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Whoo Hoo!! Little things can make me so happy. After leaving the local pharmacy, I just had to take out my medication and capture a photo to document the source...

My hands were giving me some guff recently (as they do). I was wearing my favorite compression gloves already, I’d applied over-the-counter lidocaine cream, and I’d swallowed a dose of...

Establishing and maintaining solid, supportive relationships while juggling the demands of a chronic disease like RA is challenging to say the least.  The repercussions of this are many and worthy...

One of the things people without rheumatoid arthritis may be surprised by is that getting dressed with RA can be complicated! I know that I may be a special case...

That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? Will it get worse? Will this rheumatoid disease (arthritis) I’ve got, which has so rudely and inexorably taken up constant residence in my life...

What happens when you meet someone you really like? Join Kat as she discusses some of the things she learned when she was dating and how meeting her husband taught...

In this month devoted to love, take the time to pamper yourself a bit...here a just a few ways. Nan  ...

One thing that happens to me when I go through a lengthy period of not feeling well, is that I develop a feeling of negativity. Instead of a whole world...

Dating is tough, especially when you live with a chronic illness such as rheumatoid arthritis. Join Kat as she talks about her experiences with dating and gives some insight about...

I used to be a world-class sleeper. Once I was visiting my parents, sleeping on the couch in the living room. A tornado warning came up in the wee hours...

Raise your hand if you wish there was an easy way to weed out the “fake” friends. There is! Relationships are hard. Friendships are even harder when one person has...

It has been my experience that humans tend to be harder on themselves than others, to the point that we often become so enveloped in our negativity, we are paralyzed...

About this time a year ago I wrote about how I was changing to a different biologic as my first medication was no longer working as well. I had had...

We’ve all heard it over and over (and over and over) again: it’s so important for people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to exercise. Physical fitness can be extremely useful...

This greeting has become so commonplace in our day-to-day interactions that somehow it has lost its true meaning. That is, to actually inquire how a person is doing. I know...

As I’ve mentioned before, I dislike New Year’s resolutions. They’ve always struck me as another mental self-beating-in-the-making when I can’t live up to them. But I’ve been thinking about it...

Some tips about making or not making resolutions and why.  ...

The New Year is a time filled with promise and hope. It's also a time for reflection, thinking about the year that has passed, celebrating your achievements and switching gears...

Pets are so lovely when I'm having a Rheumatoid Arthritis flare. They lift my spirits, they take care of me, they’re the reason I don’t tear my hair out every...

I recently had the opportunity to take a great workshop that centered on mindfulness and the practice of Tai Chi which was amazing.  Along the way I discovered that using...