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.

Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness, part 2

August 17, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 4 Comments Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior, Living with chronic illness like RA

Anxiety or depression with chronic illness is not unusual Many individuals who suffer from a chronic health condition experience some symptoms of anxiety or depression. There are several different types of both anxiety and depression. Yesterday, we discussed symptoms of some common forms. Please read part 1 if you are trying to identify symptoms of anxiety...Continue reading 4 Comments » Read more

Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness

August 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 20 Comments Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior, Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis

I’m excited about this guest post to introduce an important discussion. Various types of anxiety and depression are more common in those who live with chronic illness & chronic pain. I hope this post will help us to think about when symptoms are serious enough to need help. Hello brave RA Warriors! My name is Karaleigh....Continue reading 20 Comments » Read more

Phil Mickelson’s Psoriatic Arthritis

August 13, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 30 Comments Biologics for RA, Celebrities and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Enbrel, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials, Spondyloarthropathy

“Mickelson arthritis” brings shrugs “Phil Mickelson arthritis” was such a common search already that it was suggested to me by Google’s search tool as I typed his name yesterday. That was only two days after Mickelson announced his diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis to the press. I have to admit that I shrugged the first time I...Continue reading 30 Comments » Read more

Unusual Methotrexate Side Effects

August 12, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 112 Comments Methotrexate, Side effects for RA medicine

Many patients take low enough doses of methotrexate that they don’t even have side effects... But, some strange methotrexate side effects are for real No one ever told me methotrexate could have side effects. I’m not complaining! I think that worked for me. I didn’t approach the treatment with fear. Don’t get me wrong – there was drama....Continue reading 112 Comments » Read more

My First Actemra Treatment

August 10, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 50 Comments Actemra, Biologics for RA, Professional patient, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Actemra is my fourth Biologic treatment My first Actemra treatment was two weeks ago. I never dreamed I’d be going for my fourth different kind of Biologic treatment. When my first rheum doc said I’d feel much better soon with Humira, I believed it. When the Rheumatoid Arthritis continued to progress, the doc seemed as disappointed...Continue reading 50 Comments » Read more

Perseverance in Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis

August 9, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 23 Comments Courage & living with RA, Encouragement for living with RA, Inspiration for living with RA

What keeps you fighting? I tried to quit... At one point, I thought I would be fired as a professional patient. No such luck. I’ve also tried to quit Rheumatoid Arthritis. Maybe you remember my Eject Button. I tried to quit another chronic illness once. Maybe you read my ostrich jokes. I haven’t had a lot of...Continue reading 23 Comments » Read more

Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis Increasing, in Women Especially

August 6, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 18 Comments History of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Men with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Recent study finds more Rheumatoid Arthritis – Women Harder Hit Science Daily reported this spring that Mayo researchers found an increased incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis, especially in women. “Between 1 and 2 million Americans suffer the effects of RA, a chronic inflammatory disease that targets joints and which contributes to work-related disability, increased morbidity, and shortened...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more

20 Essential Facts About My Own Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Asked Me

August 5, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 31 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Talking to doctors, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Essential Rheumatoid Arthritis facts only you could know Last month, we talked about 10 Essential Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Told Me. We were talking about some essential RA facts of life that many RA patients have to figure out on our own. Let’s look at another angle: What about some truly essential facts...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more

Patient Centered Medical Home: Will Redesign in Healthcare Hurt Rheumatology Patients?

August 3, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 6 Comments Communicating about RA, Talking to doctors

Most posts on this blog are written with patients in mind. This post is an exception. I’d like to specifically address this post to those who work in medicine or healthcare design. The call to make health care more patient centered Back in January, I brought my readers a treat, a video of a talk by Bridget Duffy,...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

What about Classic Rheumatoid Arthritis?

August 2, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 90 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Wondering about a classic Rheumatoid Arthritis Almost one year ago, I asked Is There a Typical Rheumatoid Arthritis? That was the night I sat in a hotel room reading case studies about Rheumatoid Arthritis in the DIP joint (fingertip) after a not-so-enlightening visit with a character I now call Dr. Dip. I had no idea whether I...Continue reading 90 Comments » Read more

A Rheumatoid Arthritis Newsletter from RA Warrior

July 30, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 10 Comments Humor with RA, Inspiration for living with RA

My Rheumatoid Arthritis newsletter is out! I hope you got your copy of my newsletter that went out last night. If you didn’t, you can sign up on the Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior Newsletter page and you’ll be sent one. I always thought armadillos were cute. People from Texas would tell us stories about the silly animals. Isn’t...Continue reading 10 Comments » Read more

10 Essential Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis No Doctor Ever Told Me

July 29, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 58 Comments Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Talking to doctors, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis I learned the hard way There are some important facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis that you figure out pretty quickly and other ones, you get eventually. If these are some RA facts of life, then why doesn’t anyone sit you down and give you “the little talk”? Why doesn’t the Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist tell...Continue reading 58 Comments » Read more

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