By CreakyStaff
I am a musician and an artist. It’s what I do. It’s who I am. I’ve worked professionally as a singer and vocal teacher for most of my working life. As an artist, I’ve exhibited and sold ceramic work, drawings...
By CreakyStaff
I still remember my first visit with my rheumatologist when he told me I had psoriatic arthritis. It didn’t register. What in the world was psoriatic arthritis? I didn’t have psoriasis! As an RN I had taken care of patients...
By CreakyStaff
The French have coined a phrase, esprit d’escalier (literally: ‘staircase wit’) which loosely translated means thinking of the perfect retort for someone, but only when it’s too late to deliver. Most of us have had the experience of thinking of...
By CreakyStaff
I helped my mom around the house when I was a child. She was a single mother with four children – but no help and almost no support. We had chores we were expected to do and they were often...
By Neen Monty
This post is going to upset some people in the arthritis community who insist they are undergoing chemotherapy, and that’s fine. I wish I had known that methotrexate when used to treat inflammatory arthritis was NOT considered chemotherapy by doctors when I...
By CreakyStaff
Recently I participated in this season’s second Joint Decisions web chat, and had the great experience of being with Eduardo Flores, aka RA Guy, where he talked about managing the mental and emotional challenges of living with rheumatoid arthritis. Eduardo...
By CreakyStaff
As I face the reality that I may have another autoimmune disease, I once again look back on the last year and realize all of the symptoms were there, but how did so many doctors miss this? It first started...
By CreakyStaff
We don’t talk about this stuff often. When it all goes wrong. A surgery. A procedure. A new drug. A new promise. Promise to reduce your pain, increase your quality of life. We research. We believe. We hope. We trust....
By CreakyStaff
Part 1: A background in medicine “Preserving the Finest Traditions of My Calling” ~ from the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, ca. 1964 I have gone through a range of emotions since learning I had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), experiencing the...
