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Medical Records Tip for Your Rheumatoid Arthritis History: Read the Doctors’ notes

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It’s your Rheumatoid Arthritis history As much as you wish you did not, you own your RA. No one wants the fatigue and pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis. However, by default, you are the manager of your Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment. Last time, we peeked into the doctors’ notes of a RA patients. In addition to the hysterical diagnosis stuff,...Continue reading      43 Comments » Read more
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Working and Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Working and RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis is a thief. It steals so much from our lives. Very often that includes the ability to make a living. There are ripples out from this one issue into every other area of life. Here’s a short list I bet you could add to. Self-respect Standard of living Health coverage Relationships Loss of your productivity to family,...Continue reading      106 Comments » Read more

Old and New Adages for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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  Unbreakable Laws? Funny, here we are at the one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. And I haven’t seen it yet; it is pouring. Makes me think of Murphy. Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong. When I was a little kid, my parents introduced me to Murphy and Murphy’s Law. We...Continue reading      4 Comments » Read more
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Is This the Best Time to Have Rheumatoid Arthritis? Part 1: Quality of Life

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We hear it all the time: “This is the best time in history to have Rheumatoid Arthritis.” How true is that? Let’s examine the facts. But first, what person with a disease can hear that said without a reaction of dismay? No one who actually has Rheumatoid Arthritis claims that there would be ANY good time to...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

Can I Delay Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis? part 1

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Should we wait to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis? That depends; can an ostrich heal thyroid disease? One of the things that makes us warriors is our desire to survive. We fight Rheumatoid Arthritis because we want to outlive every scheme which RA has in store for us. We are determined to live the fullest and longest and happiest...Continue reading      58 Comments » Read more

Summer Read for Rheumatoid Arthritis Warriors, part 2

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If you missed it, read part one our RA Warrior mystery story—click here. An American history mystery, continued... The lady aristocrat who was raised in such privilege was Ann Hill Carter, granddaughter of the colonial magnate of Virginia “King Carter.” The washed up soldier she married was Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee of Revolutionary War fame. Their fifth...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more
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Professional Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient: RA Warrior on the Road

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A Window into the Life of a Professional Patient Tuesday morning I watched my clock tick up to the alarm time of 6 a.m. I hated to get out of bed early. It is my comfortable place. In years past, I eagerly shot up at that hour regularly to garden. But no longer. These days, I don’t...Continue reading      2 Comments » Read more

The Shifting Sand of Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 25 Comments ,
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis  is constantly shifting sand The other day, I took my kids to the beach. Well, they kinda take me now, really. I just drive. It’s always good for a perspective boost. Look out at that horizon and realize that your problems are small – and that the world is a beautiful gift to...Continue reading      25 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Help with Bags and Books

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How Rheumatoid Arthritis Creates Makeovers and Bag Ladies A before RA and after RA story This is a before and after story about some ladies with bags. But it’s not Extreme Makeover. It’s before and after RA. Before RA, I never accepted help from the baggers at the grocery store. I didn’t need help. (Maybe my mom read...Continue reading      31 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis can make you patient

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Hating Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis is this mean and evil disease. But you can't hate it because hate only tears up the hater. Hate never hurts the target, so I learned a long time ago that forgiveness is the healthiest way to live. However, forgiving RA doesn't make it go away... There is no cure for Rheumatoid...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more
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