Stories

I am 49 and started having a few random symptoms in my early 30s, but hit a full wall of symptoms around 42. My PCP said autoimmune disorder but then...

So here is my story: July 3, 2018, I wake up with terrible wrist pain in my right wrist. It was so bad that I could not do hardly anything...

It’s hard to get an appointment with rheumatologists since they need a referral from another doctor. Well, I went to one clinic and specifically told them that I need a...

Hello! I just created my account in hopes of learning more about PsA. I was formally diagnosed 13 hours ago...but who is counting 😐. As of last September, I was...

Hey y'all! I was diagnosed with PsA and Fibro 4 years ago. Tried several meds including humira, methotrexate, now trying otezla..none of them really worked well. Two years ago, I...

Hi. I was diagnosed two weeks ago and I'm still in some shock. Even though both my mother and sister have PsA, I had previously been told that my arthritis...

Around 18 months ago, I was diagnosed with PsA. For 3.5 years before that, I had pain in the middle, right-hand side of my back and couldn't sleep through the...

I am almost 69 years old and never experienced psoriasis prior to Christmas 2018. I do, however, have a family history of the condition as both my father and my...

I had a normal, active life until January 2019. Then...BOOM...out of the blue, with absolutely no warning, arthritis attacked both of my feet, basically crippling me. I haven’t been able...

My PSA was diagnosed over a year ago. Was mostly in my knees and feet. It has gotten progressively worse. Now it’s in my hip lower back fingers and wrists...

Hey all- I wanted to share my recent journey on being an arthritis warrior. I was diagnosed In 2016 after having symptoms for over 6 years. I found the arthritis...

Hello there. I’m new to this and was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. After many years of suffering from joint pain, I was finally diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis when I shared...

I'm 27 years old and officially hit my 15th year of living with PsA. It took 2 years to get a diagnosis when the inflammation first happened. I was on...

I was about 15 when I started to notice chronic neck pain in conjunction with the chronic headaches I had experienced for years. Being young I paid it no mind...

Hi. I am in my late 60's and have had 'arthritis' for about 20 years. I always thought it was 'just osteoarthritis' as that is what I was told after...

I understand the origin of interesting pain and fatigue descriptions like, "I feel like I've been hit by a freight train" or "...stomped by an angry pack of mules." To...

I have psoriatic arthritis. I am 47 years old and I am learning to do this without medication. I guess I decided to do this after I tried Methotrexate, it...

I was 39 yrs old married in 1999 raising 3 girls, I was a workhorse 2 jobs most times was a machinist and started getting pain in my hands so...

I am an early riser. I worked in nursing for 26 years and was up before anyone else. This is my quiet time, my Mother lives with my husband and...

When I was diagnosed in 2011 with psoriatic arthritis I thought arthritis was just joint pain so I dealt with the wrist pain, finger pain, back pain, feet pain, and...