How to Handle Hectic...I manage my RA best when I utilize routine as my foundational principle. I like to try to stick to an exercise...reactions2comments
17 Long Years...I had the normal childhood health things growing up. Chicken pox, tonsillectomy, that kind of thing. I did end up with scoliosis...reactions9comments
Why Don't You Just...?...Why don't you just give up gluten? Why don't you just stop eating sugar? Why don't you just go to the gym?...reactions1comment
My Diagnosis and Switching to Enbrel...Two years ago, at the age of 21, I first began showing signs of RA. I was officially diagnosed one year later;...reactions4comments
Pain Subsided...I have rheumatoid arthritis, and just take sulfasalazine now. I was taking this with methotrexate, but had to stop the latter after...reactions7comments
Keeping it safe with RA....Lately while reading postings on the RheumatoidArthritis.net web site and their Facebook pages I had a thought of concern. I read some...reactionscomments
The Strobe Light of Chronic Illness - How Others See Only Small Snapshots...I was watching a cop show the other day and one of those obligatory, “drug addled-club goers rave” scenes came on. You...reactions7comments
Is a Clinical Trial Right for Me? 5 Questions to Help you Decide...Making decisions can be tough, especially when they relate to your health! One decision you may face is whether or not participating in...reactionscomments
Day by day, step by limping step...I was first diagnosed in 2013, after visiting an orthopedist for wrist pain. I worked in a surgery center at the time...reactions2comments
RA diagnosed at young age...Those days I was in high school. It was January 2012. And I was 16. I felt inflammation in my fingers. In...reactions6comments
Miserable Holiday...A holiday, vacation, planned with family turned into a nightmare I'm still trying to fight my way out of. I have just...reactions10comments
There's Always Evidence...I speak about my seronegative Rheumatoid Disease often because it irritates me. I am a scientist so it does bother me! I...reactions11comments
Incurably Well...“Incurable.” I hate that word. It’s so final, so deadpan, and so totally hopeless. When I hear or read it my first...reactions1comment
A New Beginning...On April 18, 2020, my beautiful, darling cat, Marmalade passed away. She was almost 19 years old. Short story. My father and...reactions7comments
Chayla's Story...My name is Chayla and I am a proud grandma to three and mom to three. I live in Fargo, ND and...reactions3comments
“Mean Mommy”...When I was a nanny in college, I vowed that when the day came when I had kids of my own, I...reactions2comments
Never Give Up...I got RA when I was 42 although mild. I relocated to Tenerife as the weather helped, in fact the RA disappeared...reactions1comment
Being the Right Patient...The doctor who just performed my reverse shoulder replacement is new to me. He is in the same practice as the excellent...reactions6comments
New FDA Pregnancy Labeling Standards – Not As Boring As It Sounds!!...This article explains how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires medications to be labeled concerning the safety of use during...reactions1comment
My Biologic Has Failed...Since being diagnosed in 2017, I have tried all of the usual RA/RD treatments. We started with MTX (oral route), then went...reactions3comments
