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20 Essential Facts About My Own Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Asked Me

Kelly Young 31 Comments , , ,
Essential Rheumatoid Arthritis facts only you could know Last month, we talked about 10 Essential Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Told Me. We were talking about some essential RA facts of life that many RA patients have to figure out on our own. Let’s look at another angle: What about some truly essential facts...Continue reading      31 Comments » Read more

10 Essential Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Told Me

Kelly Young 58 Comments , ,
Facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis I learned the hard way There are some important facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis that you figure out pretty quickly and other ones, you get eventually. If these are some RA facts of life, then why doesn’t anyone sit you down and give you “the little talk”? Why doesn’t the Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist tell...Continue reading      58 Comments » Read more

Traveling with Chronic Illness/RA Part 2: 20 Helpful Tips

Kelly Young 40 Comments ,
Nothing makes traveling with chronic illness / RA easy I’ve traveled all my life. As I explained in yesterday’s blog, Traveling with Chronic Illness / RA Part 1, it is different to travel with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Here are a few of the tips that I’ve learned over the last few years from traveling and talking with other friends...Continue reading      40 Comments » Read more

20 Questions RA Patients Should Ask a Doctor

Kelly Young 18 Comments , ,
There are lots of questions RA patients can and should ask doctors… The following is a list of suggested questions to ask a doctor. The list of questions was designed to be useful with a new RA doctor, but many of them you could ask any doctor. Some of these questions are from my own “must...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more
Comparisons with Chronic Illness Kirsten Wiig

Comparisons with Chronic Illness

Kelly Young 20 Comments ,
A need for comparisons of chronic illness Did you ever know anyone who has to make comparisons with chronic illness? They are always more sick and get less sympathy. They have more extreme side effects and less support… Chronic illness is just like other things – some people just need to compare. It’s like they have a...Continue reading      20 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Test: Some Funny Factors

Kelly Young 15 Comments , ,
Oh finally, the real "RA test”! The other day, I picked up my lab test results. Because of new insurance, I’d been sent to a new lab. New procedures. New forms. New nightmare parking lot. I’m such an RA geek I start reading my blood test results the minute they are handed to me while walking out the...Continue reading      15 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 2

Kelly Young 21 Comments , , ,
Understanding a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis This is the second part of a story about a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1, Michael described the surprising process of learning to recognize the amount of chronic pain that Rheumatoid Arthritis brought his wife Deborah. He explained that it was...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1

Kelly Young 17 Comments , ,
According to a study presented at EULAR in June, “Partners of patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are equally emotionally affected by the diagnosis and go through the same grieving process as the patients themselves.” Rheumatoid Arthritis can create devastating changes within a family. It can be difficult for a spouse to comprehend the...Continue reading      17 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger

Kelly Young 65 Comments ,
Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger: Cause or effect? Chicken or the egg? I wasn’t there of course, but I’ve always favored the chicken. I love chicken, especially fried chicken… Does RA cause anger? It can be managed politely, but there are times I’m definitely angry. At any one moment, I have more pain than many people I know have...Continue reading      65 Comments » Read more

Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 33 Comments ,
Our regularly scheduled program will be interrupted for a message from our sponsor.* Ghost stories and hopelessness There is an old North American tale of friends sitting by the campfire. Telling ghost stories at twilight made them jumpy. They became anxious as a faint humming sound grew closer and louder. Screams of horror about bites of a...Continue reading      33 Comments » Read more

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tips for Parents

Kelly Young 25 Comments ,
At a friend’s baby shower, I was asked to write my most personal parenting advice in two sentences. First, I said, “There will be so many times that you will have to say no; so never say no without a reason.” Second, “Try to give the child what he needs, whether or not that’s always...Continue reading      25 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pregnancy

Kelly Young 71 Comments , ,
I’ve received many letters and requests for a post about Rheumatoid Arthritis and pregnancy. Here it is - our long-awaited first post on RA and pregnancy.  I look forward to hearing many of your experiences which will be helpful to others as they look for answers in the months to come. The decisions of Rheumatoid...Continue reading      71 Comments » Read more
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