Living

I am feeling rather “deep” today. I mean, like, “Who are we meant to be?” kind of deep. And I know, your initial answer to that question is probably heck...

Remember hearing for the first time that you had PsA? Remember the feelings that you had as you searched the internet and read stories about the horrors that this disease...

Anyone who loves dogs has experienced it. The uncontrollable excitement, borderline hyper-ventilation, spinning in circles, tails wagging at the pace of light speed all because you simply walked through the...

I find myself saying, “Oh, I miss…” quite a lot these days. You could fill in about a million and one things at the end of that sentence. There is...

Hosting a summer BBQ can be a lot of fun. It can also be a painful experience, especially when we push ourselves to do more than our bodies typically allow...

Everywhere I go, there is a measuring scale to measure our pain level, beliefs, and everyday life experiences with psoriatic arthritis. I get surveys via mail asking me to measure...

It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when I would wake up without physical pain. Before psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and fibromyalgia began presenting themselves, I never had to...

I had a particularly interesting phone conversation with a nurse at my rheumatologist’s office the other day. You see, I was fighting a flare (big surprise) and was still several...

Forget telling you how to have the best vacation ever despite having a chronic illness, today I am going to help you plan the worst summer vacation ever!!! Why spend...

As a person who has had this disease forever, I am privileged to meet plenty of people on this journey. I recently met a young lady whose child has psoriatic...

We are genetically hardwired to hate pain of any sort and to avoid it at all costs. We wear shoes so we don’t hurt our feet. Often, we take acetaminophen...

As a person who rarely uses any form of profanity, (even if I happen to say crap, it’s a BIG deal). I mean seriously, I NEVER curse. You might be...

It is the end of the day, you cannot wait for bedtime. You follow a routine of bath, dinner, medication, and warm pajamas. Your body is ready, and your mind...

Pain and depression are such fascinating things. Pain is subjective. Depression is subjective. There is really no way to quantify either one. Yes, we have “scales” and “questions” but there...

“There’s just too much going on!”“It’s too loud!”“I can’t think straight!” I never used to understand when people would say these things. What? Too much going on? No such thing!...

How many times have you been told that exercising will help reduce the pain you experience from psoriatic arthritis? I lost count of the times I have been told this...

Since your psoriatic arthritis (PsA) diagnosis, have you had an injury? Illness? How about a “simple” procedure at your doctor’s office? Even something as seemingly innocent as a stubbed toe?...

One day I was working away at my new job and I felt my eyes begin to sting and feel like something was stuck in them. I blinked and blinked and...

You may have seen that commercial with the lady that holds up the fake smiling face for pictures while her real face appears sad and distraught. She looks so alone...

Now that my pain from psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and fibromyalgia is so well managed, I am doing more than I have ever done throughout my chronic life. In fact I...