What you may not know about calcium

It's funny the little things you think about when you are laid up in bed. Today I was thinking about some of the questions and concerns ...

Personal Stories of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Onset Story pages on RA Warrior A Personal Story: Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis « Lisa's Blog a 28 year old Surviving the ...

You have a choice

This time last year was so hard. I was depressed. I had gone through 3 port surgeries in a month because of infections and failed ports. I f...

The pain just gets to you after a while.

Most days I try to be cheery and perservere through the pain but some days I just can't. I give up and feel bad and take to my bed and l...

A look through different eyes III

For those of you that missed my first letter  click here. For those of you that missed my second letter  click here. Blog post from Peggy Pi...

Do I Have Arthritis?

Pain is the way your body tells you that something is wrong. Most types of arthritis cause pain in your joints. You might have trouble movin...

Traveling Tips

It's that time of year. Time to head home for the holidays. If you have RA that might make you cringe just thinking about it. Well never...

Need inspiration to keep going?

Whatever chronic pain illness you have you will at some stage have thought about your mortality - pain and living in constant pain just get...

Bling me baby!

Last summer I spent a lot of time at home. Mostly wishing I had the energy to go out and live my once active life. The exhaustion was an inc...

Food preparation and healthy eating with RA

You wake up one day and realise that how you are eating is being controlled by Rheumatoid Arthritis. This is not acceptable but what can you...

What Are the Types of Arthritis?

There are several types of arthritis. The two most common ones are osteoarthritis (AH-stee-oh-ar-THRY-tis) and rheumatoid (ROO-mah-toyd) art...

What Is Arthritis?

Many people start to feel pain and stiffness in their bodies over time. Sometimes their hands or knees or shoulders get sore and are hard to...

It just takes some understanding

As some of you know I have a Facebook support group. This group has been a God send with 171 members and growing.  It's a safe haven. Le...

A look through different eyes II

For those that missed my first letter click here This is from my mother in law Patricia Laurito Hi Brigid, I just want to tell you how proud...

Having a Chronically Ill Parent Sucks

Having a family member that is chronically ill is tough on everyone.  The disease seems to take center stage as it pushes others to the side...

A look through different eyes

A while back I asked close family and friends to help me out with something.  I wanted to hear from those that have known me for quite some ...

Guess What? I am an Inspiration!

Apparently my last post regarding the obituary of my energy inspired my sister to make her own announcement. This was just delivered to my e...

Energy Obituary

Brigid's Energy departed from this earth June 2009. Energy was a lifelong resident of Brigid's body starting June 1975. Brigid's...

Little Known Insurance Tid-bits

Right now I am going to share with you some things that I learned while working in the pharmacy to help you better understand how the insura...

New resource

A new resource has been added to the blog.  A doctor check list. I have seen in many groups and forums on the web, questions about what shou...

The Idiot's Guide to RA - no I'm not calling you an idiot!

It occurred to me that I haven't really explained what rheumatoid arthritis is and why it's so dangerous. If you are reading this an...

Eastern Medicine (part 2)

So yesterday we talked about Ki, Yin Yang, and meridians.  If you missed part 1 you can read it by  clicking here. We know now that Ki trave...

Eastern Medicine (part 1)

I studied Eastern Medicine in school and I found it very intriguing and fascinating. Like a drink of cold lemonade on a hot day, I couldn...

Germs

So I worked in a pharmacy for a few years and all the while having this autoimmune disease, I never got sick. (boy that sentence contradicts...

Orencia Treatment

Hello Hello Hello! Today I had my Orencia Treatment. I just got home from the hospital. I'm super tired but I wanted to get this out. I...

Ouch!

Yay more video! Earth Footwear HSN

New and exciting things!

A little different type of blog post today.  The lighting is bad I know.  I can't tell my right from my left.  Hey I'm learning!   H...

Misinformed

I'm gonna warn all the men reading this post that I'm gonna talk about "woman" stuff. Don't worry. Nothing gross. You ...

Not so scary now

I came to a realization today so humor me if you will. We are programed from a young age to know that life isn't always laughter and gum...

Punctal Plugs

Today we are going to talk about punctal plugs an how AMAZING they are! Those of you with Sjögrens Syndrome know all to well about how dry y...

Why can't I pay in cash?

I had such a great weekend! On Friday night my daughter went to the sitter's overnight and my husband and I went out to meet some friend...