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'I know my body will need rest after the holiday marathon. So why should I stress over making New Year’s resolutions I know I will end up breaking or struggle to even begin?'
‘We speak a certain language together only we can truly understand, through our shared lived experience.’
Chronic illness, unfortunately, comes with its fair share of chronic opinions.
‘It soon became pretty clear that if I did not start listening to my sick body now, I would pay dearly for it later.’
Dealing with dry eyes from Sjögren’s syndrome or other conditions related to your arthritis? Here’s how to feel better.
Widespread inflammation could may be the connecting factor between depression and autoimmune conditions such as RA.
Physical activity benefits your joints and your brain, too.
These findings confirm that the usual treatment strategy in RA — early treatment, tight control, and treat to target — should be applied similarly to both seropositive and seronegative diseases.
Methotrexate has long been believed to be cardio-protective in people who have RA, but is that really a direct benefit of methotrexate or simply the result of getting RA disease activity under good control?
‘It's not going to be easy and there is no manual on how to do this but girl, you want to live — not just survive, right?’