Sleep Hygiene as a Defense Against RA Painsomnia...Absorbing projects like jigsaw puzzles, sudoku challenges, or adult coloring books can help you wind down.... By TK Sellman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Most Important Relationship is......Though, if everything were downhill my knees would hurt a lot less! Okay, so I get out of bed what next? Feed the pets, feed myself.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments13 comments
Rheumatic Fever or Rheumatoid Arthritis: What's the Difference?...There were no books about rheumatoid arthritis(or any other type of arthritis) on the shelves of the base’s small library.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The RA Fun Never Stops? Here We Go Again......Apparently, the kidney numbers on my latest blood tests were high — high enough that they want to retest again in a few days.... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What 20 Years of RA Have Taught Me...Wishing things were different is so very seductive, and you will do plenty of that and that is okay, but you shut out a little bit of truth every... By Tamara Haag3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments37 comments
Questions That Linger after Half a Century of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: When to Seek Help...When we were at the hospital, the ER doctor discovered that he also had pneumonia and sepsis. ... By Kathryn Elton, OTR3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
A Sharp Poke in the Ribs...He and his staff were wonderful. They told me to come on over and they’d fit me in.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments12 comments
How Low Can You Go?...Every limbo boy and limbo girl...all around the limbo world" I have that silly Chubby Checker "Limbo Rock" song in my head right now, mostly because the word... By Angela Lundberg3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Coping with Itchy Skin and RA...Also, I wear very roomy (think two sizes too big) pajamas and sleep on cool retaining sheets.... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments24 comments
5 House Cleaning Tips for Life With Rheumatoid Arthritis...Rubber gloves were in one place and rags in another.... By Leanne Donaldson4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments24 comments
Advanced Planning for Surgery...My first activities were concentrated on getting cleared for the surgery and making sure my doctors had all spoken with each other about my particular... By Kelly Mack4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Laughter truly IS the best medicine...One example from a while back was me trying to give my dog a bath while my hands were flaring and so painful and stiff it was miserable.... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Practicing Patience...Recently at a family gathering my niece was aggravating her mother and siblings because she wanted to start an activity when they were not ready.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
No Catastrophes Here...Maybe you’ll need to pull on your compression gloves or wear a splint, or both. Maybe you’ll decide now’s a good time to take a pain med.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Secondary Impacts...When I wake up, I love looking back to see what I heard. Sometimes I store it as my new eclectic mix for the month.... By L rick Phillips5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mamas Facing Forward – A Community to Help Mamas Facing Chronic Illnesses Move Forward...There were lots of resources offering support and advice for women who wanted to become mothers, but I had to order a book all the way from Australia to... By Mariah Z. Leach3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Dear Mom, I'm Not Prince...Maybe if I were those things, I would be a real drug addict. But I'm not and I never have been.... By Angela Lundberg3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Cheese (Ch)Eater...If only the cure for RA were cheese...wouldn't that be wonderful? Sadly, it's not.... By Angela Lundberg4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Counting My Blessings: Medications...I have some ancestors who had RA, and there were very few treatments available to assuage symptoms, much less address disease activity at the source.... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Pain Before Beauty?...Day to day, I wear “comfortable” shoes (that is to say they’re as comfortable as any shoes can be on my painful bunions), but when it comes to special... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments