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A Plateau in RA Treatment Progress?

November 29, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 8 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

A patient’s look at RA treatment progress In this provocative guest post, RA Warrior welcomes Dana Symons, who asks whether we’ve reached A Plateau in RA Treatment Progress. If you’re like me, you’ll wonder why other news outlets haven’t asked these questions. But first, Dana is the talent behind many RD awareness graphics provided by the...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more

Rest in Peace, Danita

February 12, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 28 Comments Death and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Guest post on RA Warrior

In the past year, three people I knew of passed away due to causes related to Rheumatoid disease. We’ve known for a long time that statistics on rheumatoid related deaths are under-reported because the disease is often not mentioned in death records. But statistics are not the point of this post. It is about one...Continue reading 28 Comments » Read more

Seeing Light and Shadows in Groundhog Day and RA

February 2, 2013April 20, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 2 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Inspiration for living with RA

TODAY, February 2nd,is the first Rheumatoid Awareness Day. Read more below about how you can be involved. Amateur actress shares Groundhog Day's special place in her heart My sweet friend Steph, one of the bright treasures that I have gained from living with this disease, sent me a story in an email yesterday. I'll hope you'll enjoy it...Continue reading 2 Comments » Read more

A Doctor-Patient Covenant: Medicine’s Future Found In Its Past

February 22, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Men with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Talking to doctors

The following article was written by David Biundo to his friends and fellow patients. The message came from a conversation he had with his doctor. I hope you’ll find it inspiring and enlightening as I do. The challenge of being believed One of the challenges that many patients with chronic illness face, is the treatment they receive...Continue reading 16 Comments » Read more

Trust and Transparency with Disease Activity, Decisions, and Doctors

January 25, 2012May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 23 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Transparency & living with RA

I know you’ll love this guest post from Dana as we see the collision of her experience with the disease, the measurement of disease activity by her rheumatologist, and the decision to change treatments. She conveys so well the process of making decisions about disease management. This is the whole reason we want to be...Continue reading 23 Comments » Read more

My Dear Friend Renoir: a Poem on Life with RA

August 16, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 7 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Inspiration for living with RA

This poem is one reader’s sentiment about fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis after the model of Renoir. by Eveira Prados What a shame I felt and I still feel, When the contemplation of quitting invaded my mind. Thoughts that keep telling me, “What a mess!” “Is this real?” “How am I going to survive?” I took the liberty to write to you this humble letter, My...Continue reading 7 Comments » Read more

Good News for Us and a Reader’s Take on the Newspaper

August 4, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 8 Comments Guest post on RA Warrior, Living with chronic illness like RA

We’re so fortunate to have readers who make such amazing contributions. That’s what makes us more of a community than just a website. Isn’t it great the amount of information and encouragement readers provide each other – and me – even by commenting?! This week we reached an extraordinary milestone on our Facebook page. Our membership...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more