Cynthia Covert

I don’t know about you, but my heart goes pitter patter every time I see a doll manufacturer include someone with a disability. A few years ago American Girl began...

Prior to PsA, I felt that I earned the right to spend extra time and money on my physical and mental health. Working hard and excelling at my job justified...

As I write this I am dealing with a pain that is unrelated to psoriatic arthritis. However, just because it isn’t related to this disease, it doesn’t mean that I...

If you knew how often I have fallen in the past twenty years, you might think I was klutzy or didn’t understand how gravity worked. While I am a bit...

Depending on when this article is published I will either be preparing to or have already celebrated my 50th birthday. This milestone feels so surreal, I mean seriously, how the...

Pets are truly wonderful. My dog and cats keep me company when I am unable to join my family for an outing. They comfort me when I am in pain...

I cringe every time someone says that they will hurt no matter what they eat. Why does this bother me? Because I used to say the same thing and I...

You’ve planned the perfect vacation. Everything is booked and paid for, all that is left is for you to go and have the time of your life. But what if...

Unless a cure is found, I will have psoriatic arthritis for the rest of my life. However, as I have learned since I first began experiencing symptoms back in 1999...

I don’t watch much television. When I am feeling well, I am on the go. However, for the past six months, I have had a lot of down time recovering...

Annoying Seriously! Flares always occur at the most inconvenient times and they hurt like heck! Baffling Just when I think I have this wretched disease figured out it proves me...

There was a time when I thought just getting through a severe flare with my sanity was enough. But it wasn’t! Throughout my chronic life I have experienced flares that...

Psoriatic arthritis and my other chronic illnesses have done much more than inflict pain on my body. They have also changed how I live, altered my future plans, financially robbed...

Whether you have psoriatic arthritis or any other chronic illness, I am sure you have heard your fair share of bad advice. If you haven’t, hold tight, because it will...

I don’t expect everyone I meet to research my chronic illnesses. They don’t need to become a scholar of psoriatic diseases. However, it would be nice if they would take...

I received my diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis in 2003. That was two years after being diagnosed with psoriasis and a few months after my fibromyalgia diagnosis. At that time, I...

After I moved from Arizona to California, I had to set up my new medical team. Right off the bat I had a doctor question my diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis...

Chronic pain from psoriatic arthritis has at one time or another turned me into an ugly beast. No, I am not talking about how I look, but instead about how...

I recently ran across a silly Facebook quiz saying that it would tell me what my spirit animal was. I didn’t bother taking it because I already know what it...

Whether it be insomnia or painsomnia (inability to sleep due to high levels of pain), lack of sleep is never a good thing. For those of with psoriatic arthritis, not...