Living

I’m not talking about babies talking about RA, or talking babies that have RA. I am talking about having babies when you have RA. For me, with a foot in...

If living with RA has had a negative impact on your sex life, you are not alone. Many of us with RA understand exactly how fatigue and pain can make...

My rheumatologist always states that her goal is for me to not pay much attention to RA throughout the day. This sounds like everyday language for the ultimate target for...

As soon as I started thinking about getting pregnant for the first time, I immediately started researching how living with RA was going to impact my pregnancy (and my chances...

As most of us with RA know, steroids can be both a blessing and a curse. For me, they significantly help my pain, but they make me psychotic and they...

Recently I have been attempting to start an open discussion about the potentially negative impact living with RA can have on your sex life. If you have experienced these negative...

One important thing I learned as a result of having RA is that there is never a dull moment – there’s always some new “adventure” waiting around the corner. The...

How many times have I conjured up grandiose New Year resolutions only to forget about them or just plain give up when February rolls around?  Let’s not count, shall we?...

According to the Arthritis Foundation, about 1.5 million people in the United States are living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). That means there are actually a lot of us, but seeing...

Community Question: Is there a way to treat RA related fatigue? My doctor has not referred me to a specialist but my current treatment of naproxen is not helping with...

There are several blood tests that rheumatologists currently use to diagnose and monitor rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an antibody identified with RA and other autoimmune diseases...

I am the mother of a toddler – my son is now 18 months old and he is a major handful! Luckily, my husband and I have found a great...

I find it healthy to remind myself when I’m feeling terrible and achy that there are a lot of other hardships in the world beyond myself. While I may struggle...

A month or so ago I watched a motivational TED Talks video at work in my special ed students' "Life Skills" class. Most of the kids were bored out of...

When my rheumatoid arthritis strikes, when I’m feeling especially bad—it helps me to focus on some of my favorite things. In fact, my worse days are when I need to...

Not too long ago I wrote a post about the challenges of making decisions and sacrifices in life because of RA--Doing What You Love vs. Doing What You Can. I...

For many people, holiday plans include some kind of travel. In addition to the ordinary stress and chaos of travel, many of us with rheumatoid arthritis also need to figure...

Between June and August of this year, Rheumatoidarthritis.net utilized an online survey to gauge trends in RA patients. The entire survey results, containing over 1,000 patient responses, are available at...

When people hear the general term arthritis, they typically think of an older person with joint pain as in osteoarthritis - common wear and tear on the joints. But this...

It sounds weird.  It sounds almost antithetical to say that you are thankful for a chronic illness. But in reality, I am thankful for RA. I wouldn’t be where I...