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Jennie Roe on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tuesday, May 17 2011
As I stand amidst the chaos of moving boxes, bubble wrap and packing tape, preparing for the imminent move from the home I love, I can't help musing over how much my life has changed in the last year since I was diagnosed with RA.
We bought this home a little over three years ago ... our own little piece of Heaven on Earth, in a small rural... Read more
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Jennie Roe on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sunday, April 10 2011
About three years ago, when I was responsible for managing chronic disease in our national health department, the CEO of Arthritis Australia mentioned (almost in passing) a project they were about to start. They were planning to showcase a series of everyday women with RA, who would each tell their story to a different female politician, in an... Read more
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Jennie Roe on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Monday, March 28 2011
Greetings!
While I am fairly IT-savvy and well-accustomed to sourcing information from the web, I am relatively new to blogging. I have generally played the part of the invisible voyeur, stealthily scrutinising others' blogs to feed my insatiable appetite for information, and only rarely reaching out with a comment or personal... Read more
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Jennie Roe on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, March 23 2011
Like many of us at mid-life, I had amassed more than a few unwanted kilograms and had the makings of a good ‘spare tyre' around my waistline. It was the result of many years of slow neglect, helped along by a largely sedentary lifestyle, long hours in an office job, and a pretty unhealthy aversion to regular exercise. (I have always loathed... Read more