The Pregnancy Decision...I have always loved children. When I was a child myself I carried around baby dolls and stuffed animals swaddled in blankets. At the age of eight years old, I...reactions2comments
RA has effectively destroyed my life...My RA story begins a little over two years ago I would say probably around January 2013 when following a training session at the gym i noticed a sudden onset of...reactions3comments
Second-Guessing My Symptoms and Myself...Just as my condition fluctuates, so does my self-perception. There are days when I am achy, and I want only to rest. Often on days like that I second-guess myself...reactions38comments
How To Try A New Medication In 100 Easy Steps! (Because If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry)...Ready to try a new medication? Just follow these 100 easy steps and you’ll be giving it a try it in no time! (Since this is only a slight exaggeration...reactions8comments
Oh, is there a way?...Eight weeks ago the Doc told me I have RA. I'm 48 yrs old with 6 children only one of them is under 18. I had so many dreams we...reactions7comments
Pregnancy and the Remission Expectation...I did not make the decision to become pregnant lightly. My husband and I knew that we both wanted kids, and agreed on this common goal before getting engaged. The...reactions2comments
The Day I Couldn't Make My Daughter a Salad...It was early Monday morning, and the request was simple. "Mom, instead of a sandwich today, can you make me a salad?" My 18 year old daughter would only be...reactions10comments
yes, yes, I have RA, give me the medicine to make it go away!...That was exactly what I was thinking when the ER Dr. Said I think she has RA. It started before this though. I was 12 and having pains in my...reactionscomments
Clinical Trial Participation...Every clinical trial is designed to look at a specific population, so each participant is required to have certain traits (eligibility criteria) in order to take part in the study...reactionscomments
Why Do I Feel So Rotten? Sickness Symptoms from RA...It’s been a rough few months with an increase in fatigue, a noticeable lack of energy, difficulty sleeping soundly, and low motivation levels. It just feels like I’m sick all...reactions42comments
So many answers!...About 5 years ago, I started to feel "poorly" and just shrugged it off to getting old (I'm 59) and stress of a new and demanding job. I went to...reactions2comments
There are things I can't do, and there are things that I can...The other morning, while in my college anatomy lab, I realized a few things. The first was I am not a morning person, and whoever thought giving sleep deprived college...reactions2comments
Newly diagnosed a few ???...I have just went through two weeks of prednisone to make sure I have RA & I do. The next step is Methotrexate. What kind of side effects can I...reactions6repliesNewly Diagnosed
Broken at 42...It all started for me in my feet, I bought a few pair of new shoes to see if my shoes were just worn out but as it progressed it...reactions3comments
How to Stick Out...Even as a young child I remember that I couldn’t pass in public. What I mean is that I always stuck out, no matter how I tried, because people could...reactions3comments
Learning limits...hi all im Sam and im 27. I was diagnosed with RA 6 years ago after 15 months of them trying to work out what it was and then fibro...reactions4replies
Twenty-Four Years Old With RA!...I gave birth to a beautiful little girl on August 2014. Unfortunately after labor my left hand started hurting, my middle finger was shaking and little by little my risk...reactions1comment
The Human Eggshell...When I’m in a flare, every subtle sensation on my body can be agonizing. This is hard enough to contend with when I’m by myself, in those moments when the...reactions6comments
Sixteen and....battling RA?...The hardest part of being diagnosed with RA as a young adolescent was that no one believed it was true. Even my primary care doctor didn't believe me at first...reactions6comments
Two Years and Counting...I recently passed the two-year mark in recovering from left knee replacement revision surgery following an infected prosthesis. After 20 years my left knee replacement had developed an infection, which...reactions6comments
