When People Just Don't Get It...Recently, my boyfriend and I had plans to go to the movies with another couple. I hadn’t felt good all day. I...reactions5comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Morning Sickness and Other Unpleasantness...The RA Pregnancy Chronicles is a series of posts that share my experiences being pregnant while living with RA. This post was...reactionscomments
What Does It All Mean?...I am newly diagnosed with RA. I woke up one morning in excruciating pain. My Rheumatologist said I am a "Marker 1"...reactions2repliesNewly Diagnosed
chamma chamma chameleon...I have come to realize that those of us with RA have many of the characteristics of the chameleon. Like the chameleon...reactions3comments
Shingles & R.A....I came down with the Shingles this past weekend and I have RA also. I had the shingles shot a year and...reactions3replies
Talking to Myself...There are so many things I would like to tell myself as a child. If I could write a letter to my...reactions4comments
Letter to my Rheumatologist...I switched doctors about five months ago. I felt really hopeful about this new doctor who was younger and well liked by...reactions3replies
Love Your Body...Your body is completely amazing. Every single day your joints and muscles and organs and glands and nerves work together to keep...reactions4comments
Decreasing Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)...For most Americans, heartburn is just an occasional problem. For those living with RA though, regular use of NSAIDs and medications like...
June 29, 2012.That's a wrap folks. ...The last day of my job of nearly 25 years. For what seemed like forever, I had fought through pain and multiple...reactions2comments
I've had RA for 17 years now and I'm only 20 but that's fine with me...I was diagnosed when I was three years old. I don't remember much, just that I had to be carried up and...reactions1comment
Massage, Exercise, Heat Pads, and Electrical Stimulation – Just Another Day at the Physical Therapist...In the recent RA in America poll reported on this website, 41% of respondents indicated that they had partaken in physical therapy...reactionscomments
My journey and struggle with RA...Diagnosed in 2004, woke up one morning with what felt like a broken very swollen wrist. Since than my life has been...reactions4comments
Living & understanding the beasts unpredictability...Hi to all RA suffers….. I wrote a manuscript for publishing 10 yrs ago. Now I see it as another form of...reactions4comments
Diagnosed at 11, but told not to let anyone "cut me up" till I can't walk anymore. ...My mom and oldest sister were both in bandages from drastic feet surgeries, both from arthritis, and I was next. The doctor...reactions1comment
Do You Rally Around RA?...Often, if I don’t feel good, I can lie down for about an hour and I start to feel better. I call...reactions2comments
Dealing With Felty's Syndrome w/ Sjogren's Disease...My story has a different kind of start. My symptoms came on rapidly after a care accident in 2009. I began to...reactions3comments
It helps me... maybe it can help you....Hi, I'm Roxanne. I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondilitis at 18, after having symptoms since 14. I was on Humira for a...reactions1comment
Flares during treatment...I have been told that the goal of treatment is to minimize symptoms as much as possible. And I have also been...reactions10repliesTreatment
My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis...My life with Rheumatoid Arthritis begin rather suddenly . In 2009 I began having knee pain and some swelling, but it would...reactions8comments
