emotions of RAWe all know that along with the physical demands that come with a chronic disease, there are mental/emotional demands as well. I...reactions3comments
Pain Is Part of the Road"We live in a culture that only wants to talk about what's going well. Anything that's not going well is positioned as...reactions5comments
Blaming the BodyDuring a recent yoga class, the teacher asked us to thank our body and all its parts for what it had helped...reactions12comments
Humira Denial: Continuing Insurance WoesI received a particularly nasty letter in the mail earlier this month from my insurance company that spelled particularly disastrous news. It...reactions8comments
Community Shares: Did Your Doctor Talk to You About Shingles?For many people, a shingles diagnosis will come as a painful surprise. But about 1 out of every 3 people in the...reactionscomments
When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe YouHave you ever had the experience of telling your doctor about a symptom or side effect and feeling ignored, challenged, or not...reactions8comments
Another Diagnosis? Really?We are all aware that rheumatoid arthritis can bring along ”friends” such as Sjogren’s, fibromyalgia, diabetes, etc. However, we sometimes forget that...reactions8comments
Pandemic Lifestyle Changes Have Benefited My RAThere are certain tasks in life, things I both love to do and despise, that are compounded by challenges and changes because...reactions5comments
Test Your RA Knowledge 2022As part of Arthritis Awareness Month, we want to raise awareness about the wide spectrum living with RA can bring. Take the...reactions6comments
