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I haven’t posted in a super long time! Yikes.
Flare up today which means I am cuddled up on the couch and thankfully the first 8 seasons of One Tree Hill are on Netflix. Winning.
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Make Arthritis Stop Hurting: can anyone else feel the change?
Mary:
This is what i set as my facebook status this morning“Is in an unbelievable amount of pain today just trying to move around.”
and these were all of my friends with arthritis replying, i guess we are all being affected by the same thing causing our extreme flare ups lately, i dont…
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Make Arthritis Stop Hurting: World Arthritis Day!
Hey Everybody Colleen here!!
I just wanted everybody to know that OCTOBER 12 is World Arthritis day!! The Arthritis ribbon is BLUE, so if I could get everyone on here to wear blue that day that would be great. Last year I even made myself a little blue ribbon and wore it around all day! I also…
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This hangs in my doc’s office so patients can better communicate pain. I’ve gotten so used to answering the 1-10 pain question, that I quit looking at it. Thus I usually report a 4, 5, or maybe 6 on the worst days. Stopping to actually look at the progressively sad faced round man, I realize my sliding pain scale is way off. I’m tough, I can handle the pain, but that attitude is doing me no favors. Do our docs take this into consideration? Can’t be sure. The men on the right are my last few weeks, unless I’m taking pain killers and end up with the mischevious gremlin faced man of the left. Regardless, I realize I owe it to myself to try and better communicate what I’m feeling, and tough doesn’t always help. There is a time to let your guard down, and that’s at the doc’s office. Do yourself a favor and reconsider these little men.
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CHRONIC CURVE: What's in a Name? The Consequences of Labeling RA as "Arthritis"
Rheumatoid Arthritis is not what the rest of society considers “Arthritis.” I put this word in quotation marks because I find that nearly all of the people I interact with associate arthritis with Osteoarthritis— a condition that occurs with wear and tear of the joints with age. Yes, this is…We need to change the perception of Rheumatoid Arthritis, and other similar Autoimmune Diseases. So we can also increase support, research funding, and our quality of life.
