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Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression

November 21, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 6 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

The paradox of Rheumatoid Arthritis progression The term rheumatoid arthritis progression requires some explanation. Progress is the opposite of what we observe when rheumatoid disease evolves. It is the disease that progresses, not the patient. So the advancement of the disease actually leads to the worsening of the patient’s health. The other obvious problem with the term...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Stand Together

October 27, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 5 Comments Encouragement for living with RA

How do we stand together? The next installment of the same hearing about Roo’s health and well-being is Friday. I’m not able to share details, but the decisions before the court are crucial for my son. As I write this update to you, it feels like the Friday the 13th movie series. Is there really one...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

Book review of The Status Update by Sonia J. Buck

The Status Update, Book Review

October 24, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Book review, Living with chronic illness like RA

The Status Update I read The Status Update by Sonia J. Buck on my iPad recently. Did you know you could read a Kindle book on just about any device? You can bookmark, highlight, and make notes. And I did. Most of my notes on The Status Update concern portions where I noticed insider knowledge about rheumatoid...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 22, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 1 Comment Living with chronic illness like RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

It’s prescription drug take-back day in the U.S. Safely dispose of any unneeded or expired medications by dropping them off at a prescription drug take-back site October 28, 2017, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. National prescription drug take-back day The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sponsors the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative in the U.S. to provide a...Continue reading 1 Comment » Read more

Rheumatoid disease / rheumatoid arthritis pain

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Persists

October 21, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheumatoid arthritis pain, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

This is Part 3 of a series on Rheumatoid Disease / Rheumatoid Arthritis pain. In Part 1 we looked at the role of pain in the disease. Part 2 examines a popular study on Remaining Pain and poses 12 reasons that current explanations for Remaining Pain are wrong. In Part 3, we’ll see that the...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Remaining Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

October 12, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments Communicating about RA, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

Studying Remaining Pain In part one of this series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease, we learned that “Remaining pain” is a term for joint pain that patients experience despite treatment with DMARDs like methotrexate or Enbrel. Today we discuss a large study about Remaining Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) / rheumatoid disease...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

The Role of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

October 10, 2016October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 25 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

This is Part 1 in a series on the role of pain in rheumatoid arthritis / disease. What role does pain play in RA diagnosis? In disease assessment? In disease treatment? Let’s start with a history lesson… 2 kinds of medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) In 2009, we discussed the need to both treat rheumatoid disease and...Continue reading 25 Comments » Read more