Posts Tagged ‘Communicating about RA’
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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Commercial Saga
Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials make me sigh I have some pretty weird reactions to the Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials I see. My family is subjected to my peculiar breathing and strange facial expressions. One of my first blogs was about the “baloney” most of the Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials were serving up last year. It’s kind of obvious [...]
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Win a Hoodie in the Newsletter Contest!
Hang in there: there’s a point to this contest! Last spring, RA Warrior held a contest which promoted the idea that we are warriors fighting a disease. I designed an avatar modeled after Wonder Woman to use to enter the drawing. We had hundreds of postings of the contest on Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. There [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Factsheets for Printing!
This is something people have asked me to do for a long time. I’ve created these two pdf factsheets about RA for our readers to print! Rheumatoid Arthritis factsheet about the RA Warrior You can print this factsheet when you want to tell others about this website and our community here. All you have to [...]
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“Dealing with RA Is So Much Easier than Lupus” –Kathy Lubbers
What causes the RA awareness problem? Every day, people ask me, “What can I do to help create awareness for RA?” Many suggest, “We need to find a famous person with RA.” Maybe first, we need to think about why we need awareness for RA. Why do people have such a wrong view of Rheumatoid [...]
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Twitter & a #rheum for the Rheumatoid Online Community
You are the best part! The best thing about this blog is the readers. I know – I if I didn’t write a blog, then there wouldn’t be one. But the readers help make this blog a community, especially through the comments pages. We also have a thriving RA Warrior Facebook community where people are [...]
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What Does World Arthritis Day Have to Do with RA?
Over the past week, there have been a few Tweets on Twitter about World Arthritis Day. The Arthritis Foundation posted them asking RA’ers to “join in.” It raised this question: Is World Arthritis Day about RA? “ACR is participating in World Arthritis Day” Last week, I was on the website for the American College of [...]
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What Can We Do About the Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Problem?
Why do I believe we need Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness? When I got full blown Rheumatoid Arthritis, I had no idea I’d gotten stuck with an unpopular disease. It was a surprise when one person after another brushed aside my explanation with things like, “You are too young to have that” or “Oh yeah, I have [...]
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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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