Stories

My daughter has been diagnosed and I want to understand what she is going through and how to help...

I am 52 yrs old and was dx'd at 35 after about 3 years of being sick and having progressively painful joints. Fortunately, my kids were in middle school before...

My story is long and I wish I cold find sone one who has a similar story. After several years of problems and no reason to why my health is...

The year is 2012. I had just put a runner in my kitchen to protect the pergo flooring we just had installed. The next morning I came down stairs and...

I was diagnosed with RA at the age of 27. I then found out I was pregnant two weeks later. My RA got WORSE with the pregnancy instead of going...

Hi, my name is Bridget. I'm 43 yrs old. I have a beautiful daughter who is 2 yrs old for whom I am truly blessed & after a year of...

I myself do not have RA, but my wonderful wife does. I had heard of RA for many years and knew some people who suffered from RA, but it was...

Hello, I am Diane. I was diagnosed with RA 20 years ago. Little did I know then the battles I would fight; the ones I would win and the ones...

My RA recently took a turn for the worse in my knee, but I am still fine. The only real impact is that I can no longer walk very far...

If you would have asked just three short years ago if my RA got in the way of me practicing my religion I would have said no. But in the...

I was originally diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 12 years old. Approximately 9 years later, I was diagnosed with RA. When the symptoms first began, we were almost positive...

Hi I'm Walt Merrill. Do you suffer from horrible arthritis joint pain? Me too! I've suffered with my autoimmune disease for 10+ years. Doctors told me, there's no cure for...

Blown away! Living relatively a normal life until June 16 2015, husband 70, wife 65, we did our best to stay in shape and eat right walk and exercise. We...

Two years ago I was diagnosed with RA, when my first baby was born. At first I thought I was just stressed out from the hardships of having a new...

Laying in the hospital the other night, I wrote this. I wrote it because I was frustrated because several times I hear from people there going to be there for...

OK in less than a month I will be 60. For over 50 years I have had pain of varying degrees and for varying reasons. After pain in my back...

I just got diagnosed in July. I never dreamed this could happen to me! Even though I already had osteoarthritis, I figured well that's to be expected since I'm 62...

Actually, a little over a year ago, I was looking forward to turning 50! After working and raising two children and loving ALMOST every minute of it, having them take...

I have been experiencing neck and shoulder pain now for months but about a month ago, my arms, legs, ankles, feet, wrists and hands started really hurting for no reason...

Because I blog about living with a chronic illness, earlier this year I was asked to be an ambassador for our local Walk to Fight Arthritis in St. John’s, NL...