Stories

A little over a year ago, I had symptoms of sweating, racing heart, heart palipatations, anxiety and problems sleeping. I brought this up to my rheumatologist and he tested my...

There are days when I just want to stand in the street and scream why me? I am 36 yrs. old and I feel like one of the little old...

Six years ago my life changed forever. At seventeen I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and it has taken me six years to fully understand the disease and it...

Hi. I'm back again! I posted only a few days ago, but I've just had a mental breakthrough...or breakdown. I was driving to work yesterday and I started thinking about...

I had a good day a few days ago. I woke up with the usual swelling but minimal pain and stiffness in my hands, wrists, feet and left shoulder. I...

It all started when I was 10 and woke up in the middle of the night screaming with pain. My mom took me to the emergency room where they found...

Well, when I first posted on here (Lady from UK) I thought I was seronegative - as that is what I was at diagnosis in 1987. After all those years...

I miss the days of not planning. Planning for me is a priority. In the last month, I had six doctor appointments and if I don't space them out I...

I had been battling severe pain in my foot, shoulders and wrist for over a year. I was sent to an orthopedist who did an MRI and Xrays and could...

If my RA has taught me anything, it has taught me patience. From the onset of my first flair-up over 15 years ago to dealing with the progression that is...

There is a nasty habit that often comes along with a chronic disease such as RA and it is pervasive and difficult to break if carried on for too long!...

I was just barely 30 when I was first diagnosed. Of course, denial set in and delayed treatment for a time. Then I started plaquinel, but found the side effects...

My name Is Juliet. People who know me really well call me DJ. When I was in grade school I started having health issues. For months I would have sinus...

When I was diagnosed with RA about three and half years ago, I did not know much about it. My RA Dr. at the time, came back with me blood...

I start each morning with a prayer, "God help me to find the good in each day. Help me to NOT be defined by the pain that I feel in...

I'm 24 and I've just been diagnosed with RA. I started out just experiencing symptoms of swelling and pain in my right index finger in March 2014, so in May...

Lately I feel like I cannot catch a break. It’s always a few steps forward and a few steps back. I’m constantly trying to figure out what’s too much and...

I married Christy, my partner of 15 years, in April of this year. It was an incredible time in our relationship and meant the world to both of us to...

I’ve always been a busy girl, someone who takes on a bunch of things at once because we only have one life on this Earth and I’m determined to make...

I was diagnosed with RA when I was 20, a year after I had my daughter. I woke up one morning and felt like I was hit by a truck...