Moving from Goals to Intentions in 2020For a number of years I’ve done well with setting and tracking health-related goals. (See previous articles: 2014 Goals, 2015 Goals, 2016 Goals, 2017 Goals, 2018...reactions2comments
Who Steals a Wheelchair Cab?!It was raining and I was exhausted when I arrived into my home station on the train and discovered that my wheelchair...reactions11comments
It's January... Now What?We survived the holidays!! We even had fun, because we planned ahead. Now it’s January. The landscape is barren, white or grey...reactions13comments
Voting Makes SenseI am not an athlete. I wish I were, so I could run and defeat RA like many of our warriors. I...reactionscomments
Falling into Winter with RAIt’s “winter” here in Florida. Of course, I use quotation marks around that because it doesn’t really get that cold where I...reactions7comments
Tips on Coping with Holidays and Family EventsI’m a little late with this article, but I feel like this group will forgive me!! Honestly, when do we not have...reactions1comment
HolidachesI have always looked forward to the holiday season. Out of all the holidays, Christmas has always been my absolute favorite. Celebrating...reactions2comments
How Not to Cope with Rheumatoid ArthritisLately, people have been asking a lot how I cope with RA and the host of adorable secondary conditions that come with...reactions91comments
Learn to Speak DoctorMy husband and I were waiting for the train to Berlin’s central station when a group of young Asians exited the escalator...reactionscomments
Starting Over...AgainI knew that with our recent move from VT to VA, I would be facing the inevitable switch from my various medical...reactionscomments
Legit BeatDenial is a powerful coping mechanism. Sometimes the depth of a tragedy is too much to bear, and denial allows us to...reactions33comments
Flares, Uncertainty, and RAI will never forget the first RA flare I had. It was a warm summer morning in May, and I had just...reactions1comment
Why Thanksgiving Is My Favorite HolidayThere’s something so special about Thanksgiving. Like many holidays, we have the special foods and hopefully quality time with people that we...reactions4comments
Face to FaceA positive self-image is challenging under the best of circumstance, but when you have a disease like RA, self-image takes a hit...reactions10comments
Stuff HappensI got some really surprising health advice from one of my doctors recently: “Don’t rush to the doctor. Sometimes stuff just happens.”...reactions5comments
A Bout of Three CavitiesRecently, I had a routine dentist appointment that went a little awry. For the past 22 years, I have had a pretty...reactions24comments
The Case for Doing Nothing“The trouble with people nowadays is they don't know how to do nothing.” ―Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head, 1961 I recently read...reactions18comments
Riding the Waves of the Continuum of Coping!Receiving a rheumatoid arthritis/disease diagnosis tosses you into an ocean full of questions, doubts, fears, and my favorite: coping! Coping with RA/RD...reactions6comments
Just When I Thought I Was Out...It looks like, come November, I will be back into the full swing of RA. Again. A new surgery to fix my...reactions13comments
Let's Party! Lessons on RA from Ina GartenI am not ashamed to admit that I LOVE cooking shows. Ever since I was a little kid, hungrily watching The Galloping...reactions16comments
