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Perseverance in Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 23 Comments , ,
What keeps you fighting? I tried to quit... At one point, I thought I would be fired as a professional patient. No such luck. I’ve also tried to quit Rheumatoid Arthritis. Maybe you remember my Eject Button. I tried to quit another chronic illness once. Maybe you read my ostrich jokes. I haven’t had a lot of...Continue reading      23 Comments » Read more

A Rheumatoid Arthritis Newsletter from RA Warrior

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments ,
My Rheumatoid Arthritis newsletter is out! I hope you got your copy of my newsletter that went out last night. If you didn’t, you can sign up on the Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior Newsletter page and you’ll be sent one. I always thought armadillos were cute. People from Texas would tell us stories about the silly animals. Isn’t...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments , ,
What do we know about Renoir’s Rheumatoid Arthritis? One of the most famous people with Rheumatoid Arthritis is Pierre August Renoir. His name is on all the lists. I read about him early on in my searches. However, most stories give precious few details about Renoir’s RA, how it affected him, and how he coped with...Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 2

Kelly O'Neill 21 Comments , , ,
Understanding a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis This is the second part of a story about a spouse with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1, Michael described the surprising process of learning to recognize the amount of chronic pain that Rheumatoid Arthritis brought his wife Deborah. He explained that it was...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more

Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1

Kelly O'Neill 17 Comments , ,
According to a study presented at EULAR in June, “Partners of patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are equally emotionally affected by the diagnosis and go through the same grieving process as the patients themselves.” Rheumatoid Arthritis can create devastating changes within a family. It can be difficult for a spouse to comprehend the...Continue reading      17 Comments » Read more

Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 33 Comments ,
Our regularly scheduled program will be interrupted for a message from our sponsor.* Ghost stories and hopelessness There is an old North American tale of friends sitting by the campfire. Telling ghost stories at twilight made them jumpy. They became anxious as a faint humming sound grew closer and louder. Screams of horror about bites of a...Continue reading      33 Comments » Read more
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