Rheumatoid Arthritis on The Mighty

16/12/2022

"Maybe if they knew more about RA... they'd get it."

14/12/2022

"I can be more than my illness, but I can't escape the fact that I am not healthy."

"I can be more than my illness, but I can’t escape the fact that I am not healthy."

13/12/2022

"I'm determined to overcome these barriers this year."

12/12/2022

"Telling anyone who is in major pain, be it physical, psychological, or emotional, to just 'smile' is not only ignorant, but cruel."

10/12/2022

"This phrase is much harder for me to say than any other."

09/12/2022

5) "Will this happen to my daughter?"

08/12/2022

Your most pressing RA questions, answered.

06/12/2022

"Can't imagine what that must be like? Let me help you."

"Can’t imagine what that must be like? Let me help you."

05/12/2022

"Fellow RA warriors, I want to encourage you all to share your story this February 2nd to educate and bring awareness to the beast that changed our lives."

"Fellow RA warriors, I want to encourage you all to share your story this February 2nd to educate and bring awareness to the beast that changed our...

03/12/2022

"Diagnoses always carry with them a huge weight of concerns and emotions, but getting one in your 20s is particularly hard."

02/12/2022

"There really is nothing sexy about arthritis at all."

30/11/2022

1. "I never wanted to become sick."

30/11/2022

"If anyone ever expects someone with chronic illness to 'just get over it,' they really should try walking in our shoes..."

28/11/2022

"Rashes, bacterial infections, unidentified swelling – the barrage of bizarre things we patients pick up in the process of regular life is just part of the deal."

"Rashes, bacterial infections, unidentified swelling – the barrage of bizarre things we patients pick up in the process of regular life is just par...

27/11/2022

7. "I think I have that in a finger."

25/11/2022

"Needles and the momentary pain they caused became routine."

23/11/2022

"It's a struggle fueled by love... and coffee."

21/11/2022

"Just don't, for the love of God, tell me I'm the same as your gran, or too young to have arthritis."

20/11/2022

"I am very aware I look different from the other passengers."

19/11/2022

"You just have to look hard enough."

18/11/2022

"The secret behind great hair is a little less glamorous."

17/11/2022

"After six days, I am released from the hospital, and a new fight begins."

16/11/2022

"In spite of having a life-changing medical condition, so much good has happened over the past year. "

14/11/2022

"Chosen sobriety is not congratulated, and truthfully, it makes one odd in others' eyes."

13/11/2022

"Dreading the doctor is a common symptom of fighting a chronic illness."

11/11/2022

"The old me had at least three or four more hours a day to live – the sick me doesn't."

"The old me had at least three or four more hours a day to live – the sick me doesn’t."

10/11/2022

"Trust your gut – if it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

09/11/2022

"From the time I was 15 to now, almost 10 years later, no one has inquired."

08/11/2022

"The diagnosis altered my life but it didn't end it."

"The diagnosis altered my life but it didn’t end it."

07/11/2022

"My life was now different, but it was not over."