Looking Good Vs Feeling GoodLadies especially, have you found that if you wear makeup, folks you interact with think you are feeling good? If I actually "do" something with my hair and put on...reactions2comments
This wasn't part of my life plan!Wow I hope some day, some way I can get back to my personal/professional development plan. Before all my health issues took a turn for the worse I was fortunate...reactions2comments
From Reactive Arthritis to Rheumatoid ArthritisIn 2004 I had a SEVERE respiratory infection from a virus. As I was finally getting over it, and starting to get up and do things, my feet hurt horribly...reactions1comment
I can't even think of a title!!!!Hello....At 56 yrs of age, I just found out yesterday that I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I've always had a low grade fever and elevated arthritic markers....I'm an Army Vet...and life...reactions11comments
From Pain, to AS, to RAI've always had bad feet. When I say bad feet I'm talking about a foot with a negative arch--pancake flat, duck flat, whatever you would like to call it. As...reactions1comment
Growing pains.Did I read somewhere that growing pains were connected with RA?? I remember having awful pains years ago in my legs. My mum went with me to the doctors only...reactions2comments
Tracie's storyI am 45 years young and was diagnosed at about the age of 2. The story goes that I had strep throat. Sounds simple, huh? My mother took me to...reactions4comments
Handling StressA month ago my dad was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. Then on March 9, 2015 he had a heart attack which they had to put three stents in...reactions1comment
Being uneducatedI was diagnosed 14 years ago while carrying my third child. It's been an incredibly difficult journey, I'm now unable to work, I have worked two jobs all of my...reactions1comment
I am not American but Australian with RAI am nearly 63 and have had RA since I was 16 although it was not diagnosed until about 14yrs ago. I was told when I was 16 I had...reactions1comment
A Fight for AwarenessYesterday, sitting in class, I got faced with the comment, "Arthritis, you have arthritis? I thought that was only for old people!" I feel like I have no right to...reactions5comments
52 Years of JRA/RA... and CountingI have had JRA/RA for 52 years. I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in nearly all my joints in August 1971 at age 12 at Children's Hospital in...reactions1comment
So Down now, yesterday, probably tomorrow tooI 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...reactions6comments
never known anything differentMy 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...reactions2comments
The Challenges of RA when you're an only ChildI'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...reactions1comment
Life with RAFrom 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...reactions3comments
RA has effectively destroyed my lifeMy 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...reactions3comments
Oh, is there a way?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...reactions7comments
The Day I Couldn't Make My Daughter a SaladIt 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...reactions10comments
yes, yes, I have RA, give me the medicine to make it go away!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...reactionscomments
