In An Instant I Was 100January 2018 I awoke with a shoulder that hurt so badly I was certain it was a knife stuck in it. Left shoulder. Ow. Ow. Ow. I knew I needed...reactions3comments
Pain and FatigueIt started in hands and feet. Then spread to mid-back. Then when fatigue hit I could barely function. What was the best treatment you experienced besides steroids, cause so far...reactions5comments
Old RAHello to the wonderful world of RA ... This will be my introduction to your community. I'm 56M from France, and I've been living with RA for 8 years now...reactions4comments
RA, Grief and SimponiAs you know from my previous stories, I have been on Simponi since October 28th. I have had cortisone injections in November, plus a hip procedure done in January. After...reactions2comments
How I managed to be pain free for over a yearI was diagnosed with JRA at 18 in 2001 in Germany, after an initial 6 months of going from doctor to doctor and only cortisone as medication. My JRA(JIA) affected...reactions3comments
Juggling RA in the Covid EraSometimes you have a bad month. Or two. You don’t get to choose. You don’t get to postpone. You just have to juggle your way through. In mid-December, when my...reactions4comments
Not old ageI played a lot of sports in my younger years and worked 3 jobs to support my children. As I hit my forties everything started hurting. Old they said! 2014...reactions3comments
Started out as JRA, still going as RAWhen I was about a year and a half in 1981, my left knee started to swell and stiffen. Since my family and I lived in a third world country...reactions8comments
6 years of crazyHi, I have always had pain. Doctors have told me since I was 12 that I had weak bones but could strengthen my frame by building core muscles. Great! I...reactions3comments
The Aches and Pains of RAMost of my friends have no clue what we go through on a day to day life and living with RA. I am fine most days, but have had many...reactions7comments
Never Felt OldI am 77 and never had any health issues. Did all my yard work, painted my house, and went to the gym 5 days a week. Last March got sick...reactions3comments
New hereI am new here today and wanted to ask a question. This past year I was diagnosed with breast cancer, did chemo, radiation, and a double mastectomy. On the day...reactions4comments
My Rheumatologist Wasn't Listening to MeWhen I was first diagnosed with RA in January 2007 I began a journey to the right medications almost immediately. It took quite a few months, even up to a...reactions5comments
Alyce's Body HereHi, let me introduce myself to you. I am Alyce’s body, and I am in control. She thought it was her mind, wrong, it was me, always me. And mind...reactions4comments
Hip Procedure For PainHi all, as you know from my January 3rd update, I was going to the hospital for a hip procedure called an "intra-articular ultrasound-guided injection of cortisone." My procedure was...reactions6comments
Waiting and waiting with painHi, following up on my November 4th story. After my first October 28th injection of Simponi, I was to decrease my prednisone by 0.5mg two weeks later, which I did...reactions9comments
Mrs Nicola BevisI come from a family of RA sufferers. My mum and my older sister have it. My younger sibling hasn't been diagnosed. I was told they weren't sure I had...reactions3comments
My Family and MeRA has marched through my family - stomping its hobnail boots on my dad, his mum (nanna), my sister, and me. I remember nanna wearing her splints and letting me...reactions12comments
New to the communityHi all, after weeks of unexplainable swelling in my wrist, and seeing many different doctors and tests, I was diagnosed with seronegative RA in July. I am currently on MX...reactions4comments
RA, give me a break!Several years ago I was diagnosed with plaque psoriasis & after one year the plaques disappeared. It then resurfaced as nail psoriasis & psoriatic arthritis. This year my hands &...reactions2comments
