The Benefits and Downsides of Strength...I think, at times, it may make me seem cold and uncaring or really hard on other people, but it’s really a way of focusing my energy to make... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Time Passing Me By - Kids and RA?...Nah, I’m gonna have to put my hoop dreams on hold indefinitely. Sorry, LeBron. Climb Mt. Everest? Nuh-uh.... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Pregnancy & Parenting With Arthritis – An Interview with Laurie Proulx...future.Mariah: As someone with personal experience who has also done so much research on the subject, what do you think is the most important piece of advice you could... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Dealing with Loss, Failure, and RA...What you can do, though, is spend some time thinking about what you’ll do if you end up alone – whether it’s for a short time or a while... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
RA - The Time Bandit...arthritis (RA) is a notorious burglar of this scarce resource and the real tragedy is that chronic illness steals away time in so many different ways that it could... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
The Jerk Inside - Being an Annoying Patient...And when any of those get interrupted, the anxiety starts to build, and The Jerk - as I call him - starts to wake up.... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Living Outside Your Comfort Zone and Drinking Poop Coffee...Heck, I’d let them feed me a pound of coffee beans to poop out and sell every single day if it meant I had a "comfort zone" I could... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
RD: What About the “Little” Pains?...For those mild-to-moderate, grit-your-teeth, wish-it-would-just-stop pains, talk to your PCP or rheumatologist.... By Wren4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Morning Misery...I wish I could leap out of bed each morning with energy, ready to tackle the day and be a productive person.... By Angela Lundberg4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments61 comments
Getting Older with RA and Used Napkins...Maybe there’s a crumpled-up napkin fairy that comes at night to men of a certain age and fills our pockets with used Kleenexes while we sleep.... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments12 comments
RA and Agonizing Over Decisions...When “healthy” people talk about agonizing over them, people with RA and other chronic illnesses are like, “Uh, hold my beer.”... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments36 comments
Family, Resentment, and Nuclear Bombs...It’s like waking up giving an elephant a piggyback ride and then someone asking if that elephant can give a piggyback ride to a pig while it’s already... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments22 comments
Working When Chronically Ill: Workplace Accommodations and Navigating Disability Issues...The only reason an employer’s obligation to provide reasonable accommodations could be limited, is if the accommodations would cause undue hardship (being... By Editorial Team 4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Mary Sophia Hawks...Finally, Mary Sophia was able to sleep and the symptoms improved for a while.... By Editorial Team 2 min readBookmark for later
Xeljanz/Xeljanx XR (tofacitinib)...If it did not work or the user could not tolerate it, they can start using Xeljanz/Xeljanx XR.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Traditional Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)...While this helps treat RA, it can increase the risk from other infections.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
The Pain of RA...After a while, unfortunately, people get tired of hearing it when they ask “what’s wrong?” even if they don’t mean to. ... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments59 comments
Dealing with the Unpredictability of RA...It could be love, or a dream job, or the opportunity of a lifetime.... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments29 comments
When Do I Talk? What Do I Tell?...Now you have someone who may feel like they’ve been trapped or duped, and that’s certainly not a great foundation to build a relationship on. ... By Daniel Malito4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Understanding A Social Security Disability Denial...While the Social Security Administration (SSA) has no official policy to deny first-time applications, it is fairly easy to see why some people might think... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments