Posts Tagged ‘Transparency & living with RA’
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What Is it Like to Have Rheumatoid Arthritis? Part 2: Why Don’t They Tell You?
The Usage Principle makes living with Rheumatoid Arthritis hard In the Part 1: The Usage Principle, we discussed a phenomenon which is a daily issue for many people living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Perhaps you noticed that blog post was unusual in that it did not have footnotes or links to studies which discussed the subject. [...]
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The Life of a Professional Patient, Blog #4; Continuing to Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis
Obligatory warning: this post is about the author of this blog… The author This is the blog post that I didn’t want to write. For about half of those who read this today, this will be the first time you’ve visited the blog. To you: This is not a typical blog post. This blog is about [...]
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5 Ways We Can Spread Awareness of Rheumatoid Arthritis
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? “Will people ever understand that the autoimmune disease Rheumatoid Arthritis is not the same thing as Gramma’s arthritis?” I have read numerous remarks recently that sound like this. They say: “Impossible. It is impossible for Non RA’ers to understand what actually is Rheumatoid Arthritis.” It can be discouraging. I understand the [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Football Season
From my side of the field: the game with Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms Football fans measure time by season: the regular season, the pre-season, and the post season. We hate to acknowledge that there is a fourth season to every year: the off season. That’s the season without football. This fall is no typical football season. This [...]
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Laughter as a Weapon Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
A Fish Story for RA Warriors If you have read many Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior blog posts, you have already realized that laughter is a critical part of my arsenal to fight RA. Sometimes, some of my friends and I try to out-funny each other. It is a one-upping game. The loser is the one on [...]
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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-definition Fairy
Does Rheumatoid Arthritis define us? Recently on the blog, Noelle wrote about a warning from her nurse friends to not allow Rheumatoid Arthritis to “define” her. I could not respond to Noelle adequately in the little comment box. Don’t you feel cramped in there? Here’s Noelle: “A couple of my nurse friends have told me [...]
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The Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior’s RA
The Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior blog is not about me, but this one is. This blog is not about me. It is about fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis. I DO have RA, but you know what I mean. Of course, I can only show you the world through my own eyes anyway. However, today I will focus on my [...]
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If You Do Not Have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Please Read This
What I would tell those who are not living with Rheumatoid Arthritis A Memo to Non-RA’ers: My mailbox stays full of “nobody gets it” messages. People feel lonely and frustrated because most people don’t get RA. No, I mean they don’t “get it” as in understand what it is like. Recently, we discussed the UK [...]
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