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...on and on. ...

...You have to understand that you very probably will have RA for the rest of your life, so you have to think...

...If you got a page that said 911, you better answer. Or get a beer. Either or....

...She asked for more time to figure out how to navigate things, and I said as long as I feel safe to say I’m...

...Not only do I have a nicely aggressive case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for many years, but I have many other fun outbursts of...

...What methods do you use to make the process easier?...

...And like all parents with RA, I could go on and on about how difficult it is....

...So then I had to go back to my insurance company to figure out how much would be covered....

...There really is no specific prescription for how best to accomplish this, but I will tell you that as time goes on, you...

...I grew up in rural upstate New York, and it meant driving 45 minutes to an hour from our home (or school) to various doctors, the...

...I’m not going to wear a ballgown or worry about my appearance for others. I’m not trying to be insensitive, just practical....

...on top of that....

...From blood work, we would say so far, so good. My numbers are low. ...

...So now it’s a waiting game, as I continue to call and leave messages for doctors who never seem to be available to talk...

...I do not rely on them to be perfect or even to agree with me. I rely on them to uphold what...

...Which soon became “Oh, you don’t want to talk to billing, you need to talk to specialty services” (who sent me back

...We had to learn to be flexible, to be watchful for disease changes, and to learn to flex with the illness that could

...Whether through ancient relics, stone monuments, the ruins of temples, paintings on the walls of caves, or the remains of ancient rulers and saints, human...

...How can you go to school or work or the grocery store or do anything if you're always sick? It can feel impossible....

...Do I want to say no to the status quo? Not right now....