My Rheumatoid Arthritis...Hello, I'm new here in the community. I was diagnosed with arthritis in 2014. I'm still not used to this disease, but I'm dealing with it best I can. I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How Not to Let Your Emotions Ruin Your Day...I wake up and I’m afraid to move because I know it’s going to hurt. I slowly take a peek at my elbows and knees- just as I thought, they...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Should I Have A Concern?...I've been on ENBREL injections for the past two months and I've notice some changes in my fingers. My ring finger on the left hand has a big knot on...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
New to this site and on Xeljanz...Hi I new to this site and would like to share my story and find out if anyone else is on Xeljanz and find that it is helping them at...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Breathing problems anyone? DLCO 56%...Hi. I am new to the forum. I have had RA for about 8 years, serum positive, and was (past tense) positive for lupus as well (10 years ago). I...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesSymptoms
Giving Others Time to Adjust...I usually see it in their eyes. They feel uncomfortable and don’t know how to behave. Maybe it’s my wheelchair or my crooked finger joints or stiff arm gestures. I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Newly diagnosed and full of questions...Recently diagnosed with RA. Hands, feet and now I fear hip. I am on prednisone, folic acid and methotrexate. Just had a visit and discussed meds are maintaining but not...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Who woulda thought.......20 years at sea US Navy, 7 years hanging sheetrock, three violent motor vehicle crashes, not to mention all the drunk and stupid things I did. Well, in 1999 things...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Do You Have A Flare Action Plan?...A few months ago Rheumatoidarthritis.net compiled the results of their RA in America 2016 survey. Surveys like this are so important, especially for those of us living with rheumatoid arthritis...Reactions0reactionsComments13 comments
All alone...Hi,my name is latisha and i was diagnosed with ra when is was 26. Now that I'm 41 it's much harder to do the daily stuff. I just finally got...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Wrist Surgery...Sauve Kapandji - I have damage between the radius and ulna. It is bone on bone with bone spurs. She said it is starting to become deformed but I did...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesTreatment
Can you be in remission for 20 years +?...I was 36 when I was first told that I tested positive for RA. One day I woke up and couldn’t move my neck then a week later my shoulders...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP)...Hello, Has anyone here had any of the PRP injections and if so what has been your results? Thanks, lad78518...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTreatment
Hello, Representative. Does My Insurance Cover Sex Therapy?...As I explained in a previous post, about a year ago my sex life was really suffering – partly as the result of having two very young children but also...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
With RA and living a full life...I'm a 64-year-old that was diagnosed with RA 3 years ago but I probably had it for a long time before that. Deformed fingers, not being able to move joints...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Insomnia...I suffer from periodic insomnia. I have not slept much for the past week or so. Perplexing part is though I am tired throughout the day I have had no...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
I Don't Have TIME for all This Pain BS!...I'm a 48 yr old divorced mom living my so called life in NJ. I have 2 adult kids who still live with me. I'm paid caretaker to my 20...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Video: Love thyself...This video explores the notion that you must love and care for yourself if you hope to successfully manage your RA with some tips on how to do just that!...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Let's (NOT) Keep Politics Out of It!..."Please keep the politics bs off this page. There are other forums for that." -- My Facebook troll I got "trolled" recently on my RA Facebook page by an angry (and rather...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What the hell happened to me?...Woke up Nov, 11 2014 and couldn't get out of bed. In one night went from very healthy 63 yrs old man in good shape very active, to feeble old...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
