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The Pursuit of Happyness When Part of Your Life Is Called Rheumatoid Arthritis

February 1, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 26 Comments Courage & living with RA, Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Movie review

Waiting to start a new treatment, the past few weeks, I’ve had a crazy idea. If the treatment works, I might “forget” how it was. So maybe I should do something I’ve never done: take an inventory. A couple years ago, a patient commented that she does a brief inventory of her joints with her...Continue reading 26 Comments » Read more

$10,000 Matching Opportunity for Rheumatoid Awareness Day

January 28, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Another patient's story about what Rheumatoid disease is really like Last month, I shared what it’s like to live with full-blown Rheumatoid disease, taking the gloves off. To provide a glimpse into a world that most will never experience, I described a few hours of trying to move and manage with people who don’t understand what the...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Awareness Ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Finally

January 26, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 31 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

The unique awareness ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients distinguish themselves from arthritis or other diseases with an awareness ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis / Rheumatoid Disease Does color really matter? Think about the Yellow Brick Road. Would it be the same if it were the black brick road? Or the blue brick road? Of course not. But, we know...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more

Prednisone Versus Prednisolone: the Same for Everyone?

January 24, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 96 Comments Genetics and RA, Prednisone and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Whether medicine is personalized or not, patients are It’s fascinating how drugs are metabolized differently in different people, with different side effects and varying levels of benefit. But, prednisone is one thing we hear works the same on everyone. Is that right? Prednisone works well enough on most Rheumatoid patients that it’s used by some doctors as...Continue reading 96 Comments » Read more

FIRST AWARENESS DAY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ESTABLISHED BY RHEUMATOID PATIENT FOUNDATION

January 23, 2013April 20, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 14 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Here's a copy of the press release that went out over the wires yesterday. We're being contacted from media across the country. Please feel free to forward it to any journalists you have contact with. Patients Increase Public Awareness of Underestimated Disease January 22, 2013 – Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) announces the establishment of Rheumatoid Awareness Day...Continue reading 14 Comments » Read more

1st Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day – Groundhog Day 2013

January 22, 2013April 20, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 22 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day - FEBRUARY 2 A DAY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AWARENESS: February 2nd is the annual Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day – CLICK TO READ PRESS RELEASE. Details about how you can get involved in the day of recognition for people living with Rheumatoid Disease, previously “Rheumatoid Arthritis,” can be found here. February is heart disease month, which is...Continue reading 22 Comments » Read more

Martin Luther King Day: Remembering That One World Is Enough to Share

January 21, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments America, Faith

New generation delivering message on importance of civil rights I’ve passed on to my children my passion for American ideals such as justice. This picture was taken on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. at the Martin Luther King memorial. It’s been my Facebook cover picture for the past few months, inspiring me to remain tranquil...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more