Living

I’ve heard my fair share of four-letter curse words. Heck, they’ve become part of my everyday vocabulary over the years. I understand that using these words don’t portray me as...

I wake up every morning. I should be grateful for that at least. In the darkness, I open my eyes just like every morning, to pain. Every morning, I should...

Psoriatic arthritis does more than inflict a ridiculous amount of daily pain on our bodies. It creates many changes in our lives and not all of them are good. At...

While I can’t avoid or prevent every flare, there are a few things I can do to limit how many flares I experience and/or lower their severity. Although doing it...

Do you have psoriatic arthritis and love to cook? There are a lot of twists and turns in the kitchen that requires your hands; twisting off tops on jars and...

I’m often asked how I’m feeling. I get asked how I'm doing, like they will somehow get the magical answer of, “Amazing!” Just once, I’d like to answer that question...

I’m not going to lie, this question haunts me much more often than it probably should. Is my medicine working? Is it time to try something different? Is there something...

As I was growing up, I always wondered whether my siblings would get psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis (PsA). I figured that since we were sisters they might get either condition...

From the time I was first diagnosed with PsA and up until a few years ago, I believed that not expecting myself to do what I used to or to...

Living with psoriatic arthritis can be all consuming. Keeping up with the doctor appointments, treatment plans, and symptom tracking is easily a full time job. I forget that I had...

I used to cringe whenever someone questioned whether or not I had accepted my diagnosis of PsA. Of course I accepted it. How could I deny it? I felt the...

I called my rheumatologist the other day (yet again). My next infusion isn’t for another few weeks and I was in the middle of a serious flare. Swelling joints, aching...

Just the other morning a few days ago, darling hubby and I were sitting together in one of those rare moments of the morning when we were able to sit...

I used to think that the only thing there was to learn from living with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is that it is painful. Yet, through the years, PsA and my...

I know that psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting muscles and joints, but I didn’t have a clue that it could affect our jaw muscles as well. The...

Psoriatic arthritis is a complicated disease. It affects everyone differently. Sure, we may have some of the same symptoms, but our pain and limitations differ. For some it may end...

Psoriatic arthritis and my other chronic illnesses are my enemies. Their mission is to destroy my life and make me miserable. Every day they attempt to break me down. They...

We all have decisions to make. A hundred different decisions a day. Easy ones, hard ones, and ones that can change the entire course of our lives. But one decision...

How many New Year’s resolutions have you kept? To be painfully honest, I haven’t kept any!! After failing to keep one after another I finally gave up. It’s not that...

When psoriasis symptoms impact the feet, it can cause discomfort and trouble walking. But not all itchy, scaly patches on the feet are the same. Palmoplantar psoriasis (PP) is the...