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Living with chronic illness like RA

Tweeting an EMG: Another Way to Research Pain

Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments , ,
Really important stuff that I read last week, while researching pain scales, will not be on the blog today. I’ve been thinking a lot about how differently a disease affects us and whether we can honestly communicate about that. When Dana asked for resolutions at the weekly #HCSM (healthcare communications in social media) chat, I said I...Continue reading      24 Comments » Read more

Mission Impossible: Crowd Management with RA

Kelly O'Neill 36 Comments ,
Whether you take mass transit, work at a crowded office, or attend conferences like I have recently, managing in a crowd with RA is challenge. This may be one more mission impossible, should we choose to accept it… It’s hard to explain RA to anyone who hasn’t lived it. Have you ever had a sprained ankle...Continue reading      36 Comments » Read more

When Rheumatology Is Sexy

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments ,
If medicine can be sexy the way a new car or an iPhone is, what about rheumatology? Is there anything desirable or exciting there? Possibly, according to rheumatologist Ronan Kavanagh who wrote “The sexiness and cool of rheumatology.” Mostly, rheumatologists examine things that healthy people look away from: disability, deformity, and pain. The father of modern...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

Living with (RA) Rheum Disease Is Already Multitasking

Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments , ,
Where have you been girl? As this post goes up, I’m in a chair with an IV getting my second Rituxan IV infusion. It’s hard to write about myself, but I really need to keep you informed about what’s going on. Couldn’t someone else report about it for me? None of my kids were willing to...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

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

Kelly O'Neill 8 Comments ,
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

Do you have a Rheumatology Care Team?

Kelly O'Neill 40 Comments , ,
What’s a rheumatology care team? When I wrote the About pages for this site, I discussed the team of doctors and medical professionals that a person fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis might gather around him. Like Diabetes, I realized that people with RA could need plenty of monitoring and advice. The other day, I read an article in The...Continue reading      40 Comments » Read more

More Rheum Adventures on the Road

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments ,
Happy Saturday, y’all! Yesterday, I drove back from my mom’s ranch up on the Florida Panhandle. It was my first road trip since RA with me as the sole driver. My survival tools were cruise control, healthy snacks, music, and lots of rest stops. For the first half, we stopped for 10-15 minutes after every hour of driving. That...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more
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