AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
Journey with Me
Hi there! My name is Dana. I created this space as a place to share the things I learn along this journey I call life. I am a Jesus follower, wife, twin mom and dog mom. I work in marketing/sales analytics and I’m a sort of Jane of All Trades, interested in all things nature, gardening, cooking, crafting, traveling, exploring and learning new things. This blog is a conglomeration of my interests, hobbies, life and life lessons. Thanks for stopping by!
Latest Blog Posts
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One of the topics that was prevalent at this year’s ACR Annual Scientific Meeting was the concept of Treating to Target. This approach to rheumatology care involves identifying treatment goals for patients with rheumatoid disease and modifying treatments when the goals are not reached. For instance, if a patient is started on methotrexate to treat
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Continuing the tradition of the escalator photo! I cannot believe how quickly the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting has come upon us, yet here I sit in my hotel room in Washington, DC with Day 1 already behind us! My adventure began yesterday at 4am, when I had to get up in order to make my
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My church is currently being challenged to read through the entire New Testament of the Bible in 8 weeks. I wrote up the following after reading through week 5: the book of Matthew. We are all reading a version of the New Testament called The Books of the Bible, which uses neither chapter nor verse
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Tom and I were reminiscing last night about a trip we took two summers ago. I hadn’t yet started my blog at that point, but I wanted to share some videos and experiences from that trip here — so, sorry it’s two years late, but here’s an overview of our epic adventure around Lake Superior.
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For quite some time now, the online #rheum community has been creating their own language, including made up words and terms to describe our experiences with rheumatoid disease. Quite often these terms are punny and mildly humorous. Other times, these terms are downright hilarious. As I’ve already stated that I believe laughter is often the
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This is what my sink looked like Thursday night when I wasalmost done with my cooking! It’s hard to believe but we just had our 9th Annual Halloween party! Due to some other conflicts we had to have the party on a Friday night this year, which was a little chaotic. Wednesday was my cleaning
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Last November, I spent a weekend in Chicago and was able to attend a brief part of the American College of Rheumatology’s Annual Scientific Meeting which was being held there. I spent a day working in the Exhibit Hall on behalf of the Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF), met other patients with Rheumatoid Disease that I
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The story of the Sed Rate Saga continues. I wish I could say this was the ending, because it would be a happy one. I went to my rheumatologist’s office last week Monday and he gave me a lab order to get some more blood work done. The last time we had checked my Sed
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My church is currently being challenged to read the entire New Testament of the bible in eight weeks. That’s a lot of reading, and calls for a heavy commitment each day and each week. I am in a couple of different bible studies at my church and we are going through these readings as our
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I recently had somebody tell me that I should do a blog post about what it means day-to-day to live with rheumatoid disease. And, I immediately thought: that’s a good idea! Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or Rheumatoid Disease is a chronic autoimmune disease whereby the body’s own immune system attacks healthy tissues. This leads to joint
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