My PsA Is Always On My MindIt’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when I would wake up without physical pain. Before psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and fibromyalgia began presenting themselves, I never had to...reactionscomments
How to Have a Terrible Summer VacationForget telling you how to have the best vacation ever despite having a chronic illness, today I am going to help you plan the worst summer vacation ever!!! Why spend...reactionscomments
Could Exercising Really Reduce My PsA Pain?How many times have you been told that exercising will help reduce the pain you experience from psoriatic arthritis? I lost count of the times I have been told this...reactions3comments
Feeling Better Doesn't Mean I Have Been CuredNow that my pain from psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and fibromyalgia is so well managed, I am doing more than I have ever done throughout my chronic life. In fact I...reactions2comments
The High Price of Living with PsAThose who have never experienced living with a long-term illness have no clue how expensive it is to live with an illness that will last a lifetime. It doesn’t matter...reactions8comments
Fearing A PsA FlareIt didn’t take long for psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and fibromyalgia to alter my life. In addition to having to change how I did things, how often I did them, and...reactions7comments
"Get Well Soon" vs. "I Hope You Feel Better"Throughout my entire chronic life, friends and family have often said “Get well soon” or “I hope you feel better”. There was a time when hearing either sentiment made me...reactions3comments
How I Stopped Setting Myself Up for FailureLife with psoriatic arthritis is always changing. Yet, for many years, I insisted on creating goals and schedules that were so out of reach or rigid that they became impossible...reactionscomments
Is My Treatment Plan Harming My Mental Health?Whether I am treating psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and my other chronic illnesses pharmaceutically or naturally, I have always relied on a handful of people to make me aware of changes...reactionscomments
Vowing To Be Healthy Despite Having PsAFor the first fifteen years of my chronic life, I used psoriatic arthritis and my other chronic illnesses as an excuse to not take care of myself. I ate whatever...reactionscomments
Finding a Family Car That Didn't Increase My PainPsoriatic arthritis creates enough pain in my life and the last thing I need is to add to it. With that said, I had no clue how much our family...reactions2comments
How Caring For My Mental Health Helps Treat My PsAEmotions play a huge role in my physical well-being as well as my mental health. While depression, anger, anxiety, stress, and sadness aren’t the sources of the pain caused by...reactions2comments
Fueling the Flames of Pain: Why “This is Us” May Not Be For You!While scrolling through my Facebook feed on Super Bowl Sunday, my heart began to ache as I read one post after another about how people were preparing to watch “This...reactionscomments
How My Fitness Tracker Helps With PsATo help me in my quest to be more active, my husband bought me a fitness tracker. While some women may find this offensive, it was something that I was...reactionscomments
Sticking With My Diet While FlaringI thought figuring out a diet plan that didn’t increase pain and inflammation was tough, but it was a walk in the park compared to trying to stick with it...reactionscomments
How Depression Almost Destroyed My LifeThe ugly, dark, and destructive beast known as depression entered my life two years after being diagnosed with psoriasis, which was just months prior to receiving my diagnoses of fibromyalgia...reactions5comments
Are They Listening?Do you ever wonder if your friends or family are listening to you when sharing your challenges of living with psoriatic arthritis? There are times when I think they don’t...reactions1comment
To Give, I Had to Let GoPrior to having my body and life consumed by chronic pain I was the person people turned to when they needed a volunteer or help with planning or hosting a...reactionscomments
Ending My Day on a Positive NoteWhat goes through your mind when you are trying to go to sleep? Are you tossing and turning thinking about your pain, the things you didn’t get done, or what...reactions2comments
Prescribing Poison: Treating My PsA NaturallyBefore I step up onto my soapbox, I want to make it very clear that I am not anti-medicine. While I have made the personal choice to treat my chronic...reactionscomments
