Summer Fun with RA...Summer as an adult is very different than summer as a child.... By David Advent3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
The Swing: My Experience of the Emotional/Physical Benefits of Swinging with Rheumatoid Arthritis...Do you remember that feeling you had when you were riding on a swing as a child? I know that I certainly do.... By Lynn Marie Witt, MSOT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
My Story...My symptoms completely disappeared while I was pregnant with my second child and I was off all medication.... By achyjanice1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Thrown into the Deep End: Concerns of a Novice Caregiver...As I child I had regularly caught cold with season changes and occasionally got sick just as everyone does.... By Rob2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
This Decision is Between My Husband and Me . . . and My RA...During that time I reconsidered our previous plan, and told my husband that maybe we should stop at one child.... By Tamara Haag3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Hands, feet, knees, ankles, and now elbows and shoulders, whats next?...I got really bad when I became pregnant with my 1st child. After having my child I got bad for a couple of months meds were just pills... By dayc2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Kayla...He said there was no way that could just happen so she must be being abused. ABUSED? Hardly. Anyway, he called Child protection and the cops came!... By gmasandy1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Travel and RA: A Reprise...In 2009, I was still a child of course and, because of that, vacation had a different meaning and idea.... By David Advent2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
General Mental Health Resources...They also run the National Child Abuse Hotline, where you can make an official report if you are or know of a child who is being hurt.... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for later
Not Talking About the Pain...Even as a child, I didn’t complain.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments25 comments
Fight Club...While the disease was most aggressive when I was a child and teenager, it still has been waging battle against me as an adult.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Life With Juvenile Arthritis: Things I Wish My Parents Had Known...Communication skills are important for everyone, and given the enormity of life with JRA and all this entails, I think every child with JRA should talk... By Kathryn Elton, OTR3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
Growing pains....I used to be reduced to tears..did anyone else suffer as a child??... By cassiesmum1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
RA and Pregnancy...Importantly, just because you have RA, it does not mean that your child will develop the disease.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Breast cancer reconstruction with RA...Since I had a child, benepali has been working well and all under control....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
A Different Thanksgiving...It is an old habit, but ever since I was an ill child with rheumatoid arthritis, I found it helpful to reflect on the good things in my life... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Starting over and over and over...My handwriting was barely legible as a child.... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Seminal Moments...The birth of a child. The death of a loved one. Graduating from college with the overwhelming question of, “What next?”.... By Carla Kienast2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
We don't have to live in silence...Both seemed so unmanageable as a child. This constant feeling of impending doom.... By 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
The Importance of Patient Feedback...And while my son was very brave, I worry about how a less cooperative child would have been treated.... By Mariah Z. Leach3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments