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
How Not to Be Dismissed as a 20-Something Female with RA (Part 2)Recently, I wrote about my personal experience of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. While I began displaying concerning symptoms during my childhood...reactions6comments
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
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
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
The Boogie Monster of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Anger (Part 1)Having lived with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 50 years, these days, not much surprises me RA-wise. I’ve lived through a lot, and...reactions24comments
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
Is It RA Yet?Among those of us who have been “officially” diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is always discussion about how long it took...reactions8comments
How to Make a Cozy Bed That Does Not Aggravate Arthritis PainFour out of five people with arthritis-related conditions suffer from poor sleep. We’ve already discussed the pros and cons of mattress and...reactions5comments
Amplifying Black Voices: How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve the CommunityFor our Amplifying Black Voices series, we are exploring how bias in healthcare affects the quality of life for Black people living...reactionscomments
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
Stretch Marks with RA?! What?!Something I've never thought could possibly be related to rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?? Stretch marks. I've had this recent cropping-up of stretch marks...reactions5comments
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
My Joint Pain Wasn't Taken Seriously Until I Was Diagnosed with Another Autoimmune Disorder (Part 1)Although I’ve struggled with joint pain since childhood, it didn’t lead me to seek additional testing or a second opinion until shortly...reactions7comments
How to Safely Dispose of Your SharpsTraditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologics are life-changing for many people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While other drugs relieve arthritis-realted pain...reactions2comments
How to Tackle an Activity Hangover When You Have RADoes this sound familiar? You wake up one morning with an unusual and random spurt of energy. It's still not very much...reactions19comments
When Tolerating Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Creates PainLiving in pain has been my reality since I was two years old when I was first diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...reactions22comments
Trying to Understanding My RAI’m debating whether I even want to delve into this topic because I don’t know if it is possible to understand this...reactions6comments
