A couple of weeks ago, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy woke up one day and thought “Wow, every things seems to be going quite well!” The best part about this moment that I experienced was that I was not at all referring to my rheumatoid arthritis. Instead, I was referring to my life.
Whether my RA was active [...]
A Call To Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care In America
National Panel Sounds Alarm About Lack Of Physician Training To Treat Chronic Pain; Major Health Groups Endorse New Report Which Calls For Urgent Medical School And Health Care Reform
“Epidemic” of under-treatment affects more than 70 million Americans suffering from persistent back pain, headaches, joint pain; disproportionately affects minorities and low income
WASHINGTON, [...]
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All Into The Risk Pool
This system forces sick people to bear high costs for chronic illnesses over which they have little control. Only when we include everyone in the risk pool do we have an insurance system that does not punish individuals for being sick.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/opinion/lweb23douthat.html
If you have not already, please do take a look at The Faces [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy woke up this morning feeling much less pain and stiffness than usual. This makes two days in a row. (I think those of us who live with rheumatoid arthritis day in and day out would agree that this qualifies as a streak!)
These past two weeks have been quite memorable. When this latest [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy continues to learn how to live with his rheumatoid arthritis, and not suffer from it. Since I started writing this blog, I have taken a lot of care to always refer to myself as “a person living with RA”, and not “a person suffering from RA”. The distinction might be a subtle [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy, during his more difficult periods of living with rheumatoid arthritis, is often surprised by the comments and messages her receives from people who thank him for the optimistic attitude of living with RA that he shares here on this blog. Sometimes, when my challenges are big, I do not always recognize that [...]
Chronic Healing: Fibro Fall
For several days now, I have not been feeling well. Since I have so many illnesses and since some of them have overlapping symptoms, it took me a few days to realize (or maybe accept?) what is going on. I figured it out yesterday. I am now in a fibromyalgia flare-up.
Read More: http://chronichealing.com/fibro-fall/.
Thanks to at [...]
“Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.” -Unknown
Yesterday, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy removed all of the books from the shelves in his home office. (Operation Repaint Office slowly continues to move forward!) During this process, I came across a journal that I had forgotten about. I had not read [...]
