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...Pets are so lovely when I'm having a Rheumatoid Arthritis flare....

...In addition, flare-ups are most commonly reported a few days prior to and during menstruation when estrogen and progesterone are at their lowest....

...Cold is also a major trigger for me but, in the winter, I experience one big flare....

...due to a flare. ...

...I don’t know if today I’ll suffer an agonizing flare, a mild, almost negligible flare, or no flare at all....

...Maybe it’s a Sjogren’s flare?” Fast forward 2 days- I remember not being able to sit up....

...And, what was weird about this entire experience was that none of my other meds corrected the flare....

...What did I do to trigger this particular flare?...

...Reading is not very strenuous on the joints or body making it a great hobby for when you have a RA flare....

...I was hospitalized for a major Crohn's disease flare at the beginning of this year....

...I have experienced these symptoms before when my Sjogren’s flared (usually, in tandem with a rheumatoid arthritis flare), but it was not that perceptible...

...Flare-ups in my wrists have been extremely rare compared to my feet, hands, jaw, and shoulders....

...To add to the confusion, it may or may not be related to a flare....

...And when I'm in the middle of a bad flare-up, or any level of a flare, I often think and feel the same way: This pain is NEVER...

...Having a flare feels like having to push “pause” on one’s life while the rest of the world plays on....

...This back and forth tiredness usually means I am about to flare, as well....

...Interestingly, and not surprisingly, I often see a correlation with RA flare-ups and bursitis flare-ups....