For a chef, the inspiration to move into new creative territory can arrive with a euphoric flash.
Sometimes, though, inspiration chooses a darker, more distressing route. Consider the story of Seamus Mullen.
“I woke up one day with pain in my hip, and I couldn’t even move,” he recalled the other day, as he took a break [...]

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RA Guy on September 21st, 2010

When living with a chronic illness, what does it mean to be “healthy”? This question has stumped me for years. For the longest time my thinking process went a little like this: if I’m going to be sick all the time, why even bother trying to take care of my health? Everything related to health [...]

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RA Guy on August 21st, 2010

It’s been almost a month since I received the news about my elevated liver enzymes. Over these past few weeks I’ve done an even better job than usual (I think) of taking care of different aspects of my health, so earlier today I decided to celebrate.
I had a beer.
Celebrating with a beer? Wasn’t I supposed [...]

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RA Guy on September 29th, 2009

Yesterday Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy went downtown to the central post office – this required him to walk a couple of large city blocks. Within minutes, every joint in my body was burning in pain. I had not felt like this in a long time. I immediately called my physical therapist to ask if she could [...]

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September 21st, 2009

Arthritis Kitchen

The Arthritis Kitchen Blog

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis – RA,  and have had this disease for over 30 years.  The main joints that have been affected are my knees.  Recently, my RA has moved aggressively into my feet, right elbow and shoulder.
After consultation with my Rheumatologist we chose Gold Injections as the course of treatment for [...]

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RA Guy on September 20th, 2009

Because there is no such thing as taking too many breaks!
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This is Oliver, our pug. At just a little over a year and a half old, he is the youngest of our three dogs.
He is a character – he loves to wedge himself behind the cushions on the couch…and then fall asleep. This is our [...]

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RA Guy on September 13th, 2009

Because there is no such thing as taking too many breaks!
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Panoramic view taken from the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca. The steep hills have been terraced in order to allow for farming. The small island in the center is the Island of the Moon. The mountains in the back are the Andes. The [...]

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RA Guy on August 17th, 2009

Last evening Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy had a long telephone conversation with his sister. The longest period that usually passes between our phone calls is usually a week or two, but due to lots of different reasons on both ends our most recent gap exceeded our norm. No complaints on my end though, as that only [...]

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