Why when you see me?...Diagnosed at thirteen with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, now 33 years later I am a survivor, an overcomer, a woman of strength, a...reactions3comments
Pregnancy and Parenting with Arthritis Study by the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance...Since being diagnosed with RA, the biggest challenges I have personally faced have all been related to pregnancy and parenting. It was...reactionscomments
Expanding Biosimilar Market May Drive Down the Cost of Treatment...This past week, advisory panels to the Food and Drug Administration gave unanimous recommendation for biosimilars of both Abbvie's Humira, and Amgen's...reactions2comments
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
