RA Public Service Announcement Video

March 22, 2019 Kelly Young 1

A video RA Public Service Announcement explains that rheumatoid arthritis is a serious disease, with arthritis as just one symptom. #rheum

Treating RA

Testing the imaware™ RA Test Kit

March 12, 2019 Kelly Young 0

Video of RA Warrior Kelly O’Neill doing an imaware™ RA test kit, giving tips and advice to make the process easier. Kelly reads the report of her results.

Communication and Inspiration

Possible Rheumatoid Arthritis

March 6, 2019 Kelly Young 3

Identifying possible rheumatoid arthritis is one step in a new quest to stop rheumatoid disease from becoming full-blown. Part 2 of RA Runs in Families.

RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

RA Runs in Families

February 28, 2019 Kelly Young 14

Evidence that RA runs in families and discussion of family risk of rheumatoid disease and imaware™ at-home RA test to screen for RA.

Treating RA

RA Surgery — 10 Questions Answered

February 18, 2019 Kelly Young 15

Discussion of RA surgery and questions related to surgery in people with rheumatoid disease, including continuation of medications.

RA Research, Resources, and Rheumatology

Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Hazy

January 31, 2019 Kelly Young 14

Discussion of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis and the criteria for diagnosis of rheumatoid disease. Study shows seronegative disease is as severe.

Thoughts about Schedules & How Evil Tongs & Barstools Are

February 22, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 40 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA

Sometimes there’s a weird reason it seems impossible to write – I have too much to write about and I don’t know where to start. There are lists of topics I want to write about and dozens of articles begun that I haven’t finished. Today I want to write about how evil tongs and barstools...Continue reading 40 Comments » Read more

Why Rheumatoid Disease Patients Still Fall through the Cracks

February 20, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 69 Comments Comprehensive RA Care, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

“Well, at least it’s nothing serious.” How many rheumatoid patients have heard that, some even from doctors? Last week, after Danita’s story, I wanted to share with you this letter to the editor of Musculoskeletal Network, but health issues and life and a board meeting delayed me. The letter below is my response to the Musculoskeletal...Continue reading 69 Comments » Read more

21 Tips to Prepare for a Biologic Infusion

February 14, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 18 Comments Biologics for RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

How can patients get ready for a Biologic infusion? Doreen asked how to prepare for her upcoming Rituxan infusion. Here are some general tips that might help with any kind of Biologic infusion. As usual, I’ve learned most of these from other patients and from the effective teacher called experience. The orange Rituxan blanket was a gift...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more

Rest in Peace, Danita

February 12, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 28 Comments Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior

In the past year, three people I knew of passed away due to causes related to Rheumatoid disease. We’ve known for a long time that statistics on rheumatoid related deaths are under-reported because the disease is often not mentioned in death records. But statistics are not the point of this post. It is about one...Continue reading 28 Comments » Read more

New Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis: the Research Road

February 10, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 9 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Is there an RA miracle treatment right around the corner? Thanks to my mom and a couple of other RA-news watchers who sent me this news Friday about a so-called “single jab to beat arthritis.” Why do papers love stupid headlines? No, it’s not about “arthritis;” it’s about RA, an ill-named inflammatory disease. It’s not a...Continue reading 9 Comments » Read more

The Best Rheumatoid Arthritis News Story I’ve Ever Seen

February 5, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 30 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Click now to hear the news story as it aired February 4, 2013 on KPCC, the local NPR affiliate in South Central Los Angeles. Honest rheumatoid arthritis news story on NPR station Jose Martinez KPCC interview Jose Martinez, writer for OnCentral: Reporting on health and quality of life in South LA, first contacted me a couple of...Continue reading 30 Comments » Read more

Seeing Light and Shadows in Groundhog Day and RA

February 2, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 2 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Inspiration for living with RA

TODAY, February 2nd,is the first Rheumatoid Awareness Day. Read more below about how you can be involved. Amateur actress shares Groundhog Day's special place in her heart My sweet friend Steph, one of the bright treasures that I have gained from living with this disease, sent me a story in an email yesterday. I'll hope you'll enjoy it...Continue reading 2 Comments » Read more

The Pursuit of Happyness When Part of Your Life Is Called Rheumatoid Arthritis

February 1, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 24 Comments Courage & living with RA, Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Movie review

Waiting to start a new treatment, the past few weeks, I’ve had a crazy idea. If the treatment works, I might “forget” how it was. So maybe I should do something I’ve never done: take an inventory. A couple years ago, a patient commented that she does a brief inventory of her joints with her...Continue reading 24 Comments » Read more

This is our 10K

January 30, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 4 Comments Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

Have you read the posts on the Facebook event for Rheumatoid Awareness Day February 2nd? The stories, like thousands of comments on this site, describe the range of experiences and emotions people face with this disease. I’ve said your comments are like another whole blog– and that’s true. Together, we tell the full story of...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

$10,000 Matching Opportunity for Rheumatoid Awareness Day

January 28, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 4 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Another patient's story about what Rheumatoid disease is really like Last month, I shared what it’s like to live with full-blown Rheumatoid disease, taking the gloves off. To provide a glimpse into a world that most will never experience, I described a few hours of trying to move and manage with people who don’t understand what the...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Awareness Ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Finally

January 26, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 30 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

The unique awareness ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients distinguish themselves from arthritis or other diseases with an awareness ribbon for Rheumatoid Arthritis / Rheumatoid Disease Does color really matter? Think about the Yellow Brick Road. Would it be the same if it were the black brick road? Or the blue brick road? Of course not. But, we know...Continue reading 30 Comments » Read more

Prednisone Versus Prednisolone: the Same for Everyone?

January 24, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 96 Comments Genetics and RA, Prednisone and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Whether medicine is personalized or not, patients are It’s fascinating how drugs are metabolized differently in different people, with different side effects and varying levels of benefit. But, prednisone is one thing we hear works the same on everyone. Is that right? Prednisone works well enough on most Rheumatoid patients that it’s used by some doctors as...Continue reading 96 Comments » Read more

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