There are rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms you may experience every day that are not part of a doctor’s work-up. Here's what the community had to say about the reality of daily life with RA. Curious ...

On the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation website, Ailsa Bosworth wrote: “Something like 90 percent of people with rheumatoid arthritis experience pain and problems with their feet and footwear ...

I lost my husband to cancer 14 years ago. Sometime after the funeral, I woke up one morning and could not move a muscle without severe pain. It took me an hour to finally turn over and slip onto the ...

Winter is fast approaching for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Many of our community members on RheumatoidArthritis.net have shared their experiences with cold weather's impact on their RA ...

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My name is Linda Martin. I am 73 years old and was diagnosed with quick-onset chronic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in 1959 by a Johns Hopkins rheumatologist. This came after a year of ...

Those of us with chronic illness are frequently on the receiving end of caregiving. It is just a fact of the disease, and although it can be difficult to come to terms with, the simple fact of the ...