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Three Fortune Cookies: What We Hope the Future Holds

January 6, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 5 Comments Encouragement for living with RA, Inspiration for living with RA

Fun fortune cookies for the New Year Amanda at WEGO Health created a challenge of three fortune cookies of hope. I’ve taken her up on the fortune cookie challenge for the RA Warrior community. Here are three fortune cookies I came up with last night. I’d love to hear one or three from you! Comment box...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

How Can Autoimmune Arthritis Diagnosis Be Improved?

January 3, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 20 Comments Ankylosing Spondylitis, Autoimmune diseases, Blog carnival, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis, Spondyloarthropathy

Why Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis must be improved We have over 60 Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis stories here on Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior. In some ways they’re all unique, but there are common threads. One familiar theme is that Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis is often difficult or protracted or confusing. This is not only true for Rheumatoid Arthritis, but for...Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more

RA Warrior Year in Review 2010

December 29, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 15 Comments Communicating about RA, Professional patient, Video or podcast

Where did 2010 go? I’m not sure. But apparently I spent a lot of it with y’all! I spent the last week looking at the road we traveled over the last year on the blog. I researched to find the most popular posts for reading or discussion and tried to remember what I was thinking at...Continue reading 15 Comments » Read more

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Dancing Santa

December 23, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 2 Comments Humor with RA, Video or podcast

Dancing Santa sings "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." I know that it is, and I hope this makes you smile. There is a special year-in-review post on its way, but here is a little Christmas card from me. The other day in the bakery outlet, I had to capture the moment with my phone. The...Continue reading 2 Comments » Read more

Should Chronic Pain Patients Be Treated in the ER?

December 20, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 31 Comments Fibromyalgia, Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid arthritis pain, Video or podcast

What happens when a chronic pain patient goes to the ER? In the video below, A Chronic Pain Patient in the ER, a chronic pain patient is presented as either untruthful or mentally unstable. I’m not even sure which. However, the point of the video and many of the comments is that chronic pain patients are...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more

Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night Video & Voices of Angels

December 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 11 Comments Inspiration for living with RA, Video or podcast

The mysterious Jackie Evancho Last night, we watched Jackie Evancho singing O Holy Night on The Tonight Show. I kept thinking, “This doesn’t make sense.” Over the years, people have examined whether her singing is a hoax – it’s easy to see and hear why. Her mouth seems to barely move as she is a channel...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Using Marmosets as Subjects

December 2, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 4 Comments Preclinical RA, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Why a new preclinical model for Rheumatoid Arthritis research? Based upon “increasing knowledge of the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA),” more possible treatments are being developed. However animal models are required to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and toxicity of many new potential RA treatments. Rodent populations with RA-like disease are created by something called collagen-induced arthritis or...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more