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What’s a Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior?

Why We Have to Fight We did not ask for this fight. Rheumatoid Arthritis attacked us. However, we cannot give over our lives to this insidious disease without a fight. We must become warriors and advocates for ourselves and a cure. We will fight the actual disease. And we will be our own “celebrity spokespersons” as...Continue reading 3 Comments » Read more

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

September 16, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 65 Comments Ankylosing Spondylitis, Invisible Illness, Spondyloarthropathy

The Family Tree of Rheumatic Diseases Rheumatoid Arthritis is a strange disease which is difficult for science to explain. It is not surprising that there are several other rheumatic diseases which are akin to Rheumatoid Arthritis. Today, I am introducing you to one of the cousin’s of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis. What is Ankylosing spondylitis? Ankylosing spondylitis is...Continue reading 65 Comments » Read more

What is Remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis? Part 2

September 3, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and heart, Rheumatoid arthritis remission

Clinical Rheumatoid Arthritis Remission Rheumatology doctors look for something that they call “clinical remission.” And there are several different descriptions of clinical remission. As I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s post, Science Direct has listed 6 different descriptions of clinical remission of Rheumatoid Arthritis. The American College of Rheumatology adopted a list in 1981 of six...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more

If You Do Not Have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Please Read This

July 13, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 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

The Difference Between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

June 15, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 41 Comments Invisible Illness, Transparency & living with RA

What is the difference between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis? Sometimes, you can show how much you care by sharing what you know. But, other times, you can show how much you care by acknowledging what you don’t know. A good friend asked me this week to explain the difference between Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and arthritis /Osteoarthritis (OA)....Continue reading 41 Comments » Read more

RA left my glass half-full: Changing Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines

May 18, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 8 Comments Enbrel, Humira, Professional patient, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

I knew the glass was half-full from RA. Two months ago, I could do about half of what I could do before RA. The doctors kept saying my Rheumatoid Arthritis should be getting even better. I really wanted that, too. The doses of my RA medications were as high as they could go: Humira weekly (that's a...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more