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Is Laughter a Real Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine?

February 12, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments Humor with RA, Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain in the Twilight Zone

February 10, 2010May 16, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 57 Comments Humor with RA, Pain Tolerance / RA Stoicism, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

Thank goodness for Rheumatoid Arthritis pain? A few months ago, I had a discussion with a friend about Rheumatoid Arthritis pain. The friend does not have Rheumatoid Arthritis. We were speaking academically. At that point, I began to consider how the medical world views Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pain. I realized that doctors and researchers examine RA pain...Continue reading 57 Comments » Read more

Encountering Signs of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Modern Princess and the Pea

February 1, 2010May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 29 Comments Humor with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis sleep

A modern princess and the pea We were talking about featherbeds the other day and I recalled the fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea. My imagination wandered into a modern princess and the pea... A woman was traveling across the country to visit her son for a holiday. It was a long drive, so she planned to...Continue reading 29 Comments » Read more

Laughter as a Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

December 18, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 14 Comments Humor with RA, Living with chronic illness like RA

:-) Laughter may not be a Rheumatoid Arthritis cure, but it seems like humor can help us as much as vitamins do thanks to endorphins. Laugh yourself silly with this true story about a church, a fish, and Rheumatoid Arthritis. We had so much fun making this picture. :-) My son really had no appreciation of...Continue reading 14 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine and Christmas Cookies

December 16, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments Biologics for RA, Humor with RA, Professional patient

Holiday Plan of a hysterical woman: Wednesday: Get Orencia IV. Experience immediate miracle. Thursday: Go Christmas shopping all day. Friday: Decorate the house & put up the Christmas tree. Stay up all night to make lots of homemade gifts. Saturday: Mail the gifts. Write Christmas cards. Make cookie dough. Sunday: Bake cookies & decorate. Deliver to friends. Monday: Wrap all the...Continue reading 19 Comments » Read more

What is a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare?

December 3, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 181 Comments Humor with RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis flare symptoms don’t play by the rules As I’ve mentioned before on the blog, my joints did not read any rheumatoid arthritis books before I got RA. I had no idea which joints were supposed to be my rheumatoid arthritis joints and which were supposed to be my “healthy” joints. I didn’t study for...Continue reading 181 Comments » Read more

20 Things Not to Say to a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient

November 30, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 321 Comments Communicating about RA, Humor with RA

A list of things not to say to a Rheumatoid Arthritis patient Another kind of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment: how people treat RA... Imagine treating a broken arm with a band-aid. How would it be if a heart attack were treated like the flu? What about telling someone with breast cancer to just go on a diet? Crazy. However,...Continue reading 321 Comments » Read more