When You Are At The End Of Your Rope, Who Do You Vent Too? ...If I had to answer this question over 25 years ago, I would have said my husband and my best friend. A lot has changed over the past few decades...Reactions0reactionsComments12 repliesCopingMental Health
How Do You Celebrate Victories In Managing PsA?...For me, if I can get up on any given day without pain. It's a victory. I know that this is the day I'm going to go see the grandkids...Reactions0reactionsComments36 repliesCopingSymptoms
Has Anyone Experience Tongue Swelling And Pain From PsA?...This is the first time I have had this symptom in 6 decades. My doctor thinks it's a side effect of a medication. She just doesn't know which one. I...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCopingDiagnosisSide Effects
Do You Know What Causes Psoriatic Arthritis In The Shoulder?...I honestly do not. I just know that pain in the shoulders gets bad at times. I understand that our body mistakenly attacks our healthy tissue, but why the shoulders...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesCopingFlaresTreatment
Pregnancy with Psoriatic Arthritis: The Importance of Early Diagnosis...An early diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is pivotal in managing the condition effectively. Unfortunately, my own diagnosis came later than I had hoped, and it made me ponder how...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Pets and Dog Dander allergy...Hello, I haven’t been in contact for a while. I would like to know people’s opinions on how pet allergies affect psoriasis and PsA sufferers. After having our dog for...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Me And My Psoriatic Arthritis Journey...As I look back on the past 65 years there is so much of my journey I want to tell. I don’t want to take this information with me. Way...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I Didn't See This Coming...I have had psoriatic disease for 6 decades. I assumed that I had seen and heard it all. Well, I was truly surprised when one morning I couldn't move either...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingAwarenessFlares
Do You Keep A Journal Of Your PsA Symptoms? ...I am having the worst flare I have had in 20 years. Every day, it is something different. I decided to track what was going on with me daily. You...Reactions0reactionsComments21 repliesRheumatologistTips & AdviceSymptoms
Please Don't Tell Me I Don't Look Sick...How many times have you heard this in your lifetime? I have lost count of some things that people have had the nerve to say to me over the years...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesCoping
Will I Have To Go In A Nursing Home?...I have had psoriatic disease for 60 years. Unfortunately, each year brings on more pain along with more illness. I just got to thinking this year, what happens when I...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCopingAssistive DevicesCaregiving
PSA diagnosis and getting married ...Hello everyone, Im 35, I've had psoriasis since 23 but just a few patches and I've been suffering from fatigue joint pain back pain and would get random joint swells...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesIntimacy & RelationshipsMental Health
Psoriatic Arthritis and the Right To Be Sad...Sadness. Grief. Despondency. Sometimes when the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis comes, the first response can be disbelief. But sometimes it can even be relief - to have an answer, to...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
I WAS okay....Over the summer, I used our pool to exercise. I lost 10 lbs, I walked straight and was doing very well. I over do, but do not know how I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Finding My Perfect Canine Companions...Only four years of my childhood didn’t include a dog. Growing up with dogs of all sizes, I couldn’t imagine life without at least one. Almost every extended family member...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Occipital neuralgia ...I have had inflammatory arthritis with HLA-B27 since I was 3. I am now 75. I thought I had been through it all including pretty bad PSA. However, I was...Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesComorbidities
My Psoriasis Is Flaring Which Has My Psoriatic Arthritis Flaring...Last year was a terrible year for me and this year hasn’t been much better. It started with the passing of my mom and ended with an assault by a...Reactions0reactionsComments14 comments
What other illnesses did your doctor rule out before diagnosing psa?...I’m worried that all this pain might be something else like MS or even cancer. Just wondering others experiences with diagnosis....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
Do You Wish Your Rheumatologist Would Talk To You About The Emotional Impact PsA Plays On You?...So many of us in this Community struggle with the emotional toll that psoriatic arthritis takes on us. It can come with not being able to do what you used...Reactions0reactionsComments28 repliesAwarenessCopingRheumatologist
Miscarriage related? ...Has anyone with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis struggled with multiple miscarriages?...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSide EffectsFriends & FamilyRheumatologist
