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Inspiration for living with RA

You’re Not Lost and Michael Bublé Video

Kelly Young 21 Comments , ,
“You are not alone.” I don’t think I can put into words what I want to say. Fortunately, this song Lost sung by Michael Bublé already did. God is good and things come at the right time, like this song that I listened to all weekend. And like the way “the light comes pouring through many of...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Facts

20 Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Facts I learned from RA Patients

Kelly Young 121 Comments , ,
Why call them Rheumatoid Arthritis patient facts? There were many things that didn’t add up as I started to read so-called Rheumatoid Arthritis facts. What I read was not what I experienced. The more I heard from other RA patients, the longer was the list of things I wondered about. I can’t believe I’m finally saying...Continue reading      121 Comments » Read more

Tony Snow: Illness Doesn’t Change the Person You Are

Kelly Young 22 Comments ,
Over the last few years, some people have faded out of my life after RA made it impossible to do most things I used to do. Some people didn’t want to hear about illness, or pain or medicine. They didn’t understand what I meant when I said “can’t.” I never ask for sympathy for being...Continue reading      22 Comments » Read more

Perseverance in Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 23 Comments , ,
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

A Rheumatoid Arthritis Newsletter from RA Warrior

Kelly Young 10 Comments ,
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

Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 19 Comments , ,
What do we know about Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis? One of the most famous people with Rheumatoid Arthritis is Pierre August Renoir. His name is on all the lists. I read about him early on in my searches. However, most stories give precious few details about Renoir’s RA, how it affected him, and how he coped with...Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 2

Kelly Young 21 Comments , , ,
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

Kelly Young 17 Comments , ,
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

Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 33 Comments ,
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

Looking at a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Up with a Smile

Kelly Young 37 Comments , ,
See what a Rheumatoid Arthritis flare up plus a little creativity can produce! There was a treat in my email box last night.  Young freelance writer Brooke Windsor wrote up this clever verse about her Rheumatoid Arthritis flare. It gives cool meaning to “grin and bear it.” Brooke’s writing touched me and made me smile and I’m...Continue reading      37 Comments » Read more

Self Image and Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 28 Comments ,
Does living with Rheumatoid Arthritis affect our superpowers? We’ve talked before about the ways living with Rheumatoid Arthritis affects the way we view ourselves – remember the RA Self Definition Fairy? And maybe you read the blog about remembering the old me in the scrapbook before Rheumatoid Arthritis. Someone did yesterday – and her response made...Continue reading      28 Comments » Read more
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