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By the Way, I Have RA
I have written about the difficulty of disclosing about RA, especially at events like a Mayo Clinic Center Social Media conference. But we haven’t talked much about the other side: When we explain...
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I’m Not All Better, Just Too Polite to Whine; Yet Victory Is Still Sweet
Please don’t miss the news at the end of the post! I had to put A LOT on one page since it’s been a few days! My endocrinologist was so excited about my attending the ACR in November and winning the...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Scale (RASS) Affecting Treatment Decisions?
Could the RASS Affect Treatment Decisions Dollars? A reader asks about doctor’s ratings of Rheumatoid disease being required by third-party payers (insurance companies, etc) presumably to justify...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Is Not Just Being Tired
Recurrence of Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue A couple of days ago an old friend came to visit: Rheumatoid Arthritis fatigue. All of a sudden on Monday afternoon, it felt like it was 2 a.m. and I should...
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Never Mind! 3 Lessons for Evidence-based Medicine and RA
Clash between patient voices and science? Previously, we talked about a controversy over evidence in medicine with the withdrawal of Avastin for breast cancer. It was also a vigorous discussion of how...
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Invisible Illness Awareness Video
Positively Real: Keeping the Discussion Real without Sugar Coating Everyone with an “invisible illness” owes such a debt to Lisa Copen, founder of Invisible Illness Awareness Week. She has done so much...
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If the Gloves Come Off, We Might See the Irony of Rheumatoid Disease
What if the gloves never come off and no one ever knows. Then you end up with a serious disease that everyone thinks is no big deal; it’s just arthritis. But who wants to take them off? I sure don’t....
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