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.

Rheumatology Blog Carnival #2: How Can Diagnosis Be Improved?

January 10, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 12 Comments Blog carnival, Patient advocacy, Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis

Welcome to the second ever rheumatology carnival, a blog carnival on diseases of rheumatology such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Sjögren’s syndrome, and Juvenile Arthritis. You are in for such a treat. I hope you’ll take time to read each of the blogs that was submitted. What would improve diagnosis of RA or other...Continue reading 12 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis News Articles Vol.4: Lifetime Risk of RA, Home RA Tests, Atherosclerosis & RA

January 7, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 16 Comments Blood test for RA/ Rheumatoid Disease, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart, Video or podcast

3 Big RA news articles right now 1) News from Mayo Clinic about lifetime risk of developing Rheumatoid Arthritis Mayo is gathering important data on Rheumatoid Arthritis that has not been known before. We looked at one Mayo Clinic report last summer showing the incidence of RA is higher than expected and increasing in women. My readers...Continue reading 16 Comments » Read more

Three Fortune Cookies: What We Hope the Future Holds

January 6, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 5 Comments Encouragement for living with RA, Inspiration for living with RA

Fun fortune cookies for the New Year Amanda at WEGO Health created a challenge of three fortune cookies of hope. I’ve taken her up on the fortune cookie challenge for the RA Warrior community. Here are three fortune cookies I came up with last night. I’d love to hear one or three from you! Comment box...Continue reading 5 Comments » Read more

Some Rheumatologists Don’t Understand How Much It Hurts

January 4, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 55 Comments Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pain Tolerance / RA Stoicism, Rheumatoid arthritis pain, Talking to doctors

Some rheumatologists say they don’t believe their patients It is one thing to act like women are catastrophizing when they claim that Rheumatoid Arthritis hurts so much. But it’s another thing when it is done to children. Unfortunately, I’m familiar with being disbelieved by doctors. But I’m still shocked that they do that to children. Over the...Continue reading 55 Comments » Read more

How Can Autoimmune Arthritis Diagnosis Be Improved?

January 3, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 20 Comments Ankylosing Spondylitis, Autoimmune diseases, Blog carnival, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis, Spondyloarthropathy

Why Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis must be improved We have over 60 Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis stories here on Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior. In some ways they’re all unique, but there are common threads. One familiar theme is that Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis is often difficult or protracted or confusing. This is not only true for Rheumatoid Arthritis, but for...Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more

RA Warrior Year in Review 2010

December 29, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 15 Comments Communicating about RA, Professional patient, Video or podcast

Where did 2010 go? I’m not sure. But apparently I spent a lot of it with y’all! I spent the last week looking at the road we traveled over the last year on the blog. I researched to find the most popular posts for reading or discussion and tried to remember what I was thinking at...Continue reading 15 Comments » Read more

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Dancing Santa

December 23, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 2 Comments Humor with RA, Video or podcast

Dancing Santa sings "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." I know that it is, and I hope this makes you smile. There is a special year-in-review post on its way, but here is a little Christmas card from me. The other day in the bakery outlet, I had to capture the moment with my phone. The...Continue reading 2 Comments » Read more

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse: Was the Moon Really Red?

December 21, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 7 Comments Invisible Illness, Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Space

What would a lunar eclipse on the solstice be without my beloved camera? I pulled my thickest Redskins blanket over my head and went to sleep on the sofa with all of the lights on. The lunar eclipse on the winter solstice was a once in a lifetime event I would surely not miss. When I...Continue reading 7 Comments » Read more

Should Chronic Pain Patients Be Treated in the ER?

December 20, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 31 Comments Fibromyalgia, Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid arthritis pain, Video or podcast

What happens when a chronic pain patient goes to the ER? In the video below, A Chronic Pain Patient in the ER, a chronic pain patient is presented as either untruthful or mentally unstable. I’m not even sure which. However, the point of the video and many of the comments is that chronic pain patients are...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more

How Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Affects Women’s Lives

December 17, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 73 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

There were some wonderful surprises at the American College of Rheumatology Scientific Session last month aka the ACR meeting. One of them was a poster presented by Dr. Vibeke Strand of Stanford. It’s not the topic that is wonderful, but the fact that rheumatologists are studying it. The study was called “The Impact of Rheumatoid...Continue reading 73 Comments » Read more

Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night Video & Voices of Angels

December 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 11 Comments Inspiration for living with RA, Video or podcast

The mysterious Jackie Evancho Last night, we watched Jackie Evancho singing O Holy Night on The Tonight Show. I kept thinking, “This doesn’t make sense.” Over the years, people have examined whether her singing is a hoax – it’s easy to see and hear why. Her mouth seems to barely move as she is a channel...Continue reading 11 Comments » Read more

My RA Fit Kit – Rheumatoid Arthritis Exercise, Part 4

December 13, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 20 Comments Exercise with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials, Video or podcast

Several people have asked me about the My RA Fit Kit program by UCB (Cimzia). I’ve read lots of comments from RA patients. One patient didn’t just comment. She created her own RA fit kit on video (below). Some history on the My RA Fit Kit commercial The first commercial was scrapped after a short run. I...Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more

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