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.

20 Replies to Things Not to Say to an RA Patient

May 21, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 113 Comments Communicating about RA, Humor with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Replies to things not to say to an RA patient (UPDATED) Every day, I hear from many people living with Rheumatoid Disease. This post about things not to say to an RA patient was a response to a request from a dear reader about one of the most popular posts on the blog, 20 Things Not...Continue reading 113 Comments » Read more

Beginning Our 4th Year! 5 Stunning Things I Learned & My Forecast for the Future

May 17, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 44 Comments Comprehensive RA Care, History of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Three years ago today, I typed my first blog post in my back yard on a whim. My daughter had started to blog – what’s to worry about – just do it! Before that, I’d been working on ideas for months. I did have a goal: to build a website where RA patients could find...Continue reading 44 Comments » Read more

Aftermath of the FDA Vote on Pfizer’s RA JAK Inhibitor, Tofacitinib

May 15, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 44 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Woman's Day problem, XELJANZ-tofacitinib-JAK

After the tofacitinib FDA hearing, the votes are in, false perceptions persist, and patients still need relief. Some estimate that tofacitinib could be approved by the US FDA within a few months after mixed votes and mostly inaccurate press reports. It’s fitting this discussion takes place as rawarrior.com begins its fourth year of reporting the patient...Continue reading 44 Comments » Read more

Leaving It All on the Field: Not the Safest Choice But Maybe Best

May 14, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 12 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Patient advocacy, Professional patient

Sightseeing, small steps, and sleep I’ve spent most of the last 3 weeks lying down with ice on my neck, or taking extra meds for the back spasms. The night before the FDA tofacitinib hearing, my back got so bad that I was about 90% certain that I would not be able to attend. My little...Continue reading 12 Comments » Read more

FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee Hearing for Pfizer’s RA JAK: Tofacitinb

May 9, 2012May 14, 2018 Kelly Young 27 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, XELJANZ-tofacitinib-JAK

Advisory Committee hearing feed link My daughter Katie Beth and I are in Washington, DC for the final FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee (AAC) hearing about Pfizer’s JAK, tofacitinib. Early in the morning, Katie Beth and I will be en route to the meeting. The AAC meeting will be broadcast online with a live feed. We’ve been told...Continue reading 27 Comments » Read more

Attending an FDA Hearing for Pfizer’s JAK: Tofacitinib CP-690550

May 6, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 28 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis treatment, XELJANZ-tofacitinib-JAK

Three years ago, one of the first friends I made through my blog was Angie. She got into a Pfizer clinical trial for tofacitinib (then called tasocitinib). She sent me some info about the trial, but my rheum doc wasn’t interested and I didn’t pursue it. The current excitement about Pfizer’s tofacitinib Tofacitinib is an oral medication...Continue reading 28 Comments » Read more

Consumer Reports’ Absurd Best Buy Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug List

May 4, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 47 Comments Biologics for RA, Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

RESPONSE TO Consumer Reports Health Best Buy Drugs; Evaluating Prescription Drugs Used to Treat the Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Biologics Warrior to Washington: Next week, I’m going to D.C. to make an oral presentation to the “Arthritis Advisory Committee” at a hearing about a new Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment, tofacitinib. I want you to know why...Continue reading 47 Comments » Read more

Game On! 2 of You Will Win 6 Trudeau Stressless Kitchen Tools

May 2, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 3 Comments Doing Projects with RA, Rheumatoid arthritis disability

RA Warrior has never done product reviews, but I said yes to this easy contest because I get to give away sets of six kitchen tools to 2 of my wonderful readers. So, play our game to see if you can win! You can always give the tools away if you don’t need them. The game...Continue reading 3 Comments » Read more

Significant Numbers of RA Patients Don’t Receive Recommended Care

April 30, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 24 Comments American College of Rheumatology, Comprehensive RA Care, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Understanding the reality of the disease is only half the battle We are making progress. Although there’s still a long way to go, patients are playing a part of advancements toward more complete understanding of Rheumatoid Arthritis as a disease. We might suppose that once RA is more widely understood to be a systemic disease, it...Continue reading 24 Comments » Read more

The Confusion of a Smile

April 25, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 44 Comments Professional patient, Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

If you have RA, you’ll probably just nod your head as I share this private experience. If not, you may just scratch you head: huh? It’s all good, right? Well, mostly… I mean, a lot of living with RA is actually hard or disagreeable, but we smile anyway. What are you gonna do, right? I smile a...Continue reading 44 Comments » Read more

Secondary Sjogren’s Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Primary Problem

April 23, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 32 Comments Comprehensive RA Care, Sjogren's syndrome

Sjogren’s syndrome: have you seen the eye doc yet? When I wrote my first RA Warrior post on Sjogren’s syndrome in 2009, I wasn’t sure whether I’d ever be diagnosed with it. But I thought it was important to cover on the blog. I had a fun idea for illustrating the pronunciation of the name so...Continue reading 32 Comments » Read more

It All Comes Out in the Wash: Comparing Different Treatments & Approaches

April 20, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 17 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Four weeks. Not a record for me, but close... When this is published in the morning, I’ll be spending the morning washing and blowing out my hair for the 1st time in about a month. The ends started to take dreadlock form the last few days, somewhat an improvement. But the front looks really bad [deliberately...Continue reading 17 Comments » Read more

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