Stories

I was diagnosed with RA 3 yrs. ago. In retrospect, I believe I've had it much longer, but the doctors never hit on it. I am now almost 66 yrs...

I had my first and only son at the age of 24. He was healthy as could be. As the weeks went by my body started to hurt. First it...

I have a compromised immune system and cannot take the well known drugs. Must depend on Sulfaslyzine, hydrochloine and low dose steroid. Cannot take Advil anymore due to GO bleed...

Hi! i'm betsy from the philippines. i got diagnosed last january 2018. I really don't know much about RA even until now and i don't know someone who has RA...

I think many of us worry about whining too much when we see the doctor. Sometimes I feel if a new treatment didn't help, it is me who failed. And...

I really feel for you all reading your stories. I am still in the area of the unknown regarding an RA diagnosis but can't imagine what else it can be...

My favorite quote is "A good bike ride fixes everything." That might seem strange, considering that I've had RA for 25 years. I've been involved with cycling for the last...

I know what you're thinking. You see me getting out of the van at the mall. You see the handicapped tag around my rear-view mirror. I see you waiting there...

Hello all! My name is Eileen Davidson, I am a 32 year old single mother from British Columbia Canada. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis on April 8th 2015, my...

I was diagnosed with RA at age 27, I am 49 now. I was very active, in fact I was in the middle of a softball game when it hit...

I'm feeling like I'm in the beginning to middle stage of the 3rd worst flare of my life. My 1st was in 1987 at the age of 6 years. At...

There is something no one can explain unless you live in the body of one who suffers RA. With many things to do on a daily basis, the question is...

The definition of hope is: to wait; State of mind that arises when what is desired is presented as attainable. In my opinion, more than a mood or a state...

I'm 48 now, I felt my pains at the age of 10 my mom took me to the Dr. and I was told it was growing pain. Well as the...

The other night I did something that I had not done in more than 25 years, I went cross country skiing. The weather was perfect to enjoy being outside and...

Pain began in March 2017, diagnosed with RA September 2017. Am currently on a weekly Methotrexate (.8 ml) injection. Was told improvement is gradual - true?. I've learned so much...

With so many appointments or places we find ourselves going in our day to day, "Pardon me," has become my word of choice. Yes, when I'm standing in the line...

It was an early summer morning in 1978 when I yelled out to my “mama”. On wakening I could barely move. I yelled out because it hurt to move, but...

I was yard-saling with my best friend, young kids in tow on a beautiful, sunny summer day. My husband had started a new job just a month ago and needed...

2016, I was walking in the house after a log day of rounds in the hospital. I am a family physician and I was used to my feet hurting after...