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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...

I don’t write in too many specific terms about the particulars of my day to day life with psoriatic arthritis. With the exception of my husband, most of the people...

This fall semester marked the beginning of my senior year of college, and it’s bitter sweet to know I’m nearly at the end of my product design education. But I...

I’ve never once felt sorry for my best friend who has psoriatic arthritis. Mostly because she’d never speak to me again if I gave her one word or pitiful glance...

When I was first diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and started learning about it, I frequently ran across others with psoriatic arthritis discussing “flares.” I thought, "How will I know when...

Living with PsA and my other chronic illnesses has taught me that I am my best advocate. Nobody, not one friend, family member, or doctor is going to care for...