Stories

I have been diagnosed with RA, just a year now, and feel totally lost and fed up. I am lost, where is the person who built this house with her...

My life has always been based around my RA I have never really known what it was like to not go a day without the pain. I was about 15...

I'm a 58 year old woman, who has had RA for over 30 years. I'm now really seeing more difficulties. I hate it. I have grandchildren and I want to...

From the age of 34 I've been living with RA... I'm now 41 and I can honestly say life has been very challenging to say the least! The last 3...

My RA story begins a little over two years ago I would say probably around January 2013 when following a training session at the gym i noticed a sudden onset of...

Eight weeks ago the Doc told me I have RA. I'm 48 yrs old with 6 children only one of them is under 18. I had so many dreams we...

It was early Monday morning, and the request was simple. "Mom, instead of a sandwich today, can you make me a salad?" My 18 year old daughter would only be...

That was exactly what I was thinking when the ER Dr. Said I think she has RA. It started before this though. I was 12 and having pains in my...

About 5 years ago, I started to feel "poorly" and just shrugged it off to getting old (I'm 59) and stress of a new and demanding job. I went to...

The other morning, while in my college anatomy lab, I realized a few things. The first was I am not a morning person, and whoever thought giving sleep deprived college...

It all started for me in my feet, I bought a few pair of new shoes to see if my shoes were just worn out but as it progressed it...

I gave birth to a beautiful little girl on August 2014. Unfortunately after labor my left hand started hurting, my middle finger was shaking and little by little my risk...

The hardest part of being diagnosed with RA as a young adolescent was that no one believed it was true. Even my primary care doctor didn't believe me at first...

Friday used to be the holy grail of workdays for me; you see I am a 9-5’er, from 9 am Monday morning you are looking forward to Friday. Recently that...

Hi I am 21 years young I was diagnosed with JRA when I was 9 it started when I noticed it hurt to run up the stairs at my home...

Do you know how some people complain about how they may be too short, or maybe they wish they were stronger, I just wish I could one day lift my...

As a child I loved the water, I attended weekly swimming lessons and spent as much time as possible in the pool. I was referred to as fish or water...

My story is about my Granddaughter, Kayla. When she was 2, we noticed she wasn't using her fingers for some things. Like pulling herself up onto the kitchen chairs. I...

My name is Kathy and I was diagnosed with RA one year ago. I noticed my joints hurting more and the fatigue has been great. I am a nurse and...

It was 2010, I was going to community college to get some education to move on in construction, hopefully a management position. I felt in my gut I needed to...