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Tips for living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Non-medical Ways to Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain – at Least a Little Bit

Kelly O'Neill 71 Comments , ,
What makes you feel better? What things bring you some comfort? What are your favorite gadgets that make life easier? Good idea: Have your loved ones check back here for Christmas gift ideas! Newly diagnosed people ask about our favorite things that help us. Not whiskers on kittens! A thick rubber cover on the steering wheel! Let’s make...Continue reading      71 Comments » Read more

12 Key Facts about Infusion Reactions with Biologics

Kelly O'Neill 38 Comments , , , , ,
An infusion nurse talks about safety with Biologics One practical session at the 2012 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Scientific Meeting was a short talk on preventing infusion reactions presented by a nurse from Seattle, Christine Elliot. Ms. Elliot has supervised 15,000 rheumatological infusions in over a decade as an infusion nurse. She offered an overview...Continue reading      38 Comments » Read more

5 Tricky Questions about Rheumatoid Arthritis / Disease

Kelly O'Neill 45 Comments ,
Five tricky questions I’m asked about Rheumatoid Arthritis with the shortest answers I can muster. What tricky question do people ask you about RA? And how do you answer? 1) Can I quit taking my Rheumatoid Arthritis medication now that I feel better? No. Unfortunately, Rheumatoid Arthritis is not like the kinds of cancer that can be...Continue reading      45 Comments » Read more

Video Blog: Two Essentials with a Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis

Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments , ,
What do you say to someone diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis? If I could meet to every person diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I’d encourage them to Expect the best from treatments; Read all of their medical records; Keep up on research. I’d also wish for them that they find doctors who listen well! What else is indispensible with a Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis? Watch...Continue reading      24 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

Aspirin and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments , ,
Once upon a time, aspirin was the daily therapy of choice for Rheumatoid Arthritis. What happened to aspirin’s role with RA? Were claims justified that the new NSAIDs were less toxic than aspirin, diminishing its role? Aspirin largely replaced by newer NSAIDs People turned from aspirin to NSAIDs because they believed NSAIDs to be safer, but one study...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis Depression

Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments ,
Often, I get letters from Rheumatoid Arthritis patients struggling with depression. I always encourage them to consider the options of counseling or medication since there’s no way to know how serious their depression may be. It’s heartbreaking. We hope that most of the time we can avoid serious depression, but patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more
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