The RA Dilemma...In every sense, he was the true definition of a child prodigy.... By Michael Booth5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
New to the RA Family...I remember as a child my Dad was diagnosed with this in his twenties. The memories of how his flares would put him in the hospital.... By keepingup1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments13 comments
Cheryl’s story...I am a child of God.... By cheryl-allred1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
The Clinical Trial Consent Form: Understanding Your Rights & Responsibilities...In most cases, both parents must provide legal consent for the child to participate, and many trials allow children aged 7 years or older to also provide... By Editorial Team 2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The Importance of Seeing Specialists...A perfect example is that when I was diagnosed as a child, it wasn’t until a pediatrician referred me to a rheumatologist that my illness was correctly... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Attention Please!...One of my family members who I'm really close to has a child with an auto-immune disease also, and I am fully engaged in learning about it and talking... By 1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
RA Will not Defeat Me- I'MPERFECTion!...I grew up as a normal child. I was the oldest of 3 children until I was 15 when my youngest brother was born to make a total of... By amandarae3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
My RA Journey and Treatment Success...It hurt to get out of bed, put on clothes, walk to the bus stop with my child, and even drive my own car.... By mel-l1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
It Takes Two to Tango, It Takes Three to Get Pregnant...I’ve never wanted to carry a child and always wanted to adopt.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
The Importance of Oral Health...Unless the dentist has child size x-ray films, I cannot fit them into my mouth.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
What Does That Say?...As a young child, I was an overachiever with report cards filled with “E’s” for “excellent.”... By Tamara Haag2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
How to Stick Out...Even as a young child I remember that I couldn’t pass in public.... By Kelly Mack2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
The RA Pregnancy Chronicles: The Post-Birth RA Flare...During my first pregnancy I remember seeing an article in The Huffington Post about a woman who was diagnosed with RA shortly after the birth of her first child... By Mariah Z. Leach4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Liar, liar pants on fire!...They had never seen how sad her eyes were when she told her child not to hug! Then they would obviously bad mouth me, for being a rude By 1lpkg257 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
It's A Flare and I Am Not Nuts...That my pain was due to just having my 2nd child (3 months earlier) and I needed to go to bed when I was tired and wake up when... By dollyb29111 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Pain Is So Hard To Live With...When I was a child it was really hard for me to fit in. After I became an adult life became a little easier.... By tammyrstevens171 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Does RA Run in Families?...In one Swedish study, people with a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with RA were roughly 3 times more likely to develop RA compared to... By Janeil Whitworth2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments17 comments
Pride Rock...I was an only child so I didn’t ask for help (I probably could have) and that mentality leached into other parts of my life.... By Monica Y. Sengupta2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Tiptoe around...Hello I have no cartilage in my knees and that's due to me not taking my meds on time like I should have when I was a child.... By tammyrstevens171 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
The Symptom Match Game...My size went up and out with my first child. Finding a size 13 women’s shoe is challenging, let alone finding one that is pretty and supportive.... By Mary Sophia Hawks2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments17 comments