Woman’s Day’s Article: Rheumatoid Arthritis Information

July 15, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 18 Comments Invisible Illness, Rheum Disease in the Media, Woman's Day problem

Click here to follow all rest of the Woman's Day RA story! I didn’t want to take Rheumatoid Arthritis to the beach with me! I went to the beach the other day. We tried to take a day off from all of our vocational and avocational activities. We hardly ever take time off from school or...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more

If You Do Not Have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Please Read This

July 13, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 38 Comments Communicating about RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness, Transparency & living with RA

What I would tell those who are not living with Rheumatoid Arthritis A Memo to Non-RA'ers: My mailbox stays full of “nobody gets it” messages. People feel lonely and frustrated because most people don’t get Rheumatoid Arthritis. No, I mean they don’t “get it” as in understand what it is like. Recently, we discussed the UK campaign...Continue reading 38 Comments » Read more

What is Sjogren’s Syndrome?

July 10, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 26 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Sjogren's syndrome

What does Rheumatoid Arthritis have to do with Sjogren’s Syndrome? Often we hear of the “characteristic dry eyes of RA.” However, we have more urgent concerns of our Rheumatoid Arthritis. This may be one reason that we don’t know much more about Sjogren’s syndrome. We have often accepted dry eyes as just one more RA symptom without exploring...Continue reading 26 Comments » Read more

The Me Before Rheumatoid Arthritis

July 7, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 73 Comments Empathy and RA, Rheumatoid arthritis disability, Transparency & living with RA

Let me introduce you to the me you can never meet: The Me Before Rheumatoid Arthritis If you have RA, you spend lots of time adjusting to change. For me, the biggest adjustment has been to the disability. First, there is frustration that I cannot do what I still want to do. But the “old me” is still...Continue reading 73 Comments » Read more

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What is Palindromic Rheumatism?

June 28, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 13 Comments Palindromic Rheumatism, Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis

How many kinds of Rheumatoid Arthritis are there Anyway? Nobody knows for sure, but the more you learn, the weirder it seems. Here is a type of inflammatory arthritis which you may not know about. They say it is rarer than the four general courses of Rheumatoid Arthritis which are in our cute chart. The word “palindromic” comes...Continue reading 13 Comments » Read more

What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue?

June 19, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 103 Comments Enbrel, Rheumatoid arthritis fatigue, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue? (UPDATED 2016) Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue is a weariness that rest cannot cure. It is tiredness without the benefit of the pleasure of activity. Over 90% of RA patients report fatigue as a symptom. It is counted second only to pain as the greatest difficulty of living with RA. "Unlike normal fatigue, pathological...Continue reading 103 Comments » Read more

Can Rheumatoid Arthritis Kill You?

June 8, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 126 Comments Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart, Rheumatoid Arthritis spine

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a serious illness This post is a response to what I've heard so many times about RA: “At least it’s nothing serious.” Well, some things about Rheumatoid Arthritis are downright serious. So, a warning to my readers that I am utterly serious today. For once, I have found something that is not a joking...Continue reading 126 Comments » Read more

Baloney About Rheumatoid Arthritis

June 2, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 42 Comments Rheum Disease in the Media, Rheumatoid Arthritis commercials

[caption id="attachment_361" align="aligncenter" width="478"] Here's what I think when I watch some advertisements for arthritis medications.[/caption] Advertisements for rheumatoid arthritis are baloney “Baloney,” I muttered to myself the first time I saw advertisements for rheumatoid arthritis medicines. My jaw would have dropped – if I could have opened it. Who am I kidding? If I could have, I...Continue reading 42 Comments » Read more

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