I'm Over It - Coping with RA when You Really Don't Want to...I have lived with symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since I was a child. Since before I went through puberty.... By Amanda Osowski3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments61 comments
Is It Stress?...As a child growing up, I had the normal stressors, plus that of a debilitating disease. Did stress contribute to my aggressive illness?... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Don't Complain to Me...When I was a child in school, I spent a lot of time in the nurse’s office for visits to take medication or do my physical therapy sessions.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Oh To Be A Kid Again . . . If Only...The best advice I got as a child, or rather my parents got, was that when my arthritis was running rampant and I couldn't be as active as you... By teresav2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Which Doctor to Contact?...I have been a caregiver since a child to take my dad's braces off and bring him coffee and almost twenty years for my mom.... By elirose2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Ending 2017 With Joy...Still, I’m a die-hard romantic with the heart of a child.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Being Let Down by a Doctor...When I was a child my parents were my advocates.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Incurably Well...Since my diagnosis with RD I’ve raised a child to adulthood. I’ve worked as a journalist and editor for the U.S.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This...As a child, I used to read every night, enjoying my book while snuggled up under soft blankets and clean sheets, freshly showered and wearing my pajamas... By Angela Lundberg4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments19 comments
Hearing Issues and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Add It to the List...It made me remember my Mom telling me that as a young child, I had told her that I had birds in my ears.... By Kathryn Elton, OTR3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments34 comments
The Pitfalls of Seronegative RA...I likely had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) as a child, but I was instead diagnosed with a series of sprained wrists and ankles, and in my teens with... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments56 comments
RA and Dogs: It's Complicated...Willow was like the proverbial first child. As a puppy, she never chewed up anything she wasn’t supposed to and she was potty-trained within a week.... By Kathryn Elton, OTR3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
RA Sucker Punched !!!!!...I was devastated, because as a child, my great grandmother had Rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus.... By 1e2sr3e2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Rheumatic Fever or Rheumatoid Arthritis: What's the Difference?...If the patient is a child, he or she will need to keep taking antibiotics as a preventative measure until the age of 21.... By Wren3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Declines in Accessibility 31 Years After the Americans with Disabilities Act...As a child, my parents had to advocate regularly for my inclusion in school, in field trips, in extracurriculars.... By Kelly Mack4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My Life With Rheumatoid Arthritis...There's even a photograph of me standing without the brace celebrating my birthday looking like a "normal" child!... By Joanie163 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Pregnancy and the Remission Expectation...However, about a year later a number of factors came together, the strong desire to have a biological child chief among them, and we decided I would resign... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Treating RA-Related Ankle Tendonitis...I wore braces as a child to help prevent damage, but it gradually occurred. I have crazy, dislocated toes. I have largely fused foot and ankle bones.... By Kelly Mack4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments24 comments
If Not For RA Would I Still Be Childless?...I thought about sending it to my brother and sister-in-law who had their fourth child this past year. I didn’t do that either.... By Lisa Emrich3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...(FMLA is also available for the birth or adoption of a child, and an additional 14 weeks of unpaid leave is available to provide care for a family member... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments