Did I make the right decision?I have had Fibro for most of my life that I can remember. At age 59 we had moved to a different...reactions4comments
End stage RA?Living with RA for 30 years, trying all NSAIDS and DMARDS with little success and many deformities, surgery, sepsis I have been referred to as...reactions1comment
Reality Check PleaseI have come to realize over the 18+ year of "friendship" with RA that from time to time I need to take...reactionscomments
New attitude, new strength, new opportunities2015 is going to be a great year for me. I know it. The last two and a half years have been...reactionscomments
Kicking RA's butt!Hello everyone, my name is Mindy. I am 20 years old from Idaho and i was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at...reactions1comment
She loves me - she loves me notJust like this classic paradox, many of us with RA have the same love/hate relationship with the corticosteroids we often have little...reactions2comments
Narcotic abuseI'm offended and tired of people and mostly Dr.s saying we are abusing our painkillers. An addicted person would likely run out of...reactions2comments
"Your RA is not that bad"I was diagnosed in 1998. Fatigue and constant joint and body pain followed by a diagnosis of Parvovirus. That illness flipped the...reactions3comments
Who am I now???I was diagnosed with RA in 2003, when the Dr. came in an said I had RA, I really wasn't even paying...reactionscomments
R. A. PoetryR.A What is R.A.? What is it to you? What is my pain that only I work through? It is sadness. It...reactionscomments
Seeing who really caresLike many others, I'm glad I was diagnosed with RA in my early 40s, I believe I was 41. I already had...reactionscomments
All This from A Spider BiteThree years ago while working in our yard I was bitten by a common spider. Little did I know what was in...reactionscomments
TiredMy grandmother had sever RA and passed when I was 13. She was bed ridden For those 13 years with it. I...reactions2comments
Fighting the ra fightI have been fighting RA for 20 years. I was in my early 30's when I was put on methotrexate. I am...reactionscomments
The very confusing world of autoimmune diseasesI am a 44 year old RN...I have not been told that I have RA by a Rheumatologist, but my positive RA...reactions9comments
Lucky me!I'm one of the lucky ones with this disease. I wasn't diagnosed till I was 42 which means I had 42 years...reactions12comments
The Unwelcome PremonitionIn my late twenties, a lady who worked in the same building as me, someone I barely knew, came up to me...reactions7comments
The DiagnosisWell I have been sick off and on since I was 10 years old. That's right TEN. Fainting in the heat, lack...reactions3comments
What’s the deal with prior authorization? Why is it always a pain?So I switched insurance plans effective November 1 and I still haven’t been able to get prior authorization for my Humira at...reactions3comments
It wasn't Dengue Fever!In 2010 on the 26th of January, my husband collapsed and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, after 45 years of heavy...reactionscomments
