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Once again summer is just about here! The days are longer and the weather is warmer allowing ample opportunity to get outside and enjoy your favorite summer hobbies. Whether you...

Along with the pain associated with our joints that are a distinct mark of an RA flare, some also experience muscle cramps. Though not necessarily related to a flare, there...

We appreciate you taking the time to answer all of our questions. Your responses will help us better understand life with rheumatoid arthritis. New here? We invite you to explore...

I thought I could handle just doing one Humira shot a month. I thought I could make myself less vulnerable to the side effects, bad feelings after each shot, potential...

Some days it feels like I spend the majority of my time on body maintenance. Although it may be regular chronic condition activities, it feels like it piles up. I...

HealthUnion has a great podcast called Living With. It features many of the fascinating people who contribute articles and moderate our communities. Recently, I was honored to participate in “Living...

"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible." --Paulo Coelho It's 12:30...

Do you ever wonder why being declared disabled while having rheumatoid arthritis seems almost impossible? I know I have. Oh, and to be clear I do not have a good answer...

Do you ever feel like trying to match your symptoms to causality and treatment is a game? Someone has taken the ordered deck of cards, shaken it, then played 52...

Working and cooking in the kitchen with RA can be a bit frustrating sometimes. That’s because pain, stiffness, and swelling in the smaller joints of the hands and wrists can...

Today, I woke up at 10:45 am. Then I woke up again at 11:20 am. Then I also woke up again at 12:15 pm. Yeah, I slept so long I...

Time is a construct. It is malleable and flexible and at the same time, very exacting and rigid. That’s been made ever more clear by having rheumatoid arthritis because, as...

We asked our community of patient leaders to share about their shingles experiences. What topped the list of challenges when dealing with a shingles infection? PAIN! It’s no surprise that...

We all know that along with the physical demands that come with a chronic disease, there are mental/emotional demands as well. I believe that there is a need to declutter...

"We live in a culture that only wants to talk about what's going well. Anything that's not going well is positioned as a detour from the main road. The truth...

During a recent yoga class, the teacher asked us to thank our body and all its parts for what it had helped us do in class and throughout the day...

I received a particularly nasty letter in the mail earlier this month from my insurance company that spelled particularly disastrous news. It stated that based on my current plan guidelines...

For many people, a shingles diagnosis will come as a painful surprise. But about 1 out of every 3 people in the United States will be affected by this common...

Have you ever had the experience of telling your doctor about a symptom or side effect and feeling ignored, challenged, or not believed? I have a feeling that if I...

Amanda is familiar with managing multiple chronic conditions, as she also has inflammatory bowel disease. Amanda understands how RA can impact parenthood and she is also an expert in managing...