How Do We Comfort Our Healthcare Providers?...At my last rheumatologist appointment, I had a somewhat bizarre experience. When my doctor orders labs, one of the nurses comes in...reactions2comments
How slow can you go?...I have learned through the years of association and friendship with others with Rheumatoid Arthritis that many of us were used to...reactionscomments
The show that never ends...‘Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends’ (Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 #2) I love this...reactions2comments
Eating the Elephant...Rheumatoid disease (arthritis) is sometimes overwhelming. The frequent pain, fatigue, niggling low-grade fevers, and feeling ill and foggy are a lot for...reactions11comments
You know you have a chronic illness when:...1. The people at your regular chemist remember your name. So they should, you visit them frequently. If, by chance, you have...reactions4comments
Attention Please!...I'm new here and I've felt a kinship from reading everyone's posts! I'm the only one in my family who has RA...reactions3comments
Is this really happening...I'm a 20yr old diagnosed with RA beginning of this year. I was always sick with something when I was at college...reactions1comment
Wake Up Reminder...I received shocking news recently that I'm still trying to digest and accept. A family friend--a 61 year-old wife, mother, and grandmother--was...reactions1comment
Holidays on Ice...The summer after I completed my master’s degree, I decided to celebrate by seeing the world and improving my Spanish via a...reactionscomments
Is Enbrel The Solution?...Hi everyone, I joined rheumatoidarthritis.net very recently. I hope to have some useful exchange of knowledge and experience with you as a...reactions28comments
Shut the front door!...I have always lived with the credo that as one door closes another one opens. This has proven true on so many...reactions3comments
Newbie...I'm new to the group. Thanks for adding me I'm 38 newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis got appointment in few weeks for...reactions3comments
How to Embrace the Power of the Clinical Trial on International Clinical Trials Day and Beyond...When we pick up our prescriptions from the pharmacy, most of us do not think about where these drugs come from. Yet...reactionscomments
Aloha...A few years ago, I quit taking my cholesterol pill because I thought it was giving me muscle cramps, but after about...reactions2comments
Generally speaking...When I stop to consider some of the challenges RA folks face over time one has popped up for me just this...reactions3comments
my wife tested 48 CRP with RAF 10....is it RA...Just the last week I was aghast to know when the physician who was treating my wife for low fever and swollen legs which...reactions2comments
New wife, mommy, and RA patient...At 17 I started noticing my RA symptoms, but had no idea that I was facing a lifelong battle. I was a...reactions1comment
RA Journey With Passengers...I'm an RN who at age 59 was diagnosed RA and FIBROMYALGIA. My previous medical picture included OA, Spinal stenosis with severe...reactions13comments
RA STORY...So I started having pain at 22 and I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia as well I treated that with pain meds and...reactionscomments
Terror...Sometimes I don't think Drs fully know unless they have RA why its called practicing medicine. I have been on plaquenil (made...reactionscomments
