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Year: 2010

A Rheumatoid Arthritis Newsletter from RA Warrior

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments ,
My Rheumatoid Arthritis newsletter is out! I hope you got your copy of my newsletter that went out last night. If you didn’t, you can sign up on the Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior Newsletter page and you’ll be sent one. I always thought armadillos were cute. People from Texas would tell us stories about the silly animals. Isn’t...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

10 Essential Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Told Me

Kelly O'Neill 58 Comments , ,
Facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis I learned the hard way There are some important facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis that you figure out pretty quickly and other ones, you get eventually. If these are some RA facts of life, then why doesn’t anyone sit you down and give you “the little talk”? Why doesn’t the Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist tell...Continue reading      58 Comments » Read more

Traveling with Chronic Illness/RA Part 2: 20 Helpful Tips

Kelly O'Neill 40 Comments ,
Nothing makes traveling with chronic illness / RA easy I’ve traveled all my life. As I explained in yesterday’s blog, Traveling with Chronic Illness / RA Part 1, it is different to travel with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Here are a few of the tips that I’ve learned over the last few years from traveling and talking with other friends...Continue reading      40 Comments » Read more

Traveling with Chronic Illness / RA, part 1

Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments ,
Traveling for fun, goodbyes, and answers about RA Last summer, I set out in my truck to do something that felt impossible to me. My girls and I filled my Suburban to capacity, picked up our best girlfriends, and took off for Mississippi. My daughter was returning to college and I was determined to find a...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more

20 Questions RA Patients Should Ask a Doctor

Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments , ,
There are lots of questions RA patients can and should ask doctors… The following is a list of suggested questions to ask a doctor. The list of questions was designed to be useful with a new RA doctor, but many of them you could ask any doctor. Some of these questions are from my own “must...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

Folic Acid with Methotrexate: the Debate

Kelly O'Neill 54 Comments ,
Folic acid & methotrexate: a tug of war Methotrexate is the most common medicine used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis. However, some say it is still a mystery exactly how it works. Several sources I’ve read say that, because methotrexate is a folate antagonist, it inhibits the production of harmful cells with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a similar...Continue reading      54 Comments » Read more
Comparisons with Chronic Illness Kirsten Wiig

Comparisons with Chronic Illness

Kelly O'Neill 20 Comments ,
A need for comparisons of chronic illness Did you ever know anyone who has to make comparisons with chronic illness? They are always more sick and get less sympathy. They have more extreme side effects and less support… Chronic illness is just like other things – some people just need to compare. It’s like they have a...Continue reading      20 Comments » Read more
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