My Basic Class in Rheumatoid Arthritis: RA 101
What if Rheumatoid Arthritis were a degree?
Sometimes we feel like being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis is an educational degree of some kind. There is so much to learn. Many of us have to read a couple of books and some articles just understand our diagnosis. Then, we have to become pretty skilled to deal with our tests and medications…
Wouldn’t it be funny if we could put R.A. after our name to show how skilled we have become at dealing with our Rheumatoid Arthritis? My business card would read: Kelly Young, R. A. Of course, I only practice on myself. I know for sure that I have at least taken RA 101…
Basic Rheumatoid Arthritis information
Today, I am making my RA 101 available to anyone else who needs a boost to understand the basics of Rheumatoid Arthritis information. Many of you are veterans and at least as RA-educated as I am. I hope you will be able to use something from my RA 101 to help you help your loved ones to understand RA.
To RA veterans and the newly diagnosed freshmen who stop by every day: maybe there is also some relief in the knowledge that other RA’ers are dealing with the same things that you are facing. We are all hoping that we will know a cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis during our lifetime. Then, we can graduate from the school of RA.
Click here to begin RA 101
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Awesome. I’m sharing this with family and friends in the hope that they can better understand my disease.
This is a great resource and I thank you for this.
Thank you guys.
Splinter: sorry about your recent RA diagnosis. I remember those first few months of shock. 🙁
Kelly! This is awesome!!! WOW!!!
Thank you!
This is great work Kelly. I wish I would have had this info when I was first diagnosed, this is far more (and better) than I could get from my first rheumatologist.
What a fantastic site you have! Wish I could have had this when I was first diagnoses. My Ol’ Curmudgeon and I have been dealing with this for several years, now. As I get worse and worse, despite all the “right” medications and treatments, we are struck by the cycle of “flare – medication / treatment – hope – dashed hopes – flare.” So I have consciously decided to live in hope and optimism. Some days are easier to live there than others, but on the whole, attitude is where it’s at. Today is one of “those” days, so I’ve decided to just fold up for a while and “chill-out” with a heating pad and a pain pill. After the pain is “broken,” I’ll have a much better outlook on life! Thankfully, I don’t have to do this very much. :laugh: