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Thanks RA Guy for reminding us that we all have the ability to raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis.

The Power of TenTake ten minutes over the next ten days and talk to at least ten people about rheumatoid arthritis. Real aware… Continue

Why am I writing about Fibromyalgia, you ask? It is the latest on my list of chronic pain conditions that I have been diagnosed with. I am not alone in this. Many others who have already been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and/or ankylosing spondylitis (spinal arthritis) have a probability (perhaps a good one) of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, assuming that they have not already been diagnosed. These conditions all go hand in hand. I am yet to do research on fibromyalgia as I hav… Continue

Please note that I am not an expert on rheumatoid arthritis. My goal is to discuss the disease as it affects me and my hope is give others who have loved ones with the condition so idea of what is like live with a chronic and debilitating pain characteristic condition.

For a patient dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis, the physical and emotional aspects go hand and hand. Treatment in each individual is as different as is the disease progression and variation is in each patient. In other words, wh… Continue

I have never really talked about my condition because it has taken me so long (years) to actually understand it or even to describe to those who do not have the disease. In addition, the outside world (those not suffering from RA) do not understand nor can begin to imagine what is like living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. For me to tell others that “some days are good and some aren’t” doesn’t even begin to define the pain, the fatigue, and the general “just not feeling well” aspects of RA. I have l… Continue