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Life of a Professional Patient, Blog#7: Radiofrequency Ablation with RA?

August 26, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 6 Comments Professional patient, Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials, Rheumatoid Arthritis spine

Radiofrequency ablation has nothing to do with RA. Unless RA pain from the spine is real. Warning: This is one of those personal posts. It was an unusual week. Monday: We drove to Orlando for Roo’s hernia post-op appointment. It’s all good. I wish every doc were so skilled. Tiger saw his Fairy Godmother (hearing aid specialist). I wish...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

Rheum Blog Carnival: Pain Relief in Rheumatology

August 19, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments Blog carnival, Professional patient, Rheumatoid arthritis pain

Hey all! I’m truly amazed and humbled by the blogs about pain relief that I’ve read over the last few days. I hope you’ll read them all. Here’s the original post with describing today’s topic about how to treat pain relief in Rheumatology. We asked about who should treat the pain and when, whether patients...Continue reading 16 Comments » Read more

Will the Next Frontier Be Rituxan?

July 11, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 51 Comments Biologics for RA, Professional patient, Rituxan for Rheumatoid Arthritis

I spent a couple of hours tonight searching for a Rituxan blog post I wrote a couple of weeks ago. Finally, I figured out there’s only one way to make it come out of hiding – write it over again. (Murphy always lurks, but we can outsmart him.) Working my way toward Rituxan You know that life...Continue reading 51 Comments » Read more

The Appointment with Doctor Perv

May 20, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 144 Comments Professional patient, Talking to doctors

I wish this RA really were a lie. What kind of mother would fake not being able to put on her child’s socks? What kind of mother would make her children cook dinner, wash the dishes and clean the house so she could live out her dream of feigning illness? Certainly not the same mother who carried the...Continue reading 144 Comments » Read more

Elephant Jokes for a Happy Two Year Birthday RA Warrior

May 19, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 17 Comments Humor with RA, Professional patient, Talking to doctors

One reason I love elephants is they remind me of my goal: To become extremely old and gray and much wrinkled, like a good elephant. As you read this, I’m hopefully finding a rheumatologist to help me do that. Elephant jokes to celebrate. Why don’t African elephants like to play cards? Because of all the cheetahs. It wasn’t much...Continue reading 17 Comments » Read more

Life of a Professional Patient,Blog 6: Full Body Bone Scan

February 18, 2011May 15, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 7 Comments Nuclear bone scan, Professional patient

It’s been a little while since I wrote a professional patient entry. It started out as just sarcasm. It turned out to be kind of a journal of my “progress” in the fight. I think I write one when there is a kind of milestone. You can find the links to the other professional patient...Continue reading 7 Comments » Read more