After I was blessed with my greatest accomplishment I was diagnosed with RA...I was 32, I was athletic growing up an all star gymnast, cheerleader, runner etc. After I gave birth I noticed I...reactions4comments
Stolen Car, Stolen Life...May 18, 2016 was not a good day. Three bad things happened on this date: my car was stolen, all of my...reactions2comments
Medication frustration!...I am thirty-four years old and have had RA for almost four years now. I do not know anyone who also has...reactions4comments
Lisa Learns to Ride, Part I...The wheels started turning in her head earlier this year. “Rob,” she said, “I’d like to get a bicycle.” Getting Lisa (and...reactions3comments
RA... Where do I go from here?...I am a male age 56 with no previous knowledge of RA or any indication of it in my family history. About...reactions4comments
Having a CT and RA...Ola, Good Morning, I just wanted to share with our group my experience with my CT of the Pelvic and Abdominal area...reactions1comment
A Day in a Life- Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis...I was a healthy baby until at 10 months suddenly one morning my mom noticed that one ankle was swollen and painful...reactions2comments
Assessing Wellness...When I was a child, I remember the quiet urgency of my visits to the rheumatologist. The blood tests, the questions, the...reactionscomments
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...reactions1comment
Life is struggle....many a times......I always played sports in my schooling...thought of continuing through out my life until I was dx with RA at the age...reactions1comment
Locating Our Lifeboats...It was a rainy Saturday morning, and I’d arranged for my children to spend a few hours with their grandmother so that...reactionscomments
Addressing Despair Through CBT...When my immune system declared mutiny and began to throw the synovial lining of my joints overboard, I was in the final...reactionscomments
Before the Scars...Sometimes I try to remember my life before the scars. It seems like a long time ago, because I guess it was...reactionscomments
Hives and RA...I have been dx with RA for about 8 years and have been on Enbrel for about 7 years. All in all...reactions3comments
Laying Off Opioids: Part 1...As someone who’s lived with pain from rheumatoid disease for many, many years, I’m no stranger to drugs. I’ve been taking NSAIDs...reactions8comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Morning Sickness and Other Unpleasantness...The RA Pregnancy Chronicles is a series of posts that share my experiences being pregnant while living with RA. This post was...reactionscomments
Living with RA...I have had RA for 39 years. It always seemed like I was the youngest at the doctors.Those posters in the exam...reactionscomments
Abandoned in foster care...I don't even know how long I had this illness but I think I actually had juvenile RA I had weakness and...reactionscomments
bobbieann...I was diagnosed with RA in my late 40's, since I did not go right away to a Dr., when the pain...reactions1comment
Life is a mystery...Hi everyone, I am 49 years old. I was officially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's in August 2011. May 2016 I...reactions1comment
