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Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Really Hurt That Much?

February 18, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 235 Comments Pain Tolerance / RA Stoicism, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

Is there an objective way to discuss Rheumatoid Arthritis pain? Rheumatoid Arthritis pain is being studied in some surprising ways. Did you know that it is considered a “well established” fact that Rheumatoid Arthritis patients have lower pain thresholds? It is believed that they perceive pain to be worse than “actual pain” and that they worsen...Continue reading 235 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirts & stuff

February 17, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 6 Comments Communicating about RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

NOTE: THE NEW RA WARRIOR T-SHIRT STORE IS HERE - CLICK HERE!! Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirts from RA Warrior I’ve got good news, good news, and bad news. Good news: We’ve finally got a few of our Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness T-shirts online. More good news: The company we are using, Printfection, is having a huge sale! The bad...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Do You Love a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient?

February 16, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 25 Comments Communicating about RA, Rheumatoid arthritis disability

Dear friend of a Rheumatoid Arthritis patient: Last year when I wrote my first memo to Non-RA'ers, I tried to explain in simple words what it is like to be a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient (RA’er). I thought that if I explained Rheumatoid Arthritis in terms of injuries and illnesses that are familiar, it would be easier...Continue reading 25 Comments » Read more

Where Is the RA Help Button?

February 15, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 33 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

What, There’s No Easy Button? Once a blogger I know mentioned how easy it would be to write a Rheumatoid Arthritis help blog. “Just write the tips you learned that make it easy to live with RA.” I just said, “Thanks.” Of course, he did not realize that living with RA is difficult. And that there is...Continue reading 33 Comments » Read more

Is Laughter a Real Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine?

February 12, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments Humor with RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

New significance to RA, medicine, and laughter If you’ve been on the blog more than five minutes, you know I love to laugh. When I was a kid, I remember Dick Van Dyke singing that with Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. When they laughed, a funny thing happened: they floated “higher than air.” Maybe you’ve heard...Continue reading 19 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain in the Twilight Zone

February 10, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 57 Comments Humor with RA, Pain Tolerance / RA Stoicism, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

Thank goodness for Rheumatoid Arthritis pain? A few months ago, I had a discussion with a friend about Rheumatoid Arthritis pain. The friend does not have Rheumatoid Arthritis. We were speaking academically. At that point, I began to consider how the medical world views Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pain. I realized that doctors and researchers examine RA pain...Continue reading 57 Comments » Read more

My Journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine

February 9, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 25 Comments Biologics for RA, Enbrel, Orencia (abatacept), Rheumatoid arthritis remission, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Wouldn’t it be fun to do a happy little blog? But, I was dancing through my happy mommy life and RA busted down my door. I did not pick this fight. I just decided to fight back. This blog is written in reply to a question on yesterday’s blog about my journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis medicines....Continue reading 25 Comments » Read more