20 Surprising Little Things You Can Do to Start Feeling Better Today...Take breaks – even if it is just closing your eyes and doing some deep breathing for one minute.... By Melissa Halas-Liang5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Evaluating the Doctor’s Office: Who Do You Talk To About Laboratory Results?...She asked if I had been waiting long, which I had not, but I noticed that no one had been called back during the 20 minutes I... By Lisa Emrich3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Stress and RA Don’t Play Well Together...I need to take care of myself. I don’t need to take care of tasks just because I have the knowledge and skill to do so.... By Lisa Emrich4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Counting My Blessings: Medications...Sleep Aid. If I had a nickel for every proverbial sheep my RA has left me counting, I would be one rich lady.... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
The Patience of Patients...and add to the pain and discomfort that I feel every day.... By Kathryn Elton, OTR2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments
The Medicine Hopper...But, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. In 2015, the Orencia infusion (and, well, all my meds, for that matter) cut out. We made drastic changes.... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Surgery Is Challenging...But I also had to rehab my hand, arm, and elbow because they grew stiff and weak while the shoulder was recovering.... By Kelly Mack6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments16 comments
Turn the Bottle, Not the Cork...I sometimes take ramps instead of stairs and when I do take stairs, I always use the handrail and take one step at a time.... By Carla Kienast3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
“Mean Mommy”...They each love to walk between my husband and me, putting one hand in mine and the other hand in my husband’s, and having us... By Tamara Haag5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
The Long and Winding Road of RA...I find myself getting depressed and fatigued and even giving thought to just giving up and letting things slide. ... By Nan Hart3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments12 comments
Community Perspectives: Strange and Unexplained Symptoms...mlynn: "I had made peace or at least called a truce with the tilt-a-whirl ride that is RA.... By RheumatoidArthritis.net Team2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Monica’s Tips for Handling Mornings...If it a high flare day, I keep a snack and my meds on the bedside table so that I can take them first thing and they... By Monica Y. Sengupta3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments35 comments
5 Tips for Managing Bad Days as a Parent...is just a matter of when) and let the kids set up a little concession stand and sell treats using Monopoly money.... By Leanne Donaldson3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
A New Medication...If I take some headache medicine early when I feel it coming on, I can usually cut it off pretty quickly and not be laid low.... By Kelly Mack3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
I Am Enough...A few months ago, I had that experience while watching a Ted Talk given by Brené Brown.... By Tamara Haag4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments28 comments
Why I said I Do...I told him I had JRA and he said he knew what that disease could do (his ex-mother in law had severe RA,) and... By Kathryn Elton, OTR4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Do Auto Immune Conditions Target the Go-Getters?...On top of all this, he also raises animals and vegetables on his land.... By Tamara Haag3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments23 comments
Just Add Exercise?...And no, exercise and endorphins aren't going to cut it.... By Angela Lundberg4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Early Menopause...I had already lost any sense of normalcy with my body, my career had been altered, and my friends and my relationships were not what they... By Lynn Marie Witt, MSOT4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments22 comments
RA in Longer Winters...I've had more pain days with stiffness, swollen and red joints, and general bloating/malaise.... By David Advent2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments