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Rheumatoid Arthritis Support: My Nicest Examples

Kelly Young 50 Comments ,
Rheumatoid Arthritis support: 3 sources This blog is about the nicest thing that someone has done for me since I became ill with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It’s not tough to decide, but it’s tough to talk about. First, there are some honorable mentions. 1) There’s that first good doctor who confirmed my diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Support from the...Continue reading      50 Comments » Read more

Patient Assertiveness

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Not enough patient assertiveness? If you saw the blog with the pretty Actemra brochures and the not-so-pretty bruises, you know I needed some patient assertiveness recently. My skin rarely bruises, but the coloring was not the worst thing. That elbow was stiffened and screaming for two weeks with a flare caused by the rough treatment of...Continue reading      49 Comments » Read more

Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis

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What do we know about Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis? One of the most famous people with Rheumatoid Arthritis is Pierre August Renoir. His name is on all the lists. I read about him early on in my searches. However, most stories give precious few details about Renoir’s RA, how it affected him, and how he coped with...Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

Response to a Blog Written by a Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctor

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Please read the first part of this blog: Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctors. That post discusses a story written by a young doctor who describes part of his training. If you read that post and others on the site, you know this is not an attack on good Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors. Those are the ones, like Doctor...Continue reading      6 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Doctors

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What’s wrong with Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors? Yes, I do know there are a lot of great doctors. There’s “my good GP” as I always say. We have a fantastic nurse practitioner pediatrician. And a few others we know.  You better believe I was thrilled to find my good Rheumatoid Arthritis doctor finally. Are Rheumatoid Arthritis doctors different?...Continue reading      17 Comments » Read more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis T-Shirt Contest Winner!

Kelly Young 9 Comments
NOTE: NEW RA Warrior Wear rheumatoid arthritis t-shirt & gear store - Click here!  - THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED - Happy ending to the Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt contest! Two weeks ago, we began a contest to win a Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt from RA Warrior’s store. The contest ended yesterday, July 5that midnight.  The drawing entries were all placed...Continue reading      9 Comments » Read more

Win a T-shirt Dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis!

Kelly Young 73 Comments ,
NOTE: This contest has ENDED. The NEW RA WARRIOR STORE is here - click HERE! Dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis like Wonder Woman I don’t know about you, but usually feel more like Mighty Mouse than Wonder Woman when it comes to dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis. RA kicks me in the butt every day. Somehow, by not backing...Continue reading      73 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Joint Pain, and Truth

Kelly Young 32 Comments ,
A fairy tale ending to Rheumatoid Arthritis joint pain? My phone rang Friday afternoon. The cheerful woman on the line encouraged me to “Enjoy a life Free of joint pain.” She said for $59.95 she would send me a product “Guaranteed to reduce inflammation and rebuild your joints.” After only eight ounces per day for one...Continue reading      32 Comments » Read more

3 Tools for Online Pain Management of RA

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By Karla Fitch Yesterday, we looked at Online Pain Management for Rheumatoid Arthritis.  Today, we’ll look at three online pain management sites and some of the bells and whistles they offer. You can decide what features are important to you. A closer look at 3 online pain management tools eTrack Pain eTrack Pain was the simplest  site to use...Continue reading      6 Comments » Read more

Online Pain Management for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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By Karla Fitch What is online pain management for RA? Often, it’s enough to deal with the effects of rheumatoid arthritis every day without having to worry about passwords and privacy and figuring out how to track something that you and your doctor already know. Or is it? Studies show that pain is often undertreated, and some suggest...Continue reading      7 Comments » Read more

The Fake Patient (fPatient) & Patient Engagement on Drug Companies’ Sites

Kelly Young 30 Comments ,
Patient engagement: ePatients, meet fPatients I wrote about ePatients on the blog a couple of months ago. The e-patient is supposed to be a patient who is engaged in electronic media (the internet) to learn about his/her medical condition. Perhaps she is doing research or reading about the experiences of other patients. Many of you might...Continue reading      30 Comments » Read more

Actemra Rival IL-6 Inhibitor Shown Effective in Trial

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New IL-6 inhibitor brings ACR 50 to half of patients Would you believe I just realized why the Biologics’ names end in “mab”? It is short for monoclonal antibody. Must be those blonde highlights. A new monoclonal antibody referred to as ALD518 was tested on one hundred twenty-seven patients who took part in a Phase 2 clinical...Continue reading      7 Comments » Read more
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