Stories

I was diagnosed a year ago....But this is how it all started. Three years ago I was working at a very busy physicians office. I was getting different areas of...

A dear friend of mine gave me a small pamphlet titled "Blessing our circumstance." Now I will be the first to tell you how hard this is to do. Several...

I guess my family will never "get it." I can't walk through the amusement parks, beaches & other fun places like I used to. I need a nap & sleep...

Hello, I am new to this site, so I apologize for the long comment. I’m a 57 y.o. female web designer at a major medical center in Chicago. I became...

I am lonely. Well not really, but sort of. Here is the thing, I used to be surrounded by people. Every day I talked to people on the telephone and...

Tin Man Syndrome. When I think about my RD, and how the minute I'm off my meds I freeze up like the tin man does when he doesn't get oiled...

I'm trying to find out if anyone has had any side effects to methotrexate. I believe what is happening to my body right now are some side effects to the...

‘Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends’ (Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 #2) I love this lyric. Because it reminds me of chronic disease...

I was diagnosed 5 years ago with R/A. I live in Iowa and see a doctor at PCI clinic. They started me on methotrexate, that's all I could afford with...

When women with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) get pregnant, their RA goes into remission. At least that’s what my doctor told my husband, Robert, and me when we went in to...

1. The people at your regular chemist remember your name. So they should, you visit them frequently. If, by chance, you have to visit a different chemist to fill a...

I'm new here and I've felt a kinship from reading everyone's posts! I'm the only one in my family who has RA, and it seems the only one who knows...

I'm a 20yr old diagnosed with RA beginning of this year. I was always sick with something when I was at college never thought much of it. But when you...

Hello. I am new at posting here, but been lurking for a while. Just figured I'd share some of my story. I'm 28, most likely had RA since I was...

Hi everyone, I joined rheumatoidarthritis.net very recently. I hope to have some useful exchange of knowledge and experience with you as a RA patient. I am 61 years of age...

My toes hurt. But unlike that residual pain from a propelled stubbing, it wouldn't go away. I was sixteen years old and not terribly concerned about my immune system laying...

I'm new to the group. Thanks for adding me I'm 38 newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis got appointment in few weeks for long term treatment I'm on steroids and oramorph...

A few years ago, I quit taking my cholesterol pill because I thought it was giving me muscle cramps, but after about three weeks, it got worse, so I went...

Just the last week I was aghast to know when the physician who was treating my wife for low fever and swollen legs which he was initially taking it as an off...

At 17 I started noticing my RA symptoms, but had no idea that I was facing a lifelong battle. I was a senior in high school, when I started feeling...