Stories

I first saw my rheumatologist about seven weeks ago, they said they think I am seronegative RA in my knee, wrists and knuckles on both hands. Also psoriatic arthritis in...

June 17 I was perfectly fine, and within 6 hrs, I could not put any weight on my right knee and I was screaming with pain. I went to the...

People often ask how I can be so upbeat with all my limitations? My answer is "what other way is there?" I WILL NOT let my diseases ALSO take away...

I have read so many comments about anxiety and RA. Suffering from both—one diagnosed at 36 and years of being told my pain was unrelated to a connective tissue disorder—than...

Hi all, yes I have had a good period for close to 2 months. Even though, there are still issues that are going on with me. In May I had...

I take Enbrel and have for 7 years. I always received assistance from Enbrel. When you turn 65, and go on Medicare, Enbrel stops the assistant. I didn't know this...

As a 5-year-old, I was worried about how I was going to get up out of my chair while my classmates were worried about which games to play at recess...

I was so sick with fatigue, pain, and a variety of symptoms that I went to ask my primary care facility to test me for everything possible. My breaking point...

After suffering from occipital headaches for a few years, my pain doctor ordered an MRI of my neck. A Pannus on C1-C2 was discovered which sent me to my neurosurgeon...

I have secondary adrenal insufficiency but the steroids are causing narcolepsy and lymphoma and I can't work - trying to figure out something. They did a gene trait test and...

In 2012, I was hurting all of the time. Eventually one of my healthcare friends strongly encouraged me to seek treatment. My primary care physician informed me that it was...

I’ve been sick for over 11 years now. I didn’t know what it was at first. First symptoms were swelling in the fingers of my left hand and my right...

I have been getting an IV of Orencia for some time. Going to get my next IV in May. It will be my 10th and I have not made any...

I saw my new rheumatologist Monday. I am very impressed with him. He is testing me for lupus now too. I am having some unusual muscle pain and a new...

Hi all, it has been I believe 4 months since my last continuation. I am on Rinvoq, I have noticed a small difference in my hands but not my feet...

I’m almost 49, diagnosed with a few different autoimmune diseases but RA is by far the dominant one. I started having symptoms at 40, but they could not find what...

I'm 48, female. I saw a rheumatologist for the first time today. In brief, history of ulcerative proctitis for 15 yrs. Remission now. 7 weeks ago, my left wrist began...

I was diagnosed with RA in my early 40's. It started mostly in my hands in the very early 1990s, before biologics, and just as I had finished my medical...

After weeks of trying various supplements I have come to a conclusion!!! Diphenhydramine helps my rheumatoid arthritis more than tumeric, CBD, and any other supplement COMBINED!!! I'm letting you all...

Eight months after a seemingly smooth knee replacement surgery, my husband developed a staph aureus infection in the knee and needed to have it opened up, cleaned out, and 6...