Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration for living with RA’
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The Next Three Days: a Movie Review with a Twist
The movie: The Next Three Days Last night we watched the movie The Next Three Days starring Russell Crowe (John) & Elizabeth Banks (Lara) about a professional woman with diabetes who is accused of murder. Lara loses every appeal and her husband John becomes desperate while watching his wife and their young son Luke struggle [...]
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Health Blogging: Complications and Blessings
Health blogging as a patient is tough The last month has been hard. Who am I kidding? The last five years have been brutal. The RA is always the same: Just a little worse than yesterday. Like so many of you, I look for ways to make lemonade out of this bitter pain. That’s why [...]
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10 Commandments of Chronic Illness
I hate cute little tips for chronic illness It bugs me when I’m frequently asked in interviews what quick tips I’d give to those who are newly diagnosed with an illness like RA. I feel like saying, “Sorry, there aren’t any tips that would make it easy to live with RA because RA is hard.” [...]
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Three Fortune Cookies: What We Hope the Future Holds
Fun fortune cookies for the New Year Amanda at WEGO Health created a challenge of three fortune cookies of hope. I’ve taken her up on the fortune cookie challenge for the RA Warrior community. Here are three fortune cookies I came up with last night. I’d love to hear one or three from you! Comment [...]
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Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night Video & Voices of Angels
The mysterious Jackie Evancho Last night, we watched Jackie Evancho singing O Holy Night on The Tonight Show. I kept thinking, “This doesn’t make sense.” Over the years, people have examined whether her singing is a hoax – it’s easy to see and hear why. Her mouth seems to barely move as she is a [...]
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The Goal with RA Is Not Perfection: Don’t Give Up the Things You Love!
As I’ve said, I get wonderful notes every day. It’s definitely one of my favorite parts of this blog. Recently, I shared with you some comments that were especially encouraging for all of us. Today, I’d like to share an email. Carolyn wrote to share how she has adapted to be able to continue her [...]
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Tony Snow: Illness Doesn’t Change the Person You Are
Over the last few years, some people have faded out of my life after RA made it impossible to do most things I used to do. Some people didn’t want to hear about illness, or pain or medicine. They didn’t understand what I meant when I said “can’t.” I never ask for sympathy for being [...]
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Perseverance in Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis
What keeps you fighting? I tried to quit… At one point, I thought I would be fired as a professional patient. No such luck. I’ve also tried to quit Rheumatoid Arthritis. Maybe you remember my Eject Button. I tried to quit another chronic illness once. Maybe you read my ostrich jokes. I haven’t had a [...]
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