RA and the holiday journey...I love to travel, ever since I was a child and after being diagnosed with RA, I didn’t dare give up my determination for travelling.... By 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Taking Charge...jog a little and feel the wind of my own movement caress my face like it did when I was a child.... By Wren5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mind Reader...Since I was a child I’ve been able to pick up on people’s emotions easily--and without them telling me themselves.... By Wren5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
RA and Health Insurance...government insurance programs, which include Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans’ benefits, TRICARE, Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHB), State Child... By Editorial Team 7 min readBookmark for later
Amplifying Black Advocate Voices: How Bias Has Affected My Patient Journey...When I was only a child, I simply thought to myself, 'Well, of course, I know what it means,' because I didn’t know that the doctor was viewing me... By Editorial Team 6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A Day in a Life- Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis...My parents took me to more than one doctor and after ruling out child abuse and many tests, at 11 months they diagnosed me with JRA.... By khoogendam4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Cynthia Ventura...support groups, the privilege of entering the sacred company of end-of-life patients and assisting grieving couples to memorialize the loss of their unborn child... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for later
Pain Be Gone!...I was told my pain as a child, was more than likely JRA. Lovely... Not fully understanding what my life would entail.... By skuzeg4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Finally a name to go with what I have.....When I was a child I had episodes of unexplained fever, joints hurting and stomach problems. These were all wrote off as viruses or growing pains.... By reedjm4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Surgery Is Challenging...It was a long time coming from longstanding RA damage sustained even when I was a child 40 years ago.... By Kelly Mack6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments16 comments
Out of the Blue...When I was 25, after I had my first child, I noticed swelling and stiffness in my hands and fingers on waking.... By adramsey4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Fatherhood, Philosophy, Uncertainty, and Rheumatoid Arthritis...The disease comes with so many unknowns, just as a child does.... By Michael Booth6 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Professional Perspective...No doubt this was something I had heard in exam rooms myself, as a child with allergies and recurrent ear infections that would sometimes develop into... By jenscheid5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments15 comments
My short (but long) journey with RA...When I came home the next day, the wind child was -38. On January 1, I began having symptoms of a flare, but didn't think it was too serious.... By frazzled5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
RA my best friend I love to hate...from a more positive and funny perspective but have to admit there are times when I feel like pulling my hair out and screaming like a five year old By 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Does anyone have R.A & Type 1 diabetes?...Sure enough, she said even though my blood work did not specifically jump out and say I had R.A., Given my medical records I still had from when I was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Please don’t be sorry......Instead I felt I was a third child since they had to adjust their life for me.... By amypollock826 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Young Warrior Meets the Great Adalimumab: A Dark Comedy...As the moon traced a path high into the sky, the sweet child refused to surrender his mother's breast.... By Michael Booth11 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
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