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... By Cynthia Covert1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By Cynthia Covert3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
What It's Like to Live With Mild PsA?Living with mild PsA is like a minor annoyance. Like that neighbour next door to you blasting their music from time to time. Sometimes it's nothing at all - it disappears... By Carrie R1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
I Wish I Didn't Have to GoYou wouldn’t necessarily know it by the title, but this topic is a bit of a sensitive one with me. It involves so much more than just accurate communication or... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Even Experts Need Help SometimesAfter living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in our household for 13 years, you’d think I could maneuver the ins and outs of these diseases like the back of my... By Jaime Lyn Moy3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Picking Up the PiecesWhen going through a particularly difficult time with psoriatic arthritis, life can quickly feel like it is falling apart around us. The longer we go without symptom relief, the more... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
A Psoriatic Arthritis Patient's Journey: The Consequences of Being UnreliableThere are a great many attributes that I admire in people: trustworthiness, loyalty, and honesty for example. Some of these are things that I’ve always strived to be and try... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments14 comments
How Clothing Empowers People With DisabilitiesIf you're a woman dealing with psoriatic arthritis pain, the last thing you probably want to do is put on a bra. I have had psoriasis for 55 years and psoriatic... By Diane T3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
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... By Cynthia Covert2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Dietary Changes: Have They Made a Difference? Part 2If you ever wondered if changing your diet might help manage your psoriatic arthritis pain, you are not alone. It’s something that has been on my mind for awhile now... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Fatigue and Bad ChoicesOf all of the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, honestly the one I fight the most is fatigue. Overwhelming, unending fatigue. Having a “normally” busy life with three children, I know... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Playing Jenga: Taking Risks With Each PieceOne of the things I’ve noticed about living with psoriatic arthritis is that no two days are the same. There is a wide variance of factors that can impact how... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
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... By Cynthia Covert2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Fifth Time's the CharmI feel like I’ve been on countless medications since my psoriatic arthritis diagnosis. Each new medication I’ve tried, I’ve done so with hope. Despite the knowledge that as I made... By Leanne Donaldson3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
When Side Effects Feel Worse Than ArthritisSince the time I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, I feel like I've tried every medication under the sun. For years, I felt like a lab rat going from one... By Elizabeth Medeiros3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
When Your Chronic Illness Is Used As An ExcuseIn my experience, there are three types of people in this world, those who genuinely care about what others think, those who don’t, and those who pretend not to care... By Leanne Donaldson3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
My Psoriatic Arthritis Is on OvertimeWhen you work 40 hours a week, the last thing you want to hear is "Can you work some overtime?" I have learned over the years how to be a... By Diane T3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Life, InterruptedAccording to John Lennon, “Life is what happens while you a busy making other plans.” There are lots of things in life that don’t go the way we’d planned. College degrees... By Leanne Donaldson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
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... By Cynthia Covert2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
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... By Cynthia Covert3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments