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When my immune system declared mutiny and began to throw the synovial lining of my joints overboard, I was in the final year of a Masters program in psychology. Like...

My typical day begins early with exercises and includes a busy day of work, quality time with my husband, and ends with aqua-therapy. I like to create a balance of...

My primary RA medication is a biologic that I get via infusion every four weeks. Normally I get the treatment in a dedicated infusion room at my doctor’s office. There...

Last week my husband took me to a fantastic concert—a performance of The Who on their 50 anniversary tour! As we made our way to our seats, I joked with...

People often ask me, once they hear I have RA, what exactly does your day look like?  How do you move through a typical 24 hour period? Well, let’s start...

While an office job may seem better suited for a person with rheumatoid arthritis than manual labor, the repetitive tasks and long periods of sitting involved in most office jobs...

Though the statistics vary somewhat from state to state, nationwide about 65% of all disability claims are denied on the first application. Luckily, receiving a denial does not mean that...

May is arthritis awareness month, it can certainly be helpful when others understand and know more about the condition that is RA. So we asked our Facebook Community: What do...

Most of us with rheumatoid arthritis are faced with frequent conundrums when it comes to treating this disease. As RA is an autoimmune condition, rheumatologists often prescribe immunosuppressant drugs to...

There may be people that are motivational in our lives, as well as on a day to day basis. However, when dealing with RA-related challenges, the people who keep us...

Dealing with RA pain is a challenge and a feat that many of us have to contend with. Pain is a daily struggle and how we manage our pain can...

Those of us living with rheumatoid arthritis often feel older than our years. The creaky, stiff, and painful joints inflamed by this condition are more typically associated with elderly people...

Sometimes you read something and you just want to say, “Well, duh!” because you think it’s so completely obvious you wonder why it’s making headlines in the first place. The...

After the long, confusing process of applying for Social Security disability benefits, it is understandably very frustrating to receive a denial. While the Social Security Administration (SSA) has no official...

Having RA is hard, as all of us RA-sufferers know. One aspect that makes this disease so difficult is its "invisibility" and how this affects how others perceive and understand...

I am one of those lucky people who genuinely likes and appreciates her doctors. Granted, having good doctors is part luck of the draw, and over the years I’ve drawn...

I woke up the morning of my latest rheumatology appointment with tender, achy hands and feet. Out of sorts and frustrated, I gimped to the bathroom to take my morning...

Living with rheumatoid arthritis often means spending a lot of time waiting. This can begin even before diagnosis, as there are frequently long waiting periods for new patient appointments with...

Editor's note: Since the publication of this article in 2016, there have been updates to the CDC's recommendation for the shingles vaccine. The live shingles vaccine (Zostavax) referenced in this...

If you have recently been referred to a rheumatologist, or if you have been reading up on rheumatoid arthritis and it seems that your symptoms fit with this diagnosis, you...