Using RA as an Excuse - A Superpower or a Curse?I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Most people attribute it to Spider-man, but it actually came...reactions5comments
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
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
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
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
Fatigue: Long COVID-19 or Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare?The dreaded fatigue. We all get it, we all hate it, and we all understand that it is part of living with...reactions9comments
Functional Medicine and Rheumatoid ArthritisAccording to The Institute for Functional Medicine, functional medicine "determines how or why an illness occurs and restores health by addressing the...reactions25comments
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
OXO Good Grips Container $100 Gift Card GiveawayThe OXO Good Grips Container $100 Gift Card Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! This May, we are celebrating...reactions12comments
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
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
Testing for COVID-19 AntibodiesIt was a lengthy debate. After receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in April and reading all the mixed research saying that some people...reactions2comments
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
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
Cushing's Diagnosis: Juggling Multiple Chronic Illnesses with RAI guess I've been writing a series of articles lately on my story and experiences with getting diagnosed with some endocrine disorder...reactions6comments
Fixing My Botched Ankle... As Flames Shoot Out the Side of My FaceFor a decade, I have been dealing with an ever-worsening right ankle that keeps curling further and further underneath. The saga has...reactions39comments
Declines in Accessibility 31 Years After the Americans with Disabilities ActAs I’ve largely stayed home during the pandemic, it’s been a constant worry: Will my communities be accessible when I return? Even...reactions3comments
