Weird RA Symptoms - So Much More Than Joint Pain...I am curious to hear about everyone's "weird" symptoms that aren't normally talked about with RA... at least outside of this community anyways ;) For example, I occasionally experience swelling...Reactions0reactionsComments59 replies
Tips for Routine Walks with RA...Walking is like medicine. We’ve all heard this before: the more we move, the more we support and protect and strengthen and condition our joints, the lower we keep our...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Stopping all meds?...I saw on this thread last week someone who quit all meds except pain medication. I am thinking about the same. Last week I was prescribed Xlejanz (sp) and I...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesBiologic MedicationSide Effects
Early symptoms...Hi all, I’ve been having some symptoms, and because my mom had rheumatoid arthritis, I am concerned that I might be getting it now too. Before I go to the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosisSymptoms
Should I Travel 14 Hours Out of Town to See a Rheumatologist?...Hi everyone! Thank you for your fellowship ❤️ I was diagnosed with markers for RA back in 2016, and I experienced my first flare-up in April 2021. I am still...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Having RA Does Not Mean We Are Not Whole...I keenly remember a time, especially early in the course of my rheumatoid arthritis (RA), when it hit me that I was feeling less than whole as a result of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
New Study Reveals Challenges of Exercise with RA...A study recently published in The Journal of Physiology sheds light on challenges experienced by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients when they exercise. Researchers studied physical responses to exercise (mean arterial...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Life With Rheumatoid Arthritis...How do I begin? What do I cover? When I ask myself these questions, I realize how much I have to say after so many years. That's 63 years; all...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Fasting...Has anyone tried intermittent or extended fasting as a way to reduce inflammation from RA? My primary care physician suggested this strongly....Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Anxiety and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Part 1 ...A few weeks ago, I fell and broke my hip. It's not how I wanted to start the summer, especially after a year and a half of living confined during...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
RA and COVID vaccine...Hey all I know the COVID shot is a sensitive subject around many but I need advise or insight … I am 40f have had RA for about 15 years...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCopingFlares & Flare ManagementSide Effects
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 been going on for years now and it’s...Reactions0reactionsComments39 comments
Options if no longer a candidate for prescription dmards, antitnf...Hello all, I have been on the “usual” meds methotrexate, plaquenil, humira, sulfasalizine, en rel and finally was on loading doses of remicaide when they added prolia (for osteoporosis )...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesTreatmentTips & AdviceFlares & Flare Management
RD: What About the “Little” Pains?...Yeah, those. The non-agonizing tweaks and twinges. The background knee-throb. The sudden, sharp jab that takes your breath as you pick up a dish to put it in the dishwasher?...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Wondering about RA...I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but more recently I have had a lump come up on my ankle. The GP said it's achillies tendonitis, and I've had a scan which...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesDiagnosis
Summah-Time!...Author's note: I wrote this article as though I am describing a typical summer and not one amidst a global pandemic. I am recounting summers past since my current summer...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Orencia, CV vaccine and antibody levels?...With this big spike happening now with the Delta variant that is infecting vaccinated people, what do we know about Orencia and how Orencia might blunt the vaccine response? I...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesBiologic Medication
MY REPORTS ARE OK BUT CLINICALLY THERE ARE SYMTOMS OF PSA...I got tested for CRP, ANTI DS DNA, LFT, CREATININE, CBC ETC. All reports , according to rhemotolists, are ok. But clinically i have pain in my wrist, neck etc...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
advice for early 20s diagnosis...i'm nearly 21, have had joint pain since at least 14 but probably earlier (got the "growing pains" excuse so much growing up it's hard to remember what pain was...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesNewly DiagnosedCoping
The Conundrum of Being Told to Diet and Exercise When You Have RA...If you're heavy-set (overweight, obese, fat — whatever label you want to put on it or have been called before), you have likely heard the following statement from every single...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
