Stories

Around 2008, I think everything you can imagine showed up for me in my health. I thought I was fairly healthy. I began to notice a lot of pain, stiffness...

I've been drinking since I was 15/16, beer with my dad. One here and there. Then in high school a few after work with my friends. Switched to Jack and...

I used to make fun of gadgets. You know, the 'every kitchen, bathroom, bedroom needs this, makes a great gift, the current trend of wedding gifts, two for one price'...you...

At RheumatoidArthritis.net, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with rheumatoid arthritis can be a challenge, but the more we share and support one another...

Hi! My diagnosis with RA took 2 weeks thanks to an alert Primary Care Physician and a caring Rheumatologist. My PCP knows I don't complain so when I showed up...

Hi I started to get symmetrical joint pain at the end of last summer! My hands would ache so much that I’d have quite happily have chopped them off. My...

First, the middle of my story. I was diagnosed with RA in July 2017. It had taken over 18 months of various tests, even with a different Rheumatologist than the...

January 3rd, 2018 Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic disease, but its symptoms can be managed. RA disease is a chronic, inflammatory disease that occurs when your immune system mistakenly starts...

Hi everyone. I am new to this site, but not too new to RA. I was diagnosed with RA after the birth of my second child. I was 28. I...

Hi, I’m 69 years old and found out I had RA 5 years ago. The Drs and I believe the meds I took for Spinial stenosis had been masking the...

My name is Rebecca. I am 49 years old. I started exhibiting symptoms when I was 17. I experienced pain in my big toe, tiredness and swelling in my knees...

I'm Ann, and I was diagnosed one year ago with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Then with Sjogren's Syndrome. Then with RA. I underwent a lung biopsy, completed 12 weeks of pulmonary...

Hi everyone I am new to the group. Just wanted to introduce myself and ask if anyone has experienced any of the same symptoms that I am currently experiencing. My...

For years I have suffered with pain and discomfort. Many years ago, I contracted an illness which was diagnosed as “Sweet’s Syndrome”. It took over a month to reach a...

It's not the first time it's happened, but the second night in a row, and it's really wearing me down emotionally as much as physically: I'm not an elderly person...

I have been diagnosed with RA 8 years ago when I was 40. For years all I could afford was to go to a little town Dr. that barely charged...

For 26 years I had RA and was treated with Methotrexate. 4 years ago, I discovered 2 scientific facts. The first was well known and that is that Vitamin D...

Hello everyone, I take solace in all the encouraging words I've read on here. To tell you a little about myself: My name is Laura and I'm 22 years old...

My mum had rheumatoid arthritis her mum had rheumatoid arthritis but my doctor said it’s not genetic. A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. After my blood...

I tested positive for RA in 2014, but wasn't diagnosed until 2015. It was mild at first, except I was fighting subacute subcutaneous lupus at the same time. I knew...