Information and opinions on health from Jeanne at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/426369/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/426369/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/426369/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/132326/gu Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:35:11 -0500 Jeanne Hey everybody!!  Well, I'm getting ready to begin working out.  I've been totally not active at all for quite awhile now.  Between having the side effects of barfing all the time in the past etc my body has slowed wayyyyy down.  Finally, here I am in remission.  I have the RA in my left knee which is killer.  It doesn't bother me most days but the other day I was walking the mall and the next day my knee hurt... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/132326/gu http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/130253/hey Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:43:19 -0500 Jeanne Hey guys!  Well I'm soooo frustrated with being on the Humira.  The medicine does wonders for my rheumatoid arthritis but my sinuses are so bad it's making me miserable.  I'm starting back into college in May and I just don't know how I'm going to be able to focus with a constant sinus headache.  I'm miserable!  The pain in my ears, head, and face is just driving me insane!  Now my lungs are super congested from the... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/130253/hey http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/115673/mra Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:35:38 -0400 Jeanne I was reading through some articles on rheumatoid arthritis and a treatment medicine called MRA.  I've never heard of MRA before, has anyone here ever heard of it?  Anyone have any information about it?  I'm curious.  It's suppose to be a medicine that blocks the pain of RA.  Anyone ever tried it? http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/115673/mra http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/114574/li Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:07:08 -0400 Jeanne Is it just me or do any of you ever feel like Ra has stolen time from your life?  I do.  I began college when I was 17 and I had to leave two semesters later because the pain from RA was just too severe for me to concentrate.  Now here I am at 22, in remission, and ready to move forward with my life.  I've been fighting this disease for about 8 years now, only a year in a half have I been diagnosed and treated.  I... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/114574/li http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/106152/ra Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:16 -0500 Jeanne Well, it'll be two years this year that I was diagnosed with RA.  I've been on a constant roller coaster and now things are finally looking better.  I just began Humira a month ago and immediately after injecting it the very next day I woke up with no morning stiffness.  I didn't get my hopes up it would last but after a month later I feel the best I've felt in 8 years.  I feel like crying when I think about it, it's like a... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/106152/ra http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/102834/ne Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:39:33 -0500 Jeanne Is it just me or does anyone else here get nervous about starting a new RA medicine?  I had such a bad reaction to methotrexate recently it kept me in bed for an entire week, not to mention an all night visit to the ER.  I'm off the methotrexate now.  I'm just taking plaquenil and arava right now.  Tomorrow my Humira's coming in the mail.  People say Humira is painful being injected for some people but I'm not worried... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/102834/ne http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/82194/put Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:01:27 -0400 Jeanne Since being diagnosed with RA back in December I've felt a million different emotions and I've shook most of them off so far, thank goodness.  But some of them seem to still linger.  I'm not sure if I'll shake these off.  Something I never really hear women or men with RA talk about-I feel so inadequate as a young woman.  I'm trying to focus on getting my health better but its alot of competition out here as a young... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/82194/put http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/72224/hey Mon, 25 May 2009 13:59:53 -0400 Jeanne Hey everybody!  I'm new to RA and I'm having such a hard time explaining to my family that I have RA.  My Mom knows my limitations because she's been around but my brothers just don't understand and I feel like I just want to burst into tears when I talk about it.  I'm still going thru alot accepting that I have arthritis.  I'm getting better but its still hard to explain I have arthritis.  I feel this huge knot in my... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/72224/hey http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/64803/appt Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:56:41 -0400 Jeanne Well, tomorrow is my fourth rheumatology appointment.  My rheumatologist is excellent and the nurses there are really great.  Every time I go to see my rheumy he always keep saying the same thing over and over, "You should have been treated three or four years ago."  He just shakes his head and always says the same thing.  I'm wondering if he'll say the same thing tomorrow as I wonder about what tomorrows... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/64803/appt http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/64185/sto Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:52:28 -0400 Jeanne About 6 years ago the pain started as a slight pain in my thumb.  It would come and go from time to time the first year.  I was 15 then.  Within six months my hands just ached and I went to the doctor and she told me to take ibuprofen.  I took the ibuprofen a couple of times a week and it relieved the pain so I didn't think anymore about it.  By the way, I also have hypothyroid disease so my... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/426369/64185/sto