Alive In Wonderland: Kids Get Arthritis, Too
Kids get arthritis, too. Did you know that? Neither did we until our 10-year-old daughter, Emily, was diagnosed two weeks ago with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA).
The US has over 250,000 new cases of JRA every year, but when it’s your own kid, that number becomes personal. We were stunned. Who knew?
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Removing The Stigma: We Can’t Talk Enough About This One Certain Topic!
∞ itis: Wanting Out
I don’t think I’ve ever elevated a comment to post-of-its-own status, but one of the comments on my previous post references a subject that deserves coverage:
We seem to be in the same boat of pain right now. I cried all the way in to work today and I’ve cried all [...]
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Carla’s Corner: Description vs. Definition
I think it’s a powerful thing that so many people use RA in the description of themselves, but do not see themselves as being defined by it. It’s never, “I am an RA sufferer who is also a mother/teacher/fireman/Indian chief.” It is always, “I am a mother/teacher/fireman/Indian Chief and I have RA.”
Life comes first, RA [...]
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A Change of Plans
With a chronic, incurable disease like Rheumatoid Arthritis, this is not the retirement I had planned. Sometimes I blog about RA. Sometimes I blog about the other 90% of my life – but RA is always there.
Read More: http://www.rachangeofplans.blogspot.com/
noshingwithnatalie
I am a middle school teacher that happens to have Rheumatoid [...]
Dual Sport Life: It’s Just Arthritis
My rheumatologist seemed truly shocked when on my last visit I told him that I hurt everyday. I’m not sure which one of us had the more confused look, him that I said I hurt everyday or me being shocked that he had not understood this before.
Read More: http://midnightflier.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-just-arthritis.html
ThriveWithRA: To Exercise Or Not To Exercise, That Is The Question
I was explaining to a friend who does not have RA how “excited” I was to have pain in my body that was not from RA – that it was somehow a semblance of being “normal” again.
Read More: http://thrivewithra.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/to-exercise-or-not-to-exercise-that-is-the-question/
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A Fierce Sunshine: Don’t Ask This Question
My cane is copper, metallic, sturdy, with a neatly squared-off handle. Only modern compared to grandma’s wooden relic for her osteoarthritis. My sister and I spent many afternoons with her cane, pretending to knock Great Uncle Hiram in the knees. Grandma hooted. In my 7-year-old world, she was tied to the [...]
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A Fierce Sunshine
I’m a 32 year old woman, diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2011. I’m exuberant, empathetic, often ridiculous, and absolutely passionate. Not all journeys begin expectedly. This blog shares some of mine, beginning with Loss. To the newly diagnosed: there is a light.
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Juvey Chick
Hey everyone! My name is Natalie and I’m [...]
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