Arthritis As a Child...As a 5-year-old, I was worried about how I was going to get up out of my chair while my classmates were...reactions7comments
The Symptom Match Game...Do you ever feel like trying to match your symptoms to causality and treatment is a game? Someone has taken the ordered...reactions17comments
Fatigue: Long COVID-19 or Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare?...The dreaded fatigue. We all get it, we all hate it, and we all understand that it is part of living with...reactions9comments
Functional Medicine and Rheumatoid Arthritis...According to The Institute for Functional Medicine, functional medicine "determines how or why an illness occurs and restores health by addressing the...reactions25comments
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fatigue, and Guilt...Today, I woke up at 10:45 am. Then I woke up again at 11:20 am. Then I also woke up again at...reactions32comments
Cervical pannus...After suffering from occipital headaches for a few years, my pain doctor ordered an MRI of my neck. A Pannus on C1-C2...reactions1comment
OXO Good Grips Container $100 Gift Card Giveaway...The OXO Good Grips Container $100 Gift Card Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! This May, we are celebrating...reactions12comments
Thinking Temporally with Rheumatoid Arthritis...Time is a construct. It is malleable and flexible and at the same time, very exacting and rigid. That’s been made ever...reactions1comment
Decluttering the Emotions of RA...We all know that along with the physical demands that come with a chronic disease, there are mental/emotional demands as well. I...reactions3comments
RA Flare Following Covid Vaccine... Anyone Else?...I was diagnosed about 30 years ago. The only time I’m not in pain is when I’m on prednisone for my asthma...reactions10comments
RA and Serotonin Syndrome.... a Very Scary Situation!...A week ago today I was lying supine in the middle of my bed, drooling, and unable to move anything but my...reactions5comments
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
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...reactionscomments
Testing for COVID-19 Antibodies...It was a lengthy debate. After receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in April and reading all the mixed research saying that some people...reactions2comments
Need Help Can't Get Into a Rheumatologist for 6 months At Earliest...I have secondary adrenal insufficiency but the steroids are causing narcolepsy and lymphoma and I can't work - trying to figure out...reactions2comments
Humira Denial: Continuing Insurance Woes...I received a particularly nasty letter in the mail earlier this month from my insurance company that spelled particularly disastrous news. It...reactions8comments
Newly (And Finally) Diagnosed...In 2012, I was hurting all of the time. Eventually one of my healthcare friends strongly encouraged me to seek treatment. My...reactions1comment
When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe You...Have you ever had the experience of telling your doctor about a symptom or side effect and feeling ignored, challenged, or not...reactions8comments
Cushing's Diagnosis: Juggling Multiple Chronic Illnesses with RA...I guess I've been writing a series of articles lately on my story and experiences with getting diagnosed with some endocrine disorder...reactions6comments
Fixing My Botched Ankle... As Flames Shoot Out the Side of My Face...For a decade, I have been dealing with an ever-worsening right ankle that keeps curling further and further underneath. The saga has...reactions39comments
