Living

Around 4 or 5 years ago, my daughter took notice of the number of pills I took on a daily basis. There were two muscle relaxers, two for pain that...

Psoriatic arthritis picks its fights in many areas of the body. For me, my neck is the most painful, followed by my back. Most inconvenient, however, is when my disease...

Results from the 2019 RA In America Survey showed that 61 percent of survey participants living with RA experienced brain fog within the last month of taking the survey. Along...

I was watching a cop show the other day and one of those obligatory, “drug addled-club goers rave” scenes came on. You know, the one that shows what Hollywood thinks...

A few years ago, I presented with blurry vision and a weird sensation of people moving away from me while I looked at them. The best way I can describe...

When suffering from such a mysterious illness, you are often required to see multiple doctors that specialize in different things. I can definitely get a little messy at times. This...

As a psoriatic arthritis patient, one of the things I struggle with is feeling like my family and friends really “understand” what my life is like with chronic diseases. Psychologically...

For those with psoriatic arthritis, the condition can change how you live your life every single day. This condition is the center of the wheel that outreaches to all different...

We live in a social media world. Many of our life-defining moments are posted online for anyone and everyone to see. One of the things I’m most self-conscious about is...

The journey to receiving a lupus diagnosis can be a long one. The symptoms of lupus can be nonspecific and overlap with many other conditions. Because of this, it can...

So, I moved in August. I am at the point in my diagnosis, where I know I need to work a day, rest a day. I do this every weekend...

According to a small study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, findings suggest that the baseline use of biologics is not associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes. While this...

You know what it is like. You’ve had a really good day, or perhaps week. Everything is going your direction and you feel you finally have a handle on your...

We know the main symptoms of PsA include joint pain, stiffness, and swelling, and skin rash. PsA is a chronic condition with no known cure, but symptoms can improve for...

Asking for help can feel stir feelings of failure. Canceling plans brings on the self-consciousness of seeming unreliable. Treatment options are overwhelming, and disease progression is a constant fear. These are...

Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...

You may have heard the term “spoonie” when talking about autoimmune diseases. It unites patients with chronic illnesses and helps explain fatigue and the loss of control and freedom patients...

Over the course of human history, we have learned to view pain as a weakness. As in, we aren’t “strong” enough to overcome or push through the pain. We are...

For 30 years, I have had to endure the silent enemy of psoriatic arthritis. When did I notice that something was wrong? As a young adult, something always hurt me...

I recently had the opportunity to have a telehealth appointment with my rheumatologist. I was happy that my doctor’s office offered this as an option at this time as a...