This is something people have asked me to do for a long time. I’ve created these two pdf factsheets about RA for our readers to print!
Rheumatoid Arthritis factsheet about the RA Warrior
You can print this factsheet when you want to tell others about this website and our community here. All you have to do is...Continue reading 12 Comments »
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The Goal with RA Is Not Perfection: Don’t Give Up the Things You Love!
As I’ve said, I get wonderful notes every day. It’s definitely one of my favorite parts of this blog. Recently, I shared with you some comments that were especially encouraging for all of us. Today, I’d like to share an email. Carolyn wrote to share how she has adapted to be able to continue her...Continue reading 29 Comments »
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Your Comments Are a Special Blog in Themselves
Growing up with mom’s RA
Every day, y'all write comments, messages, and emails that make such a huge difference in this community. But they also have an effect on me. Tonight I found this gem:
Hi all! I don’t have RA, but my mother was diagnosed after she got pregnant with my brother 15 years ago.
I...Continue reading 19 Comments »
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Rheumatoid Arthritis News Articles, Vol. 3: Syk inhibitor, CVD Risk & Diabetes Link
3 hot Rheumatoid Arthritis news articles: RA pill, cardiovascular risk guidelines & more!
1 - An oral Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitor for Rheumatoid Arthritis
A recently published study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a pill being called R788 for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. R788 inhibits Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), an important immune signaling modulator,...Continue reading 17 Comments »
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Traveling to a WEGO Health Panel for Health Activists
A month of firsts
It has been a month of firsts for me. There were fun things like our first Rheumatoid Arthritis Meme and my first prescription reading glasses - how great it is to see again! There were less fun hard things like medial branch nerve blocks in my back and neck and my first...Continue reading 26 Comments »
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“Dealing with RA Is So Much Easier than Lupus” –Kathy Lubbers
What causes the RA awareness problem?
Every day, people ask me, “What can I do to help create awareness for RA?” Many suggest, “We need to find a famous person with RA.” Maybe first, we need to think about why we need awareness for RA. Why do people have such a wrong view of Rheumatoid Arthritis?...Continue reading 107 Comments »
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Joint Injections for Rheumatoid Arthritis
This blog is called Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior because we have to fight. I know I’m not the best warrior or the only warrior – I just know that is what we have to do: fight. Actually, through this blog, I meet other warriors who inspire me every day. I feel like my own fight is...Continue reading 63 Comments »
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Twitter & a #rheum for the Rheumatoid Online Community
You are the best part!
The best thing about this blog is the readers. I know – I if I didn’t write a blog, then there wouldn’t be one. But the readers help make this blog a community, especially through the comments pages. We also have a thriving RA Warrior Facebook community where people are making...Continue reading 10 Comments »
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What Does World Arthritis Day Have to Do with RA?
Over the past week, there have been a few Tweets on Twitter about World Arthritis Day. The Arthritis Foundation posted them asking RA’ers to “join in.” It raised this question: Is World Arthritis Day about RA?
“ACR is participating in World Arthritis Day”
Last week, I was on the website for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...Continue reading 58 Comments »
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Having a Cuppa Together: a Rheumatoid Arthritis Meme
What’s this Rheumatoid Arthritis meme about?
This is the first meme on Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior. It’s just a set of questions that we each answer. If you’re wondering more about what a meme is, here is a good explanation I found on a site called The Daily Meme.
This RA meme is about the things we might...Continue reading 232 Comments »
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Life of a Professional Patient, Blog #5; Little Victories
Lately I wish each day were 3 days long.
After a morning of correspondence, blog replies, Algebra, English, and Greek lessons, I went in for my latest back injections. The kids were frustrated because I wouldn’t eat lunch. My stomach was too nervous to eat.
Last week, I wrote about the spine procedure I was having done...Continue reading 32 Comments »
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The Future: Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity
The future of RA testing...
Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis is still impossible, but times are changing
Once upon a time, there was the Rheumatoid factor. Rheumatology could hope that the Rheumatoid factor (Rf) would be to Rheumatoid Arthritis what glucose measurement is to diabetes. But it was not so – neither for diagnosis nor for disease management. About...Continue reading 36 Comments »
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