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Celebrities and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Part 2

Celebrity RA There have been a few famous people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is well known how Renoir became crippled by RA. And Lucille Ball’s RA was scrupulously hidden from the public for many years. I wrote a post about some famous women with RA in the nineteenth century. Yesterday, we mentioned two more recent examples, Meredith...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more

Celebrities and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Two Miss Americas Last week, I was so excited when I ran across an article about Meredith Boyd, a former Miss USA contestant and Mrs. Georgia International. But it wasn’t her beauty and poise that fascinated me. It was her support of the Arthritis Foundation and her own Rheumatoid Arthritis… Some of you know that two of...Continue reading      13 Comments » Read more

5 Ways We Can Spread Awareness of Rheumatoid Arthritis

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? “Will people ever understand that the autoimmune disease Rheumatoid Arthritis is not the same thing as Gramma’s arthritis?” I have read numerous remarks recently that sound like this. They say: “Impossible. It is impossible for people without RA to understand what RA actually is.” It can be discouraging. I understand the exasperation. However, building a...Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more

Woman’s Day Reply to Rheumatoid Arthritis Comments

Many have been asking about me Woman’s Day magazine’s RA article... Here’s what happened. On July 15, I gave my sincere response to a one page article in Woman’s Day on Rheumatoid Arthritis. Many of you responded to the online version of that same article with comments that were intelligent and straightforward. Some of those comments were...Continue reading      17 Comments » Read more

24 for Rheumatoid Arthritis Warriors

I wanted to do a "24" segment on RA to show what it’s like to live with it 24 / 7. I wrote this down a couple months ago, but I saved it for today because I wanted to post it right after the joint protection article. We Live With Rheumatoid Arthritis 24 / 7 Here is...Continue reading      13 Comments » Read more

If You Do Not Have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Please Read This

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

The UK’s “Campaign Against Ignorance” of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ignorance about RA Studies show that people do not understand very much about Rheumatoid Arthritis. There are many misconceptions. But, you probably already figured that out on your own. In the UK, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is trying to change that. They have an entire campaign about it. They call 2009 the “Year of Rheumatoid...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

The Invisible World of Rheumatoid Arthritis Speaks

Bonus: What is gray and lights up? An electric elephant. Rheumatoid Arthritis Voices raised Aren’t you amazed at the explosion of online activity related to Rheumatoid Arthritis? Of course the spammers have caught on to that. But there's real RA blogs too. You can hear fresh energy and hearing new voices all the time. Our movement is not unified by any organization....Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

The Use It or Lose It Approach to Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Does Use It or Lose It Work for living with RA? Gee, I hope you won’t mind another beach story. Here is a different view of the same beach. Right about the time I was finally diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I got a call from a friend who was coming to the coast for a vacation. “Bring...Continue reading      29 Comments » Read more

Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Transparency and the Wall

Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis with friends This post is an answer to my dear friend from Oz: She writes about wondering why, as a woman managing Rheumatoid Arthritis, I am usually so private about my health issues. She also praises me for "coming out" to write this blog. She wonders whether I had to overcome "false pride" as she did. Wow....Continue reading      11 Comments » Read more
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