Kicking RA's butt!...Hello everyone, my name is Mindy. I am 20 years old from Idaho and i was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 3. I have been living with this...reactions1comment
Is The RA Community Too Insular?...Let me start by saying that I am a big believer in supporting your own causes. But sometimes I feel like there is a lot of competition in the RA...reactions14comments
Leslie “Wren” Vandever...Wren was previously a health leader on RheumatoidArthritis.net. Wren is a professional journalist, graphic and fine artist. After serving for four years in the U.S. Air Force, she worked as...
She loves me - she loves me not...Just like this classic paradox, many of us with RA have the same love/hate relationship with the corticosteroids we often have little choice but to take to keep our RA...reactions2comments
Narcotic abuse...I'm offended and tired of people and mostly Dr.s saying we are abusing our painkillers. An addicted person would likely run out of pain killers before it's time and demanding them...reactions2comments
"Your RA is not that bad"...I was diagnosed in 1998. Fatigue and constant joint and body pain followed by a diagnosis of Parvovirus. That illness flipped the RA switch...also fibromyalgia diagnosis. I had to be...reactions3comments
RA Petition to the White House: Will You Sign?...If you or someone you love has rheumatoid arthritis, you are aware of what a debilitating condition it can be. Unfortunately, because it is an “invisible disability” that is not...reactions6comments
Who am I now???...I was diagnosed with RA in 2003, when the Dr. came in an said I had RA, I really wasn't even paying attention. At the time I was working a...reactionscomments
R. A. Poetry...R.A What is R.A.? What is it to you? What is my pain that only I work through? It is sadness. It is alone. It is my hands twisted like...reactionscomments
Seeing who really cares...Like many others, I'm glad I was diagnosed with RA in my early 40s, I believe I was 41. I already had fibromyalgia, I believe longer than what I knew...reactionscomments
Vitamin D3...The topic of Vit. D3 came up today in a discussion between myself and several other women. I take 5000mg of Vit D3 everyday. I have RA, I also have...reactions1reply
Hand Surgery...I am contemplating having my left thumb and wrist operated on due to Osteo-arthritis. I also have RA, but the damage to my left hand (in addition to carpal tunnel)is...reactions28repliesTreatment
Surgery May be Part of Your Battle With RA...A sixth RA-related surgery is scheduled for a few weeks. The goal is to remove damaged bone and tendon in the elbow and to reattach tendons to the joint using...reactions3comments
Understanding Clinical Trials...A clinical trial is a research study that is conducted to determine whether a specific medical intervention, such as a treatment, device, procedure, or change in behavior is safe and...reactionscomments
Painkiller Injection Gets FDA Approval...An article on Reuters caught my eye the other day about a new painkiller injection getting approved by the FDA: Hospira's non-opioid painkiller gets FDA approval. With the federal government...reactionscomments
Coping with a Flare...Woke up this morning and a flare hit me like a brick. I tried to go to work today but couldn't even manage to dress myself. Life is getting harder...reactions11repliesSymptoms
All This from A Spider Bite...Three years ago while working in our yard I was bitten by a common spider. Little did I know what was in store for me. First were the huge bumps...reactionscomments
Contemplating Goals for 2015...During 2014 I made some good progress on my health goals, starting with gaining strength and improving my walking. In the spring I started Enbrel and my CRP (a blood...reactionscomments
Tired...My grandmother had sever RA and passed when I was 13. She was bed ridden For those 13 years with it. I started experience fatigue and joint pain at 13...reactions2comments
Fighting the ra fight...I have been fighting RA for 20 years. I was in my early 30's when I was put on methotrexate. I am 56 and now on xeljanz, and piroxicam. I...reactionscomments
