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.

Making Lemonade When You Want Latte

February 23, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 7 Comments Inspiration for living with RA, Living with chronic illness like RA

Does making lemonade make it all better? When I first started my blog on Google’s Blogger website, the profile page required people to describe themselves with whatever question that popped up. The question I got was “What is your super power?” I answered “Making lemonade.” It seemed like rheumatoid disease (RD) was like every other trouble that...Continue reading 7 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis CRP Levels

February 21, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 26 Comments CRP, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Why look at rheumatoid arthritis CRP levels? C-reactive protein, commonly called CRP, is a protein that can be produced by the liver in response to other immune activity, especially the increase of IL-6. CRP can rise quickly in response to many inflammatory conditions such as infections or injury, helping clear out dying cells or bacteria. Blood tests for...Continue reading 26 Comments » Read more

Impact of One Shot for RA – 10 Signs

February 17, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 44 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Prednisone and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Has a shot for RA ever rocked your world? I had a strange experience arriving for church Sunday. I woke up, got dressed, even fixed breakfast, and then somehow arrived fifteen minutes early. Why did it seem like I had all… the… time… in the world? It went back to last Thursday when I got a...Continue reading 44 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials: 10 Facts

February 6, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 3 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials

How do Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trials work? Clinical trials are research studies that test medications, devices, or procedures that may be used to treat a disease. Sometimes already approved medications are also tested in new ways. Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trials not only help to create new treatments, but also help develop better ways of managing the...Continue reading 3 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Petition

February 2, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 4 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Rheumatoid Patient Foundation

How we got to a rheumatoid arthritis petition When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2006, I didn’t know anyone who had the disease. In a moment, my whole life changed. I had no idea what was going on or what was in store for me. I did not know what I should do...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

5 Rheumatoid Arthritis – RA Flare Facts

February 1, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 88 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheum Disease in the Media, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

RA Flare – fact or fiction? If you want to laugh out loud, just Google RA Flare. No, not right now. Finish this first. Anyway, the topic of RA flare produces some very silly and contradictory discussions. For example Web MD offers How to Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares. If only. So today we approach one of the most...Continue reading 88 Comments » Read more

7 Tips for Rheumatoid Arthritis Complications

7 Tips on Rheumatoid Arthritis Complications

January 30, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 6 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis complications, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is part 2 of a series on the systemic nature of rheumatoid disease, what’s often called rheumatoid arthritis complications. You can read part 1 here: Systemic Disease with Joint Symptoms. First, Rheumatoid arthritis complications is not quite true Referring to symptoms of a disease as “complications” is usually a distortion of the facts. I’ve explained before...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Systemic Disease with Joint Symptoms

January 26, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 11 Comments Professional patient, Rheumatoid arthritis complications

Recognizing a systemic disease with joint symptoms Do you ever wrestle with the disease aspect of rheumatoid disease (RD) – a systemic disease with joint symptoms? From what I’ve seen doctors, patients, care givers, and the public all struggle to grasp the systemic nature of the disease. We don’t want to see ourselves as sick, and...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

5 RA Facts Everyone Needs to Know

January 23, 2017May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 16 Comments Communicating about RA, Physician-patient discordance / disagreement, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Driven to uncover RA facts My search for facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) led me to build this website. So many questions. So much misinformation, blame, and confusion out there. It all contributed to my passion for uncovering RA facts and making them clear. I didn’t feel ready when I started writing this blog in 2009. There...Continue reading 16 Comments » Read more

Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis: 5 Facts

November 23, 2016May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 8 Comments Biologics for RA, Biosimilars

Click here to answer a Poll on Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis. New Biosimilars for Rheumatoid Arthritis One of the hottest topics in rheumatology today is biosimilars to for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other immune mediated diseases. Dozens of biosimilar medicines are in various stages of development and several are already in use in Europe and Asia. Let’s...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression

November 21, 2016May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 6 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

The paradox of Rheumatoid Arthritis progression The term rheumatoid arthritis progression requires some explanation. Progress is the opposite of what we observe when rheumatoid disease evolves. It is the disease that progresses, not the patient. So the advancement of the disease actually leads to the worsening of the patient’s health. The other obvious problem with the term...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Stand Together

October 27, 2016May 13, 2018 Kelly Young 5 Comments Encouragement for living with RA

How do we stand together? The next installment of the same hearing about Roo’s health and well-being is Friday. I’m not able to share details, but the decisions before the court are crucial for my son. As I write this update to you, it feels like the Friday the 13th movie series. Is there really one...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

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