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Generic Thyroid Medication & a Levoxyl Recall

April 15, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 54 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA

This is a managing illness story that’s currently unfolding. A lot of people with Rheumatoid disease also have thyroid disease. I’ve been a thyroid patient for over 30 years, but I seldom discuss it because it was so well managed until… Getting the right thyroid medication dose Thyroid medication doses are very individual. Levoxyl comes in 11...Continue reading 54 Comments » Read more

Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Affect Tendons?

April 12, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 56 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Studying the effect of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on tendons As early as 1968, tendon involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis was recognized and investigated as seen in the abstract “Tendon Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis” in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases: Tenosynovitis is one of the common features of rheumatoid arthritis in the hand. It affects both the extensor and...Continue reading 56 Comments » Read more

New Blood Test for Rheumatoid Arthritis: 14-3-3eta

April 11, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 27 Comments Blood test for RA/ Rheumatoid Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis test

New Rheumatoid Arthritis test based on blood marker 14-3-3η Yesterday, April 9, 2013, Quest Diagnostics announced a new blood test for Rheumatoid Arthritis based on a new protein biomarker, 14-3-3η. The test is available in the U.S. only at Quest labs through an exclusive agreement with Augurex Life Sciences, Corp. Several studies have investigated the relationship...Continue reading 27 Comments » Read more

RA Will Not Win Blog Carnival

April 10, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 23 Comments Blog carnival, Courage & living with RA

Welcome to a special blog carnival with this theme: How Do You Keep the Disease from Taking Over? How will I ever summarize all the inspiration and passion of the wonderful posts contributing to this carnival? It will make great coffee break reading for the rest of this week, so bookmark this page until you’ve read...Continue reading 23 Comments » Read more

Don’t Give Up

April 8, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 60 Comments Encouragement for living with RA, Profiles in courage with RA

If it weren’t so debilitating, I’d be ok Maybe it’s the pain, but today I felt weary. Sara’s words resonated: “My doctor shrugged it off after the blood test. If the pain in my hands wasn’t so debilitating then I would be ok, but I’m still kind of worried.” The left side of my cervical spine...Continue reading 60 Comments » Read more

Same, Same But Different

April 5, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 5 Comments Profiles in courage with RA, Rheumatoid arthritis support

Symptoms are like snowflakes: the same, but different. We see patterns in Rheumatoid disease and say, “See, I’m not alone.” Yet, we also see that no two people are exactly alike because of what I call the immune fingerprint. Explore both our similarities and our differences with eighteen newly added RA onset stories! Your stories of how...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

Hang 10: Is the Jury Still Out on Rheumatoid Arthritis Feet?

April 3, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 29 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

This is part 2 of a series on RA feet. Yesterday, I conveyed my skepticism about failing to “count” Rheumatoid Arthritis forefeet when measuring disease activity. “Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience debilitating foot pain and deformity, which in turn contributes to the substantial physical disability well-documented in this population. More than 70% of all individuals...Continue reading 29 Comments » Read more