RA AND THE FAMILY FIT

Understanding:  Sympathetically aware of other people’s feelings; tolerance, being sensitive of others needs, being kind, thoughtful, merciful and patient.  All of the things we need to help us through our struggles with and against Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Rheumatoid Arthritis, a disease that can be titled right under the words “misunderstanding/misunderstood simply because people think it is a disease that falls under a category that is much simpler than it actually is.  A disease by all standards so misunderstood and not what people believe it to be, “simply arthritis”. Continue reading “RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis-A Society Of Misunderstanding” →

Do you depend on DMARDS and Biologics to control your Rheumatoid Arthritis?  I know this method is not for everyone but for those of us who depend on these methods have you ever wondered what would happen if there would come a time when there wasn’t a medication left for you to try in aiding you in your fight with Rheumatoid Arthritis and has that thought made you worry what you would do if that possibility comes? If it does, have you thought about what would be your next step in helping you along the way?  This is a thought that I have pondered!!!  For those of us who maybe facing this reality, where do we go from here!!! This is something that I’ve thought about and thought I would share my thoughts with you. Continue reading “RA -Rheumatoid Arthritis-Our Medication Dilemma” →

Are you feeling listless, worn out, foggy brain, unbalanced and extremely tired?  You’re not alone, welcome to a life plagued with fatigue.  Another harsh effect of having Rheumatoid Arthritis but something many just don’t seem to realize come along with this disease!  Fatigue for us is more than a yawn and a nap! Continue reading “RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis-Fighting Fatigue” →

Do you fear your life with Rheumatoid Arthritis and where having it can take you?  It not only hurts you physically, it hurts you mentally.  So much more than people can see.  Our unseen fears that try to consume us is the fear that starts to lurk without giving any notice.  I must be honest though, it does bother me every so often leaving me to wonder about things, that odd feeling or thing that I hadn’t noticed before.  But I find I push the fear quietly into the back of my mind not wanting to really think about it.  Not wanting to let it consume me.  Fear, leaves no rest for the mind.  Fear, to be afraid, an emotion that should not be allowed to crowd our minds. Continue reading “RA – Rheumatoid Arthritis-Our Fears Of The Unknown” →