Archive for the ‘If you don’t have RA, please read’ Category
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The “Can’t” Question with Rheumatoid Arthritis
If someone has a broken leg or a sprained ankle, there is no question about whether he can walk the dog or run in a race. Rheumatoid Arthritis pain and weakness is invisible to the naked eye, but it’s similar to an injury in some ways. Sometimes, the injured person can’t do the same things [...]
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Problems with Preventive Care and Rheumatoid Arthritis Mortality
If you read yesterday’s blog, “The Mortality Dragon: Do Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have to Die Early?” then you know I was glad to find a researcher discussing preventive care for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients, especially in the context of cardiovascular disease. If you read the article “Why do people with rheumatoid arthritis still die prematurely?” you [...]
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Patient Centered Medical Home: Will Redesign in Healthcare Hurt Rheumatology Patients?
The posts on this blog are written with patients in mind. This one is an exception. I’d like to address this post to those who work in medicine or healthcare design. The call to make health care more patient centered Back in January, I brought my readers a treat, a video of a talk by [...]
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Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 2
Understanding a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis This is the second part of a story about a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1, Michael described the surprising process of learning to recognize the amount of chronic pain that Rheumatoid Arthritis brought his wife Deborah. He explained that it [...]
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Unsolicited Medical Advice: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Illness
Advice column takes on unsolicited medical advice This article appeared in a nationally syndicated column the other day. There were squeals of laughter in my house when it was discovered by one of my kids. It’s so absurd it’s funny. Let me get this straight. A woman wrote to a national columnist complaining that her [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
Quiet & Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain usually does not bring me to tears. I just get more quiet. More pain; more quiet. When I was getting ready to have my first child, I prepared myself saying, “I can do anything for a day.” Of course, I was pretty frustrated when labor pain actually lasted three days. [...]
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Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis Heartache
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 [...]
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Do You Love a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient?
Dear friend of a Rheumatoid Arthritis patient: Last year when I wrote my first memo to Non-RA’ers, I tried to explain in simple words what it is like to be a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient (RA’er). I thought that if I explained Rheumatoid Arthritis in terms of injuries and illnesses that are familiar, it would be [...]
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