Finding the Holiday Spirit with RASometimes it’s hard to get in the holiday spirit when you’re achy and stiff from rheumatoid arthritis. I admit that this year...reactions1comment
Can a Blood Test Predict Treatment Response in RA?A recent study suggests that laboratory tests may be helpful in predicting which patients with rheumatoid arthritis will respond to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic...reactions5comments
Working Through the Night When You Have Rheumatoid ArthritisLately, I’ve had a few work and personal deadlines that I’ve had to meet, some that required working into the night —...reactions2comments
The 1918 Pandemic: Lessons Not Learned?I read a terrific book recently titled The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John Barry. It was...reactions2comments
Symptoms and Diagnosis: RA Tells a Complex StoryThis May, we are raising awareness about rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during Arthritis Awareness Month. RA tells a different story for everyone living...reactionscomments
Wobble BobbleWe recently adopted a scary-smart dog. She picks up on the subtlest of cues and knows what’s what. She doesn’t stay distracted...reactions14comments
Time Passing Me By - Kids and RA?"Passing Me By". It’s a song by The Pharcyde from back in the day, but it’s also something that’s been on my...reactions14comments
Monica’s Tips for Handling MorningsI’ve never been a morning person. For that matter, I’ve never been a night owl either. I guess I am an all-around...reactions35comments
In An Instant I Was 100January 2018 I awoke with a shoulder that hurt so badly I was certain it was a knife stuck in it. Left...reactions3comments
Using Daily Goals to Feel Accomplished On Your Worst DaysThe feeling of accomplishment is very powerful. No matter if it’s an A on a test, planting a garden, running a marathon...reactions5comments
What You Don't SeeThis spring, I noticed a “what you don’t see – chronic illness version” tag on social media. People re-shared a selfie and...reactions16comments
Take the Chronic Dry Eye In America Survey!*Update: As of Wednesday, April 28, 2021, the Chronic Dry Eye In America survey is now closed and will not be reopened...reactions1comment
Springtime and Renewal During the Continued PandemicThirteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, how are you doing? Although people are getting vaccinated at an impressive rate around the country...reactions7comments
There’s Got to Be a Better Way to Buy WheelchairsHonestly, it’s only gotten worse during the about 30 years that I’ve needed a wheelchair. It keeps getting harder, more crooked (as...reactions13comments
Take the Allergies In America Survey! (CLOSED)The Allergies In America survey is now closed! More than 50 million Americans are living with allergies. Allergens can take shape in...reactions1comment
Tiny Toys Are Not Joint-Friendly (And Other Parenting Qualms)“Mommy, can you open this?”, my 3 and a half-year-old requests, moving a teeny tiny toy into my vision. “I’ll try, bud,”...reactions4comments
Working to Get Through the Pandemic IntactAs rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, we constantly have to cope with the disease wearing at our joints and the damage that can...reactions3comments
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Fun-sucker, Professional Ruiner of ThingsLately, I’ve been feeling like my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been stopping me at every turn. Like a hockey goalie who drank...reactions14comments
24 Hours Without RARheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the BFF none of us want. This disease sticks to us like glue, never leaves us alone, and...reactions36comments
Ignoring Symptoms as DenialThis is a topic that I'm intimately familiar with because it's part of the reason why it took me forever to seek...reactions3comments
