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...These were good times all, and I can see them in my mind’s eye right now just as clearly as I saw them with my real eyes all those...

...If I were to describe my life with JRA, I would say: it’s never a dull moment....

...In most of our cases we were alone and didn’t know others with the condition....

...Well, I have some good news – wait, “good” isn’t the right word.  I have some adequate news.  Better. ...

...When meals were needed, the church ladies and the babysitting clubs were called....

...Some days were better than others, and some days and even months would go by and I wouldn’t feel a thing....

...It seems like just yesterday that gold shots and massive doses of corticosteroids and/or aspirin were the only options for dealing with RA....

...The sinus drainage and cough that followed were miserable. The fatigue rivaled my worst rheumatoid arthritis flare....

...For my carpal tunnel repairs, RA meds were stopped one week prior and until the site had healed. My upcoming surgeries are cataract surgeries....

...Unfortunately, none of the boxes were labeled, but that’s okay because these boxes were sitting in the storage unit for 12 years....

...For Mental Health Month 2020, we're working on mental and physical health together....

...But it's not easy when your brain has been trained to think this way since you were a kid....

...It was exhausting to have to complete these tests because there were so many rules....

...My tonsillitis were so swollen that it felt like a bunch of knives stabbing my throat each time I swallowed, and pus covered the entirety of each tonsil...

...If we were to sit around all day and whine about every little thing that hurts or goes wrong, then we’d never get up for porridge. ...

...When we do, it requires layers of clothing which weigh us down and make it even harder to move. I’ve always thought of winter as “dead” time....

...What were the issues that you encountered?"...

...A long time ago I invested in a clear plastic backpack, which I can wear and is approved for carrying at nearly every event....

...I’ve shared before that my RA symptoms began almost as early as my memories start, but that they were mostly dismissed by physicians as I was growing up...

...Thankfully we were cautious because I can’t imagine how much worse it would have been had we not....