Stories

My story started officially January 2019 but had been going on for many years. I had been having terrible hand pain on and off during my time as a dental...

After many years of trying to establish a relationship with my rheumatologist, it's time to find a new one. Someone empathetic, critical thinker, holistic. How hard was it for you...

I'm writing this from bed. I have a nasty cold that appears to have caused a flare up of joint pain in my jaw - a place that is usually...

It's been a little over 2 years since I have been diagnosed with this disease. Before I knew what I had, I was in severe pain. It hurt to get...

I have rheumatoid arthritis, and just take sulfasalazine now. I was taking this with methotrexate, but had to stop the latter after a year as I kept getting one infection...

Please don’t be sorry.... I’ve learned so much through this process. Mainly to be thankful for what I have. Because it can always get worse... I have said a few...

and a swollen and painful knee two compression gloves and a swollen and painful knee three hours of crying two compression gloves and a swollen and painful knee four thousand...

Some years ago, I joined several RA groups on Facebook. I slowly got back out of several groups that had a lot of suffering people, but not much guidance or...

Why couldn’t anyone tell me how the “next step“ in the progression of RA and MS put together would feel like physically and emotionally! Why couldn’t anyone tell me that...

When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, it was something that I was expecting. Both my mom and my maternal aunt had been diagnosed with autoimmune diseases many years prior...

I take provigil or modafinil (generic) for my unrelenting fatigue... Make sure your vitamin levels aren’t too high or low. Don’t underestimate vitamins. I use a happy light since I...

I made it to work today! Which in itself is a major accomplishment. I can't stand work...well not the actual job and the actual work but, the co-workers. I dislike...

I have spent the first half of my life fighting anyone and anything that told me I couldn’t do something, and the last half trying to convince anyone and everyone...

I officially had pain medication (morphine) put into my pump along with the muscle relaxer baclofen and then I was so ill for the last week not even being able...

Since being diagnosed in 2017, I have tried all of the usual RA/RD treatments. We started with MTX (oral route), then went to triple therapy, then moved my MTX from...

At the age of 19, this RA came into my life silently. The girl who liked to walk started to get tired easily after walking a few hundred meters. Wow...

I have another doctors appointment today, but today it’s with a new rheumatologist. The anxiety of having to explain it all in 20 minutes or less gets me to the...

Editorial note: Trigger warning - This story discusses physician-assisted suicide and suicidal ideation. This is a tale of reality and honesty There is a vast difference between having suicidal thoughts...

When you are alone with no one and you are going through the worst pain yet you at least in your life you know what to expect living with it...

Hello. I was feeling overwhelmed today and started searching for RA support groups and found this site. I have shed a few tears just finding it. I am having a...