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
Coping with the Mental and Emotional Challenges of JIAWhen I was a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, now called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the mental and emotional aspects of adjusting...reactions2comments
What Would You Grab?Okay, quick: you have 1 minute. Think of the stuff you would grab if the building were on fire or if there...reactions9comments
Surviving COVID-19 with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Friends!I am a good patient. I work with my rheumatologist and follow my treatment plan. The first call I made when COVID-19...reactionscomments
The COVID-19 Vaccination ProcessWe’ve all be wondering: when will this pandemic be over? What will break the thrall of this virus? To some degree, it...reactions2comments
Coping With Itchy Skin and RAI have had dry skin for most of my life but did not know, until several years after being diagnosed with rheumatoid...reactions33comments
RA and the Two Types of PainUgh. Pain. It’s... painful! As I write this, I’m sitting here in the special kind of pain that affects people with rheumatoid...reactions79comments
TENS Unit for RA PainRecently, I wrote an article sharing my over-the-counter toolbox of items that help me manage life with rheumatoid arthritis. One of those...reactions6comments
Why I NapI’m kind of known for napping. Online and IRL (in real life). If I don’t text back or I don’t get to...reactions7comments
The Power of a Few Pain PillsPain can disrupt normal life in a way that can be devastating. Pain can also just be an annoyance. Sometimes pain can...reactions8comments
From Lifelong Joint Pain to RA RemissionJoint pain didn’t just show up one day and surprise me. In fact, it’s honestly hard to remember a time in my...reactions4comments
ProductivityOne definition of productivity is "the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured in terms of the rate of output...reactions6comments
Life With Juvenile Arthritis: Things I Wish My Parents Had KnownLiving with rheumatoid arthritis is incredibly tough at any age. But for kids with the disease, there are unique challenges to face...reactions9comments
How Many Fights Can We Manage?It strikes me that people with chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have to endure a lot of fights. It’s not because...reactions24comments
