Archive for the ‘Can we laugh now?’ Category
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20 Replies to Things Not to Say to a Rheumatoid Patient
Every day, I talk with several Rheumatoid patients, and hear from many more. Today’s post is in response to a request from one dear reader about one of the most popular posts on the blog, 20 Things Not to Say to a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient with 2,640 likes as of tonight. “I love this post. [...]
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Dear Warriors and Friends
The past three years are positively beyond anything I could have imagined. Do you have a moment? When I started blogging, I had dreams of this website. But it could take forever to learn enough about “code” to manage it… We’ll save the rest for another day, but do you realize rawarrior.com has at least [...]
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Laura’s CVS Commercial with Kelly’s CVS and the “a” Word
Once upon a time, a family switched insurance companies. Mother went to Target to pickup groceries methotrexate with a $10 coupon. When she went to the counter to pay, the insurance had “denied” coverage for the medicine. In the age of cell phones, mother figured she could cure this problem in a moment right there [...]
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Failed Experiment: Methotrexate & Over the Counter Folic Acid
When I met my first rheumatologist, I left with a handful of prescriptions. One for folic acid. Really? Did I need a prescription for a vitamin? Doc said “to make sure it’s enough, yes, it’s a lot more than a daily allowance.” I already knew why over the counter supplements (OTC) are not considered as reliably [...]
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Mission Impossible: Crowd Management with RA
Whether you take mass transit, work at a crowded office, or attend conferences like I have recently, managing in a crowd with RA is challenge. This may be one more mission impossible, should we choose to accept it… It’s hard to explain RA to anyone who hasn’t lived it. Have you ever had a sprained ankle [...]
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Is That Your Final Answer? …or Replying to Misconceptions
I wrote this post weeks ago when it had just happened. I imagined responses that are usually held back in polite conversation. Am I the only one who does that? What if it were a game show… It was a day filled with misconceptions about RA, and it really bothered me; but I didn’t figure [...]
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Dear Healthcare Facility: We Love This But We Hate That
None of us love a needle stick, but some technicians do it so well, you can hardly feel it. Last week, a woman took several vials of blood without even asking me to squeeze a damn rubber ball. It was the first time a nurse remembered I have RA and adjusted her procedure! Thank you! [...]
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Fears of Social Media: a Pre-Halloween Boogie Man Post
I’m hoping this happy little post might help anyone who is on the fence about blogging or using other forms of internet 2.0 (meaning “interactive websites”) to communicate about healthcare. This article is part of an Advisory Board essay that I contributed to the Mayo Clinic Center for Social media to be used in a [...]
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