Medical Insurance - How to Deal with and Stick It Out...Insurance. It’s a necessary evil when living with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic illness and many of us spend an inordinate amount of...reactions8comments
Consideration Wanted...I’ve written a few articles about the lovely compassion of people in the face of my disability and I have another one...reactions3comments
RA...I just was diagnosed three weeks ago. Before being diagnosed I had terrible flare-ups, mostly in my hands. I never experienced pain...reactions8comments
RA and the Restroom...While I live with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I also manage Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. In fact, for...reactions14comments
Managing Emotional Challenges and Stress...Living with the challenges of a chronic disease like RA can be stressful and emotionally challenging. It is no wonder that studies...
Second-Guessing My Symptoms and Myself...Just as my condition fluctuates, so does my self-perception. There are days when I am achy, and I want only to rest...reactions38comments
Who am I now???...I was diagnosed with RA in 2003, when the Dr. came in an said I had RA, I really wasn't even paying...reactionscomments
Massage Therapy...When I was first diagnosed with RA and put on methotrexate I was suffering in pain until we got the right combination...reactions1comment
One, Two, Three, Breathe; A body in motion....As a child I loved the water, I attended weekly swimming lessons and spent as much time as possible in the pool...reactions1comment
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: Pregnancy-Safe RA Relief...The RA Pregnancy Chronicles is a series of posts that share my experiences being pregnant while living with RA. This post was...reactionscomments
Tips for a Tolerable Pregnancy...When I made the decision to become pregnant, one of the chief factors I weighed was how my body would handle the...reactions2comments
RA - A Way Of Life...Being diagnosed at the age of 23, was never easy for me or my family for that matter. But the worst thing...reactionscomments
Tin Man Syndrome...Tin Man Syndrome. When I think about my RD, and how the minute I'm off my meds I freeze up like the...reactions6comments
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
Osteoporosis and risk of fracture...Osteoporosis is a common comorbidity that affects both women and men with RA, but particularly women after menopause. In the general population...
RA and Menopause...Menopause occurs at an average age of 51 years and marks a period of significant hormonal change for women, impacting a range...
Doctor Knows Best . . . or Does He?...We all know that, as with all professions, doctors are not created equal. Ranging from excellent to mediocre to having their medical...reactions8comments
She loves me - she loves me not...Just like this classic paradox, many of us with RA have the same love/hate relationship with the corticosteroids we often have little...reactions2comments
Reality and Appearance...Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis is often a subtle masquerade of appearances: a smile when one is in pain, the forced buoyancy of...reactions9comments
Humira vs. COVID-19...My rheumatologist put me back on Humira for the third time a while ago and I still haven't started it. I know...reactions13comments
