Stories

I'm a 48 yr old divorced mom living my so called life in NJ. I have 2 adult kids who still live with me. I'm paid caretaker to my 20...

Woke up Nov, 11 2014 and couldn't get out of bed. In one night went from very healthy 63 yrs old man in good shape very active, to feeble old...

There are so many days that I can truthfully say that I feel that me and a Chow Chow dog have so much in common. When I am not in...

My story is typical of those with AS in the USA except for maybe my use of radon therapy. My early symptoms was missed by conventional doctors, osteopaths, naturopaths and...

Hi my name is Diane I was diagnosed with RA about five years ago I am going on my 6th dial drug. I am 51 and I recently had a...

What are these tennis injuries I keep on getting? When I was 40 years old, playing tennis twice a week, water-skiing on weekends, my body started to feel pain in...

I am a young 21 year old trying to get through college but having such a hard time foucusing with my RA. Around 2 months ago I went to go...

In 2010 I notice these aches and my joints were so bad I couldn't walk I called to my son to help me out of bed. I went to the...

I’m 24 years old and have a very aggressive form of RA. I have been fighting symptoms since I was 17 but was always dismissed as a "whiner". Dismissed by...

The year was 2008 and I was fortunate to be given this beautiful fluffy Persian cat. She was a beautiful orange and brown with pretty hazel eye I've never been...

In 2002 I started having pain in my shoulder and ankles, so bad I could not stand and walk after sleeping all night. I have a family history of RA...

In January 2015, I was stricken with a sudden unexplained soreness in all of my joints and most muscles below my shoulders this lasted about a week till I could...

I have had RA since I was about 16 but it took the Doctor's about 4 years to confirm it with consistent testing. These tests also confirmed I have lupus...

Approximately 13 years ago I woke up one day and couldn't walk...through many specialists and much diagnostic testing it was determined I have RA, PsA and chronic migraine disease. I...

January, 2016 I woke up one day with my whole hand swollen, red and hot and hurting. This lasted a few days and then the other hand was the same...

I'm a 39-year-old woman, British born and bred, diagnosed in late 2015 with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I'm also Asthmatic, which was diagnosed back in 1987, shortly after my tenth birthday. My...

I have RA and I am thankful for it! This is long, so settle in. Growing up in Northern Wisconsin as part of a lower income family during the time...

Because I am on Nucynta ER 200mg twice a day and sometimes Norco when nothing I do moves the pain into a manageable zone, my pain management Doctor requires me...

Hello I am a 54-year-old female with RA. I was diagnosed when I was 48. My doctor has me on Methotrexate and Xeljanz. Meloxicam and vitamin supplement. I do not...

Hi I am a 78-year-old great grandmother. I have fibro, RD, 4 different arthritis', low thyroid and a few others. I suffered with fibro for 25 years and low thyroid...