Energy Conservation: Learning to Prioritize Physical Activities With RAI was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the fall of 2016 at age 30, although in retrospect, I’d likely been dealing...reactions12comments
What Now? New Year's Guilt and RAIt’s a new year, and always around this time people do that thing that is both hated, loved, anticipated, and dreaded all...reactionscomments
Rheumatoid Arthritis Good Days Are As Rare As Leap Years!As you may have realized already, this was a leap year! Time to jump for joy! (Spoiler alert: If you don’t like...reactionscomments
Sharing Chronic Illness StoriesSharing your story when you have a chronic illness with people who have similar experiences is a wonderful experience — in the...reactions31comments
Shingles and Rheumatoid DiseaseEditor's note: Since the publication of this article in 2016, there have been updates to the CDC's recommendation for the shingles vaccine...reactions10comments
My Online RA Community Has Made a Positive Difference in My LifeLiving the last 20-plus years with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I learned pretty quickly the social isolation that comes along with the diagnosis...reactions18comments
Tiny WinsAn article in the The New York Times caught my eye recently about the importance of accomplishing small tasks and goals in...reactions1comment
The RA Fun Never Stops? Here We Go Again...Well, here we are again, on the roller coaster. Now, I know what you are thinking... "Who doesn’t love a roller coaster?"...reactionscomments
Forging Outside of Your Comfort ZoneAs someone who has experienced joint pain and lived with rheumatoid arthritis for most of my life now, there is one consistent...reactions21comments
Community Polls: The Day-to-Day Impact of RAAt RheumatoidArthritis.net, we thrive on sharing diverse experiences and supporting each other through life with RA at any age and on any...reactions2comments
How Those With RA Can Help the Newly DiagnosedI have seen a lot of posts lately where people are asking for remedies for their RA pain, and that’s totally normal...reactions16comments
Celebrating JRA UnicornsJuvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), now called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), impacts an estimated 300,000 children in the U.S. (about 1 in every...reactions65comments
RA and the State of Pain MedsI have been lucky thus far. The pain pill issues and the war this country is waging on pain patients has only...reactionscomments
The Battle of Fitting Into ShoesLiving with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as you all know, is a constant test. A gauntlet that must be run on a daily...reactions3comments
Trapped Inside A Cage Of RA - LiterallyMany times, if you ask someone with rheumatoid arthritis, or really any chronic illness, what it feels like to live with this...reactionscomments
Why We Should Talk About RA With KidsAs a parent, you have likely collected peculiar (and sometimes niche) skills due to your parenting journey. Whether you're a master creative...reactions3comments
Finding Balance During a FlareThere was a fantastic question posed in our forums about how to fill our time while our bodies are healing. While it...reactions1comment
Seronegative RA and Its RepercussionsSeronegative. What does that word mean? While it may sound like something you don’t want to catch, it actually is just a...reactionscomments
Feeling Alone With My RAOver the decades that I’ve lived with rheumatoid arthritis, I’ve learned to straddle 2 realities. One reality is my daily life, where...reactions15comments
Surgery: The Real Deal, but Not Always a Silver BulletSurgery — it is often part of living with longterm chronic illness, especially rheumatoid arthritis. After years and years of joint swelling...reactions2comments
