My RA Story...On November 3rd it was the New York City Marathon and my 23 year-old son was running. I went to the city...reactions3comments
Clinical Trials for New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs – Hope for the Future...As mentioned in a recent post (When RA Treatments Fail to Work), up to 40% of RA patients do not respond to...reactionscomments
My Pain...Hi I've been without health insurance for almost 2 years. I suffer daily I decided to put my pain on paper Here...reactions9comments
Acceptance of RA, denial and knowing all at once......I was diagnosed with RA in 2010 (at age 54), after about 6 weeks of constant fatigue and traveling joint pain, spending...reactions5comments
Live each day to it's fullest...I'm 61 years old and I have had RA since I was 27. Yes a long time, but I consider myself very...reactions1comment
Choosing between what I love to do and what I can do...Having RA and having clubfoot has defined my life since I was a kid. I wasn't able to fully participate in sports...reactions3comments
World Arthritis Day...October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but you probably already knew that. Pink ribbons are everywhere and on everything this month...reactionscomments
Long Long Road of RA...I am a 48 year old married for 22 years and have two college bound children. I have been righting RA for...reactions1comment
The Arthritis Trio...In 1994 I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus, two years later I was told I could no longer work. I was devastated...reactions3comments
My RA Story - I want to LIVE with RA not SUFFER from it!...Hi, my name is Teresa and I am 45 years old. Three years ago I decided to run a marathon for my...reactions6comments
JRA - Juvenile RA ...Hey, I am Anna and I am 23-years old have a newborn and married for 4 years. I have story to tell...reactions1comment
Rheumatoid atrhritis and how I still work my fulltime job...I was 36 when everything started to go downhill. I had knee surgery and my leg did not heal like it should. While...reactions1comment
Why me?...I am now 56 years old, and feel 106, Lol. I guess I first noticed something was wrong when I was taking...reactions3comments
My Journey with RA...I am 61 years old, will be 62 in Dec . In 1990 I was working in a hospital Lab, we often...reactions1comment
I HATE RA...I said it. You're not supposed to but I said it. I am 40 years old, married for 15 years and have...reactions1comment
My RA Story...Hi, My name is Christina and I'm 37 years old I have been married 20 years and have 3 teenage boys. I...reactions1comment
Life is a Journey, RA just makes it an Adventure!...I had been hospitalized in October of 2013 for 6 days with Pneumonia... I think that was the beginning of this journey!!!...reactions12comments
Vitamin D...Vitamin D supplements are potentially important for people with RA for two reasons. Vitamin D plays an important role in maintaining adequate...
Lifestyle, medical, hormones & other risk factors...There are several non-genetic factors, including lifestyle and constitutional factors and medical interventions that have been linked to increased risk for RA...
Environmental risk factors...As a group, environmental and other non-genetic factors are thought to account for roughly 40% of the risk for developing RA, with...
