Living

Living with PsA can feel like each day brings a new set of questions. How does your PsA feel? Have you ever experienced a big change in your arthritic pain? Do...

The impact of psoriatic arthritis is as unique as the person who lives with it. Everyone's experience is different which is why placing stigma, judgement or expectations on an individual...

We use our hands for everything! They are the lifeline of how we get things done. Doing dishes? Need your hands! Washing your body? Gotta rely on them too. Getting...

A few months ago, I was employed as legal staff in a company after being diagnosed with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis a few years back. Technically, this is the first...

Managing psoriatic arthritis is a full-time job. While it doesn't pay in money, it pays off in dividends in so many other ways. Meaning, we get out only what we...

I consider myself a competitive person. I find myself with a fierce desire for the truth and a drive to win. It's why the study of law and becoming a...

Arthritis took on a whole new meaning once I received my psoriatic arthritis (PsA) diagnosis. To be completely honest, I never gave it much thought. Like the rest of the...

Psoriatic arthritis is a tough disease, and it makes us both physically and emotionally tough. The pain can often be unbearable. We are forced to either push through the pain...

I was officially diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis over 25 years ago, though my painful joints can agree, the PsA present long before that. A bone density test recently revealed a...

When I first found out I had psoriatic arthritis (PsA), I had many thoughts about what it was. First, I considered this as terrible as a death sentence. Second, the...

My father is a dementia patient. He is 90 years old. Last summer, our family was informed that Dad was definitely a victim of this disease. My oldest brother and...

I live with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia - among a few other conditions. I've lived with psoriasis for over 60 years - and psoriatic arthritis for over 25. Seeing...

Happiness, a complex feeling that is generally described as having positive emotions or satisfaction. Generalized satisfaction isn't easy to come by when managing life with a chronic pain and an...

Today, I want to talk about something that's been on my mind lately. JAK inhibitors. My doctor recently talked to me about strange word on one of my many office...

What comes to mind when you read the words "psoriatic arthritis treatment"? It might be a lot of different thoughts, feelings and emotions. After all, the treatment journey for those...

Summer. The season we looked forward to most as school kids. No school, no rules. Summer was symbolic for ultimate freedom. Well, as an adult managing psoriatic arthritis (PsA), I've...

When “motion is lotion,” how do we listen to our bodies to participate in exercises that benefit our joints without overdoing it and causing more pain or injury? More or...

My PsA journey is as unique as my fingerprint and certainly not a one-size-fits-all. This pain is not all in my head - and I have to explain it often...

Lionel Richie’s mom may have been once, twice, three times a lady. But was she once, twice, diagnosed three times with psoriatic arthritis? Because I was! And not for the...

A good night's sleep is a gift when you live with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It's also a gift that few and far between. Between stiffness, intense pain, swelling and general...