Living

When 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...

There 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...

If 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...

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...

If 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...

Of 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...

One 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...

To 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...

I 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...

Since 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...

In 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...

When 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...

According 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...

I 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...

The 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...

Chances are, you’ve heard of the 5 Stages of Grief by Elisabeth Kubler Ross and David Kessler in which we process the loss of a loved one and learn to...

I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve never been a big believer in the whole “You are what you eat” theory. Sure, I’ve always known the obvious; fruits and vegetables...

"Have you tried yoga?" If I got a penny for everytime someone said that to me, I could hire a personal yoga instructor. The moment you mention having psoriatic arthritis...

What would my life look like if I was a tortoise with psoriatic arthritis? This is a story where my imagination has to really come into play. As children, we...

Dear Fatigue, I hate you. You cloud my mind and zap my energy. You are the devil and all he stands for. There is no cure for you and rarely...