Living

I miss the days when my doctors took the time to get to know me. Prior to 2010, my doctors knew me. They knew that I was married, how many...

I have to admit. I’m. So. Confused. Which, more often than not these days, seems to be a perpetual state rather than a temporary inconvenience. I have questions without answers...

This was the message on a poster in the exam room at my recent doctor visit. The poster went on to say that each patient is different and your doctor...

When my friends’ son was diagnosed with Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis at the age of four and a half we were all struck pretty helpless. The first kid born in our circle...

Even before my diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis in 2003, chronic pain interfered with my ability to keep up with my family’s Thanksgiving traditions. Over time I began dreading the holiday...

Living. Breathing in and out. Meeting our basic needs. Just getting by. What kind of life is that? Is that all that we have to look forward to? Is that...

Each summer, my husband and I volunteer, pack our T-shirts, shorts, hats and bug spray and head to Lapeer, Michigan for Camp Dakota, a week-long summer camp for kids and...

“You’re young, why are you sitting down?” Those are the words 30-year-old Aimee Prez says she often hears from people who don’t know she is living with psoriatic arthritis (PsA)...

The deodorant I use, Lady Speed Stick, has a little sticker affixed to its cap: “Dare to Wear Black!” it calls out to me, indicating that I can manage to...

I have been in some agonizing pain with psoriatic arthritis and there were times I would do anything to get some relief. During one of my most horrific flares, I...

When I was little, my brother and I would spend hours, literally hours lining up those little rectangles, creating a winding path of dominoes all throughout our house. Obviously, my...

In many ways, I was lucky I was able to attend a vocational high school. My school offered students the opportunity to try out a variety of programs. While I...

As a patient living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, I can easily say that I am powerful. My whole life I have been my own superhero whether anyone else thought...

Looking for a way to stay active with your loved one with PsA, but not sure what you can do that meets both your physical activity requirements? Why not take...

It’s almost here, that wonderful time of the year... Flu season!!! I don’t care if you have psoriatic arthritis or not, nobody wants the flu! The last thing I want...

There was a time when I showed little or no respect for the boundaries that psoriatic arthritis and my other chronic illnesses had set. My mantra was that there was...

Whether your joints are on fire, you fight daily to keep your eyes open, or if you’re battling eye inflammation, it’s important to know that psoriatic arthritis does not define...

Distraction: a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else. Who couldn’t use a little distraction from pain, fatigue, and emotional stress of living with psoriatic arthritis?...

Despite being raised by flawlessly organized parents, I’ve somehow managed to pick up very few of the same traits. Rarely one to throw important papers away, I’ve managed to hoard...

College can be hard on students with psoriatic arthritis. Classes are draining and keeping up with friends can be exhausting. But for students using medicines that lower the immune system...