LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
Here’s a topic I’ve been able to find precious little about. So, I’ve decided to do some research since we do want to have kids someday, and it doesn’t look like my RA is going anywhere. While research shows that a lot of women experience a decrease of symptoms during pregnancy, there’s no guarantee that…
So, I signed up to receive prompts from WEGO Health for the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge – it’s supposed to be one post each day. I thought it might be fun, but now I’m thinking I can’t commit to doing this every day right now. Nonetheless, I will participate where and when I can.…
Many rheumatologists have seen the benefits in measuring patient reported outcomes, rather than only relying on visible symptoms and blood tests to show disease activity and treatment efficacy (although, judging from other patients I’ve heard from, perhaps not *enough* doctors…). Patients definitely see the benefit in this as we know that we know better than…
After reading RA Warrior’s blog today and finding a link to this article, I found myself in some interesting thoughts and conversations about drugs and treatment for RA/RAD. Firstly, although a digression from my main point here, I do want to address some of the problems I had with the article as relates to the…
Okay, so maybe I’m not holding on quite like *that* anymore…but, you know what I mean. Today marks two months (or, 9 weeks) since I first started Humira on December 8, 2011. If you’ve been following my journey, you know that I’ve been struggling to determine whether or not Humira is doing any better than…
As a Christian, I often turn to God’s word—the Bible—for encouragement, hope and even direction in life. Living life with an autoimmune disease raises lots of questions and fears, and I have no doubt that many often wonder (as I have done) where God’s hand is in all of this. People that don’t know the…
A friend of mine once told me that the motto of the #rheum-mates seems to be “we’ll see.” It’s true. There are a lot of unknowns with RAD–including how your body and disease will respond to medications–which often coincide with periods of simply waiting. Wait and see if the treatment works. Wait and see if…
As a Christian, I often turn to God’s word—the Bible—for encouragement, hope and even direction in life. Living life with an autoimmune disease raises lots of questions and fears, and I have no doubt that many often wonder (as I have done) where God’s hand is in all of this. People that don’t know the…
As a Christian, I often turn to God’s word—the Bible—for encouragement, hope and even direction in life. Living life with an autoimmune disease raises lots of questions and fears, and I have no doubt that many often wonder (as I have done) where God’s hand is in all of this. People that don’t know the…
I had a bit of déjà vu this week. If you’ve been following my story, you may recall the start of my “Sed Rate Saga” — my hesitation to get my blood drawn back in November and the immediate call from my doctor’s office after my lab results came in because my inflammation was high. …