Rheumatology Appointment and Garden update
When I visit my rheumatologist, I am armed with a list. Our time is short and there seems to be a lifetime between visits although it is only three months.
When I visit my rheumatologist, I am armed with a list. Our time is short and there seems to be a lifetime between visits although it is only three months.
RA in the shoulder is painful and incapacitating. The shoulder has two joints. RA in the glenohumeral joint is disabling.
When my biologic stopped working, what was next? Orencia is the safest of the biologics, but only works about ten months for me. There is Actemra.
Life is good in Albuquerque with Francis. A decision will have to be made in the next few months about Imuran.
Spring has sprung. How do we manage our activities in our garden when we have RA?
Life can be very hard when you have RA, but it can also be very good.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a nasty disease. Professional pain management plus distraction are big helps. Making English Muffins is not difficult. Interesting is that they are grilled, not baked.
Living with RA is tough. It is a painful and disabling disease.
I have a busy back yard with quail, chipmunks and roadrunners. In some ways we are very much the same.
Not long ago those with RA suffered in agony as their bodies became mutilated . We now have a variety of drugs to reduce those symptoms. Let’s take a closer look at what these drugs are doing.