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I practically live in my red, double strap Birkenstock sandals. I slide them on as soon as it's warm and dry enough in the spring and wear them as much...

It’s been a long haul. Last year around this time I realized my current medication wasn’t working as well, that it’s effects were fading. So in December, I made the...

Having a lifelong illness comes with a ton of unique trials and tribulations.  There are things that we experience that most people will never understand – couldn’t understand – without...

Music has always been an important part of my life. From as early as age 4-5, I remember my mom playing the radio all the time: in the house, in...

It is important to transition our footwear from season to season to avoid some RA pitfalls...

We all know the health care system is changing, and not for the betterment of patients. These days it’s all about reducing costs no matter the impact on patients—especially people...

YOU ARE NOT TOO OLD AND IT IS NOT TOO LATE! These words of encouragement and empowerment are part of a meme that seems to be going around on Instagram...

I admit that I can get feeling cranky and down about things. Lately, I’ve battled the pharmacy benefits manager and been let down by my doctor. It got me thinking...

I was recently asked to reflect on how I have managed to live with RA for over 20 years, while being a wife of 41 years, a parent of 3...

Every once in a while I come across a string of words that rocks me to my core. A few months ago, I had that experience while watching a Ted...

When I was originally diagnosed with RA and began to consider, along with my care team, how to treat it, I had no idea that the choices would be nearly...

It can’t be helped, but I’ve done a lot of failing expectations in my life with rheumatoid arthritis. While I’ve worked hard to make a good life for myself and...

Open eyes? Check. Stare at the ceiling for five minutes? Check. Make sure pets are still alive? Triple check. Consider everything I have to do that day? Yup. Try to...

I’ve often said being young with Rheumatoid Arthritis presents some unique challenges and deciding to show my symptoms is a regular debate. I do have a disability placard for my...

RA comes with a slew of symptoms that impact the day-to-day of those who live with it. Fatigue, pain, stiffness, inflammation, and difficulty sleeping can quite gravely impact the quality...

The other day I read an interesting article that caught my attention, written by my friend Wren for RheumatoidArthritis.net: "The PTSD of RA." She wrote about RA or RD (rheumatoid...

You know how sometimes someone’s stomach hurts after a meal. The more you think about it the more certain you become that it’s the cause of food poisoning, then you...

I’ve come to realize that my life is fight club. And I’m about to break the first (and second) rules by talking about it. It must have started when I...

It has occurred to me that our culture consistently and relentlessly encourages us to compare ourselves in so many ways to everyone else that we are in danger of losing...

I have rheumatoid disease (arthritis). It’s just one of many rheumatic diseases, which, according to the American College of Rheumatology, are “often lumped under the term arthritis, which describes over...