Cynthia Covert

I wish I didn’t have to share this advice with you, but like me, you have been cursed with chronic pain. Although we don’t all have the same chronic illnesses...

I’m always talking about the insensitive remarks people make towards having a chronic illness. Whether it’s being told that we are too young to have such a disease, that we...

I had no clue what to expect when I was first diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Outside of my rheumatologist telling me that it wasn’t curable, but that he could only...

I often joke that I move at a snail’s pace. The truth is that I really do move slower than my friends and family. I can’t blame my age, because...

People think that I am obsessed with Disney and Disneyland. Okay, maybe they are right. Believe it or not, Disneyland does more than entertain me, it has taught me a...

Although I didn’t receive my first diagnosis until 2001, I have been dealing with chronic pain from psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, degenerative disc disease, and fibromyalgia since 1999. Throughout the past...

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, I am here to tell you firsthand that if you have psoriatic arthritis, you need to be ready and...

Finding the right balance between caring for your health and deciding how much of your time and energy to give to others is difficult all year long, but especially when...

Over the past twenty years, I have learned how to share my life with chronic pain. Not just from psoriatic arthritis but my other chronic illnesses as well. I have...

Before psoriatic arthritis, I loved life. I laughed, I played and was always up for an adventure. Life was fun and I was happy. I began noticing a change in...

When I am in pain, a stroll down memory lane can be a good thing or a bad thing. It’s great when I am able to focus on the good...

I used to believe that I was an easy-going person. To my surprise, chronic pain from psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia proved me wrong! As it turns out, I am a...

It’s time to start putting together my fall wardrobe. Unlike my life before psoriatic arthritis, my autumn outfits are chosen less by what’s in style and more by what makes...

Raise your hand if an emergency room doctor has told you that there is nothing they can do for your pain, but to return if it becomes worse... *Waiving both...

Sometimes the hiccups or surprises that psoriatic arthritis and my other chronic illnesses produce make doing what I love feel impossible. But if I have learned anything in all of...

We have all, at some point in our lives thrown ourselves a pity party. In fact, it is perfectly normal to feel sorry for ourselves when dealing with a difficult...

It doesn’t matter if you combat chronic pain from psoriatic arthritis naturally, alternatively, or pharmaceutically. Waiting to address pain is a bad idea. I am just as guilty as any...

Chronic pain from psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis entered my life twenty years ago. It has been seventeen years since it took over my life. From the beginning the pain I...

I have made numerous dietary changes in the past few years. All were made in an effort to reduce chronic pain from psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia as well as to...

My blood type is B- Rh-, or as my husband calls it “BE negative”. It’s not that I am generally a downer to be around, because I am typically upbeat...