Disheartend ...I've been a nurse for 16 years & even though I was only diagnosed with RA 2yrs ago. I suffer from OA...reactions5comments
When People Just Don't Get It...Recently, my boyfriend and I had plans to go to the movies with another couple. I hadn’t felt good all day. I...reactions5comments
chamma chamma chameleon...I have come to realize that those of us with RA have many of the characteristics of the chameleon. Like the chameleon...reactions3comments
Talking to Myself...There are so many things I would like to tell myself as a child. If I could write a letter to my...reactions4comments
Love Your Body...Your body is completely amazing. Every single day your joints and muscles and organs and glands and nerves work together to keep...reactions4comments
June 29, 2012.That's a wrap folks. ...The last day of my job of nearly 25 years. For what seemed like forever, I had fought through pain and multiple...reactions2comments
I've had RA for 17 years now and I'm only 20 but that's fine with me...I was diagnosed when I was three years old. I don't remember much, just that I had to be carried up and...reactions1comment
My journey and struggle with RA...Diagnosed in 2004, woke up one morning with what felt like a broken very swollen wrist. Since than my life has been...reactions4comments
Living & understanding the beasts unpredictability...Hi to all RA suffers….. I wrote a manuscript for publishing 10 yrs ago. Now I see it as another form of...reactions4comments
Diagnosed at 11, but told not to let anyone "cut me up" till I can't walk anymore. ...My mom and oldest sister were both in bandages from drastic feet surgeries, both from arthritis, and I was next. The doctor...reactions1comment
Do You Rally Around RA?...Often, if I don’t feel good, I can lie down for about an hour and I start to feel better. I call...reactions2comments
My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis...My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis begin rather suddenly . In 2009 I began having knee pain and some swelling, but it would...reactions8comments
Run Around...I'm about ready to scream, cry, throw something, and probably punch someone. Or maybe do all of those things at once. For...reactionscomments
5 generation long of Rheumatoid with a splash of Cerebral Palsy...Hello, my name is Grace and I am 38 years old. Yes it's true RA has been a never ending plague in...reactions2comments
My story...My life has been high stress since I can remember. My dad was in Vietnam when I was a kid. My first...reactions1comment
I have What???...I found out I do not have fibromyalgia, like I've been told for 3 years now. I have Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), an...reactions4comments
Too young for this...I had just got out of a three year abusive relationship I was feeling on top of the world and happy. I...reactions2comments
Thought I was just being a wimp...About a month before my youngest child was graduating from High School, I was experiencing body aches and pains like I'd never...reactions6comments
Can only cry...Ten years ago I went to the doctor because my hands hurt so bad and were so swollen I could barely bend...reactions2comments
Jeni's story ...I was diagnosed in 2005 I was just 28 years old. I am now 36 and all I can say is. ...reactions2comments
