Rheumatoid arthritis brings relentless pain and fatigue. Learn about one person's experiences with treatments, joint replacements, and surgeries.

I’ve been on 7 - count them - 7 different biologic medicines since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I started with several anti-TNF biologics and then moved to several others even bouncing ...

As a child, I'd cry out at night due to the pains in my knees, my hips, my elbows, and my wrists, and the pediatrician made note several times about an increased SED rate on my lab work (noting ...

On the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation website, Ailsa Bosworth wrote: “Something like 90 percent of people with rheumatoid arthritis experience pain and problems with their feet and footwear ...

I have lived in the midwest my whole life, growing up in Illinois and attending college in Iowa. I am used to the saying, "If you don’t like the weather, wait an hour and it’ll change" — which is ...

Most people jump at the opportunity to travel to an interesting destination for fun or work. Whether you are a natural traveler or a homebody, most of us occasionally need to travel for family matters ...

I have gone through a series of major life events since October of last year. In October, I returned back to the workforce full-time after rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had left me in a period of total ...

This is kind of embarrassing and not very ladylike to mention and write about, but unfortunately it's a reality--a reality I'd rather not have to deal with, honestly. Once again I'm frustrated with ...

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Let me tell you — I’ve had a time-and-a-half with this uterus. As I detailed in my previous article, in a last-ditch effort, we tried an IUD to control my abnormal bleeding. How do you think it turned ...

Over the decades that I’ve lived with rheumatoid arthritis, I’ve learned to straddle 2 realities. One reality is my daily life, where I structure my days so I can best manage pain/symptoms while ...

This article was inspired by my current rheumatologist. She is my eighth rheumatologist, and I believe 8 is my lucky number. I started seeing her in 2018. At that time, I was facing a lot of life ...