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...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...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...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...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?"...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...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)...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...reactions6comments
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treating RA – Possibilities and Limitations...In a recent edition of the Mirror, a gossipy newspaper in the United Kingdom, the headline read “Arthritis miracle cure: Tiny electrical...reactions2comments
A Hangover I Don’t Deserve...Friday used to be the holy grail of workdays for me; you see I am a 9-5’er, from 9 am Monday morning...reactions2comments
