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25 tips manage rheumatoid arthritis fatigue

25 Tips to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue

Kelly O'Neill 76 Comments ,
Tips to manage rheumatoid arthritis fatigue (UPDATED 2016) Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue is a real tangible physical symptom of RA.  I’ve read so many frustrating articles about how to manage Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue that sound like the writers can’t articulate exactly what it is. Maybe I’ll help them out since person with rheumatoid disease (PRD) knows firsthand… Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue...Continue reading      76 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Hand – Safe Handshake

Kelly O'Neill 63 Comments ,
A Rheumatoid Arthritis hand is a painful hand During those first few months with full-blown Rheumatoid Arthritis, hand joints were not my concern. I had no idea what was in store. No one told me that RA always gets your hands …eventually. No one needs to tell you how bad RA hurts if you have Rheumatoid Arthritis....Continue reading      63 Comments » Read more

Where Is the RA Help Button?

Kelly O'Neill 33 Comments ,
  What, There’s No Easy Button? Once a blogger I know mentioned how easy it would be to write a Rheumatoid Arthritis help blog. “Just write the tips you learned that make it easy to live with RA.” I just said, “Thanks.” Of course, he did not realize that living with RA is difficult. And that there is...Continue reading      33 Comments » Read more

Is Laughter a Real Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine?

Kelly O'Neill 19 Comments ,
New significance to RA, medicine, and laughter If you’ve been on the blog more than five minutes, you know I love to laugh.  When I was a kid, I remember Dick Van Dyke singing that with Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. When they laughed, a funny thing happened: they floated “higher than air.”   Maybe you’ve heard...Continue reading      19 Comments » Read more

Tackling Rheumatoid Arthritis Sleep Problems

Kelly O'Neill 56 Comments ,
The irony of Rheumatoid Arthritis sleep issues Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients need quantity and quality sleep to in order to fight debilitating pain and fatigue. Rest is one of the only things that can enable those living with RA to function in a somewhat normal manner. In my opinion, it is second in importance only to...Continue reading      56 Comments » Read more
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Meeting the New Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist

Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments ,
11 Things to bring with you to the new Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist (UPDATED 2016) Meeting a new doctor, especially a  rheumatoid arthritis specialist, can make you nervous. Of course you want her to understand your symptoms, make a correct diagnosis, and suggest the right treatments. You have high hopes for this meeting, so you want to...Continue reading      18 Comments » Read more

Methotrexate Injections for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kelly O'Neill 42 Comments ,
  Why inject methotrexate for RA? There are 3 main reasons that methotrexate injections may be used instead of oral tablets. Methotrexate side effects may be much less with injectable methotrexate. More methotrexate is absorbed with injections, so often it works better to fight RA. A higher dose can be administered with injectable methotrexate than is tolerable with oral methotrexate.   Is...Continue reading      42 Comments » Read more
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