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My relationship with methotrexate
Side effects are the reason for the fight I describe in one of the about pages. There’s this fight I have every week; it’s a fight with myself. It’s the struggle to give myself shots. So far I always win – I mean lose. I’m not sure.
No one with Rheumatoid Arthritis loves [...]
If kissing turns frogs into princes, what about heaters and RA doctors?
A friend of mine held a job interview yesterday. She did not hire him. It didn’t sound like he really wanted to be her doctor anyway.
It reminded me of this frog picture from last summer. If princesses have to kiss frogs until they find [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis support groups: A great idea?
Three years ago, a few frustrating phone calls and I gave up trying to start a local Rheumatoid Arthritis support group. It was more work than I could handle. A couple of years later, I started my blog. Talk about a lot to handle… it’s been an incredible few [...]
Lately, I’m getting more mail and messages from the newly diagnosed. Rheumatoid Arthritis is such a complicated diagnosis to handle. There is so much to figure out, I’ve often joked that we ought to get a degree and little letters after our name: RA.
Answering emails and messages is an enjoyable part of my day because [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis exercise impasse
Is there any mainstream medical website or magazine that does not preach exercise for Rheumatoid Arthritis? I have not found one. What is the truth about Rheumatoid Arthritis, exercise, and health?
Earlier posts on RA exercise have discussed plain RA facts of life, striving to present a realistic view of exercise and RA. [...]
What is acting in Faith?
When my daughter was four, she lost her hearing. There was trauma, yes. There were doctors, yes. Then there were hearing aids. Yay!
Do you know what else there were? There were naysayers.
Some pressured me to have faith that she would be healed. Close friends abandoned us for turning to the medical [...]
Warning: This post is for the faint of heart.
Tired of the stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis grieving
Yeah, I’m probably not supposed to say these things. Whatever…
Some of these RA changes are wearing thin. I never wanted to be branded by anything negative. I’m getting tired of feeling like I’ve lost credibility because of the chronic illness [...]
Prednisone is the most common symptom treating medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Medicines which fight the Rheumatoid Arthritis disease activity are called disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Rheumatoid arthritis usually requires both disease treatment and symptom treatment.
Lately, I’ve given a lot of thought to the prednisone Rheumatoid Arthritis issue. Like so many other RA issues, the [...]
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