August 11th, 2010

RA Guy Sighting

I just had to share this wonderful comment that I received earlier today.

Hi! I’ve been considering responding to your blog for a while now (actually a year-ish while…)! I was born in South-Africa and still find myself here. Lovely country, and among other amazingly strange facts, we have 11 official languages! I [...]

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August 11th, 2010

Flare And Back Again

Healing My Rheumatoid Arthritis with Functional Medicine
I am a 32-year-old mother of three children (ages 12, 9, and 7).  I am happily married and a teacher by profession, although I don’t work in the system currently because I am educating my own children at home.   My mother and my paternal grandmother both have or have [...]

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July 21st, 2010

The Extra Mile Tour

This summer, Eugene residents Lanier Lobdell and Flaxen will embark upon a cross-country journey to raise awareness about Rheumatoid Arthritis and spread their message of hope and inspiration for people living with this chronic disease.
Lanier will be chronicling their trip with video and photo updates on “The Extra Mile Tour” Facebook [...]

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A sick girl’s quest for normalcy.
About
Sometimes the blog will be about nothing.
Sometimes it will be about heavy stuff.
Sometimes it will be a true story I made up.
Stick around and find out.
The blog’s URL comes from a Ray Bradbury quote:
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves [...]

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Although joint replacements are now routine, they are not fail-safe, reports Lesley Alderman in the Patient Money column.
Implants must sometimes be replaced, said Dr. Henrik Malchau, an orthopaedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A study published in 2007 found that 7 percent of hips implanted in Medicare patients had [...]

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One of the surprises I’ve experienced living with autoimmune arthritis has been how dismissive people can be. It’s just a little arthritis, people say. Well, here’s some tangible evidence of how a little arthritis changes a life.
Read More: http://lettersfromthebreach.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-in-life-of-arthritis-patient.html

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May 25th, 2010

Wishes For Carla

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Please join me in wishing Carla (from Carla’s Corner) a very safe rotator cuff surgery tomorrow, and a very speedy recovery!

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May 23rd, 2010

Walk To Fight Arthritis

For millions of Canadians, arthritis is a debilitating and life-changing disease.  And most of the over four million Canadians currently living with the disease are under the age of 65.
On Sunday, May 30, The Arthritis Society will bring the Walk to Fight Arthritis to 17 communities across Canada. There is no cost to participate in [...]

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