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Twitter & a #rheum for the Rheumatoid Online Community

Kelly O'Neill 10 Comments , ,
You are the best part! The best thing about this blog is the readers. I know – I if I didn’t write a blog, then there wouldn’t be one. But the readers help make this blog a community, especially through the comments pages. We also have a thriving RA Warrior Facebook community where people are making...Continue reading      10 Comments » Read more

What Does World Arthritis Day Have to Do with RA?

Kelly O'Neill 58 Comments ,
Over the past week, there have been a few Tweets on Twitter about World Arthritis Day. The Arthritis Foundation posted them asking RA’ers to “join in.” It raised this question: Is World Arthritis Day about RA?  “ACR is participating in World Arthritis Day” Last week, I was on the website for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...Continue reading      58 Comments » Read more

Having a Cuppa Together: a Rheumatoid Arthritis Meme

Kelly O'Neill 232 Comments ,
What’s this Rheumatoid Arthritis meme about? This is the first meme on Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior. It’s just a set of questions that we each answer. If you’re wondering more about what a meme is, here is a good explanation I found on a site called The Daily Meme. This RA meme is about the things we might...Continue reading      232 Comments » Read more

What Can We Do About the Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Problem?

Kelly O'Neill 63 Comments ,
Why do I believe we need Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness? When I got full blown Rheumatoid Arthritis, I had no idea I’d gotten stuck with an unpopular disease. It was a surprise when one person after another brushed aside my explanation with things like, “You are too young to have that” or “Oh yeah, I have that...Continue reading      63 Comments » Read more

Is It Time for Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness?

Kelly O'Neill 71 Comments ,
There have been some diseases that have been highly successful in achieving public awareness. RA is years behind them. Take diabetes and breast cancer for example... It seems like Rheumatoid Arthritis awareness is overdue One of the first blogs I read was a post by Sara called The Loser Disease – still one of my favorite blog...Continue reading      71 Comments » Read more

Would RA Awareness Make a Difference? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Kelly O'Neill 52 Comments , ,
My polite warning: this post is about the author. The good I went for my third Actemra IV today. Easy peasy. The head nurse does a great job. No pain. No blood. The first Actemra IV, she told me stories of patients who were helped by Actemra during their first 5 days! It gave me a hope. The...Continue reading      52 Comments » Read more

Tony Snow: Illness Doesn’t Change the Person You Are

Kelly O'Neill 22 Comments ,
Over the last few years, some people have faded out of my life after RA made it impossible to do most things I used to do. Some people didn’t want to hear about illness, or pain or medicine. They didn’t understand what I meant when I said “can’t.” I never ask for sympathy for being...Continue reading      22 Comments » Read more
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