Stories

Today I had a "Crybaby" moment, I got in my car, and noted the steering wheel cover was off! As my son borrowed the car, no fault of his, however...

Hello my name is Tammy and I've published some stories before. I have had to learn that sometimes you need to be able to talk to your doctor and talk...

At the office recently I was having a conversation with some coworkers about a project that has become a bit of a headache so to speak. We work at a...

How can you find happiness in a life where pain surrounds you? Like many of you I am on two hand fulls of medications just to get me through the...

I am a nurse and breast cancer survivor. I started having pain shortly after having breast cancer in 1998. I was not officially diagnosed until 2016 with RA and Sjögren's...

I recently turned 60 years old and I am in good health, with a healthy diet, regular exercise, no smoking and an overall positive lifestyle. About six weeks ago, I...

Hi, I am new to this forum and have recently been diagnosed with RA. I've have spent the last three months in the most excruciating pain. I went from a...

I was recently diagnosed with RA. (About 6 weeks ago to be exact) At first I was a little shocked, I had always heard about RA but never really knew...

While sitting comfortably in a booth with my wife at our favorite local Mexican restaurant for a Saturday evening dinner out, enjoying some corn chips dipped in a somewhat spicy...

Since suffering and being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), I tend to sit in the disabled seating area on trains and buses but why? I...

I share my story because of the simple fact of how debilitating RA is. I was awaken by very stiff, locked shoulders. I couldn't move my arm any way. I...

I was a reasonably successful musician, my band played with Faith No More and did well in national band battles and had a bit of a cult following way back...

One year ago, I began experiencing severe fatigue. Not unusual due to RA diagnosis several years ago. Then I started experiencing stomach pains right under my ribs, all the way...

Hello, I'm new here in the community. I was diagnosed with arthritis in 2014. I'm still not used to this disease, but I'm dealing with it best I can. I...

I've been on ENBREL injections for the past two months and I've notice some changes in my fingers. My ring finger on the left hand has a big knot on...

Hi I new to this site and would like to share my story and find out if anyone else is on Xeljanz and find that it is helping them at...

Recently diagnosed with RA. Hands, feet and now I fear hip. I am on prednisone, folic acid and methotrexate. Just had a visit and discussed meds are maintaining but not...

20 years at sea US Navy, 7 years hanging sheetrock, three violent motor vehicle crashes, not to mention all the drunk and stupid things I did. Well, in 1999 things...

I'm a 64-year-old that was diagnosed with RA 3 years ago but I probably had it for a long time before that. Deformed fingers, not being able to move joints...

I suffer from periodic insomnia. I have not slept much for the past week or so. Perplexing part is though I am tired throughout the day I have had no...