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Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Hand – Safe Handshake

Kelly Young 63 Comments ,
A Rheumatoid Arthritis hand is a painful hand During those first few months with full-blown Rheumatoid Arthritis, hand joints were not my concern. I had no idea what was in store. No one told me that RA always gets your hands …eventually. No one needs to tell you how bad RA hurts if you have Rheumatoid Arthritis....Continue reading      63 Comments » Read more

Where Is the RA Help Button?

Kelly Young 33 Comments ,
  What, There’s No Easy Button? Once a blogger I know mentioned how easy it would be to write a Rheumatoid Arthritis help blog. “Just write the tips you learned that make it easy to live with RA.” I just said, “Thanks.” Of course, he did not realize that living with RA is difficult. And that there is...Continue reading      33 Comments » Read more

Is Laughter a Real Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine?

Kelly Young 19 Comments ,
New significance to RA, medicine, and laughter If you’ve been on the blog more than five minutes, you know I love to laugh.  When I was a kid, I remember Dick Van Dyke singing that with Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. When they laughed, a funny thing happened: they floated “higher than air.”   Maybe you’ve heard...Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

Tackling Rheumatoid Arthritis Sleep Problems

Kelly Young 57 Comments ,
The irony of Rheumatoid Arthritis sleep issues Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients need quantity and quality sleep to in order to fight debilitating pain and fatigue. Rest is one of the only things that can enable those living with RA to function in a somewhat normal manner. In my opinion, it is second in importance only to...Continue reading      57 Comments » Read more
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Meeting the New Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist

Kelly Young 18 Comments ,
11 Things to bring with you to the new Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist (UPDATED 2016) Meeting a new doctor, especially a  rheumatoid arthritis specialist, can make you nervous. Of course you want her to understand your symptoms, make a correct diagnosis, and suggest the right treatments. You have high hopes for this meeting, so you want to...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

Methotrexate Injections for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 42 Comments ,
  Why inject methotrexate for RA? There are 3 main reasons that methotrexate injections may be used instead of oral tablets. Methotrexate side effects may be much less with injectable methotrexate. More methotrexate is absorbed with injections, so often it works better to fight RA. A higher dose can be administered with injectable methotrexate than is tolerable with oral methotrexate.   Is...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Diet, Part 2: Ten Easy Tips

Kelly Young 44 Comments ,
What would a diet for RA look like? Is there a diet healthy for Rheumatoid Arthritis? Diet seems to be one way we can impact our health for the good. If you read the last blog post with the crazy medicine cabinet, you know that there is not a Rheumatoid Arthritis diet cure.  However, we examined...Continue reading      44 Comments » Read more

Where Do You Find Rheumatoid Arthritis Information?

Kelly Young 17 Comments , ,
Video: “Rheumatoid Arthritis Support and Information” Accurate and up to date Rheumatoid Arthritis information that is easy to understand is an essential part of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I’ve often said that it seems like this disease should come with a degree. We have to learn so much information for Rheumatoid Arthritis management that we should get to...Continue reading      17 Comments » Read more
Managing Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

20 Tips for Managing Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Kelly Young 38 Comments , ,
Managing your Rheumatoid Arthritis as a partner with your doctors I’ve answered so many questions from people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) /rheumatoid disease (RD) who are unsure why their rheumatologist makes certain decisions. Why does she or he prescribe a certain medicine? When do I need that test? Should patients cooperate blindly with the doctor? Or discretely refuse...Continue reading      38 Comments » Read more
21 Tips to find a new rheumatologist

21 Tips to Find a New Rheumatologist – Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist

Kelly Young 25 Comments ,
Finding a new rheumatologist can be stressful for patients because they may be concerned they may not be left without a doctor in the meantime, and unable to obtain needed medications or help for any crisis situation that could arise. For people with rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) / rheumatoid disease (RD), a good rheumatologist is...Continue reading      25 Comments » Read more

13 Ways to Help People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly Young 94 Comments ,
What if we could live in Mr. Rogers’ RA Neighborhood? I’ve often heard that people just don’t know what to do to provide assistance to people living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In case that’s true, I thought I’d help out by writing a few of them on the blog. Just as a public service, you know… Ask, “How...Continue reading      94 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Kitchen, Part 2

Kelly Young 1 Comment ,
[caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignleft" width="234"] My own pumpkin milkshake recipe is my first entry![/caption] If I weren’t blogging about Rheumatoid Arthritis, I might be a foodie blogger. Like I said before, “Hey, we all eat!” Like most of you, I love food. For many years, we did not have cable TV. The biggest thrill when we went to...Continue reading      1 Comment » Read more
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