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.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Muscle Wasting: Rheumatoid Cachexia

July 7, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 62 Comments Comprehensive RA Care, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart, Rheumatoid arthritis disability, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Wasting time on Rheumatoid Arthritis muscle wasting? Rheumatoid Arthritis is famous for bone erosions and joint deformity. That’s bad enough, but RA doesn’t stop there. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a systemic disease which can affect all organs and systems in the body. One of the first RA symptoms I experienced was extreme weakness in muscles and tendons. As...Continue reading 62 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis T-Shirt Contest Winner!

July 6, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 9 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

NOTE: NEW RA Warrior Wear rheumatoid arthritis t-shirt & gear store - Click here! - THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED - Happy ending to the Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt contest! Two weeks ago, we began a contest to win a Rheumatoid Arthritis T-shirt from RA Warrior’s store. The contest ended yesterday, July 5that midnight. The drawing entries were all placed...Continue reading 9 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 2

July 2, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 21 Comments Empathy and RA, Guest post on RA Warrior, Inspiration for living with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

Understanding a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis This is the second part of a story about a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1, Michael described the surprising process of learning to recognize the amount of chronic pain that Rheumatoid Arthritis brought his wife Deborah. He explained that it was...Continue reading 21 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1

July 1, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 17 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Inspiration for living with RA, Profiles in courage with RA

According to a study presented at EULAR in June, “Partners of patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are equally emotionally affected by the diagnosis and go through the same grieving process as the patients themselves.” Rheumatoid Arthritis can create devastating changes within a family. It can be difficult for a spouse to comprehend the...Continue reading 17 Comments » Read more

What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Damage?

June 30, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 26 Comments CRP, Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis

The sabre rattling of Rheumatoid Arthritis damage Do you ever look down at the invisible stabbing pain and wonder what’s going on inside your joints? Do you wonder whether damage is occurring when you feel your joints sticking or twisting or popping? Or red or puffy? What exactly causes Rheumatoid Arthritis damage? Over the years, some have...Continue reading 26 Comments » Read more

What About Rheumatoid Arthritis Pictures?

June 29, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 25 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis pictures, Talking to doctors

Bringing Rheumatoid Arthritis pictures to a doctor Do you think about your appointment with the rheumatologist before you go? About what you’ll ask or tell him (or her) when you see him? Over the months, I save up the concerns and the questions. This time, I also saved up my Rheumatoid Arthritis pictures. In the beginning, the...Continue reading 25 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms Not Alleviated by Disease Treatment

June 25, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 70 Comments Rheumatoid arthritis remission, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Talking to doctors, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis patients still have symptoms of pain & disability In a press release posted this week from Rome, the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) says women with Rheumatoid Arthritis experience Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms despite treatment. (Link to view non-pdf version of EULAR press release.) The survey of 2,000 Rheumatoid Arthritis patients found a majority experienced...Continue reading 70 Comments » Read more

Patients & Doctors Differ on Assessing Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Severity

June 24, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 42 Comments Measuring rheumatoid disease activity, Pain Tolerance / RA Stoicism, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Problems assessing Rheumatoid Arthritis disease severity? Ever feel like the doctor doesn’t see Rheumatoid Arthritis the way you do? If you have RA, you’re in good company. One new study found over a “third of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients differed from their physicians in assessment of their disease severity.” I know about this “differing” because of...Continue reading 42 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger

June 22, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 65 Comments Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis, History of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger: Cause or effect? Chicken or the egg? I wasn’t there of course, but I’ve always favored the chicken. I love chicken, especially fried chicken… Does RA cause anger? It can be managed politely, but there are times I’m definitely angry. At any one moment, I have more pain than many people I know have...Continue reading 65 Comments » Read more

Win a T-shirt Dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis!

June 21, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 73 Comments Humor with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness

NOTE: This contest has ENDED. The NEW RA WARRIOR STORE is here - click HERE! Dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis like Wonder Woman I don’t know about you, but usually feel more like Mighty Mouse than Wonder Woman when it comes to dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis. RA kicks me in the butt every day. Somehow, by not backing...Continue reading 73 Comments » Read more

Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis

June 18, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 33 Comments Courage & living with RA, Inspiration for living with RA

Our regularly scheduled program will be interrupted for a message from our sponsor.* Ghost stories and hopelessness There is an old North American tale of friends sitting by the campfire. Telling ghost stories at twilight made them jumpy. They became anxious as a faint humming sound grew closer and louder. Screams of horror about bites of a...Continue reading 33 Comments » Read more

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tips for Parents

June 16, 2010May 15, 2018 Kelly Young 25 Comments Parenting with RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

At a friend’s baby shower, I was asked to write my most personal parenting advice in two sentences. First, I said, “There will be so many times that you will have to say no; so never say no without a reason.” Second, “Try to give the child what he needs, whether or not that’s always...Continue reading 25 Comments » Read more

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