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leeniekat

posted 10/08/2008, comments (3)

New diagnosis - scared and ignorant.

I was diagnosed 4 weeks ago. I am 35 y.o. with 4 kids and a wonderful husband. 2 days after The "call", I was let go from my job (I was an idependaent contractor paralegal, worked from home 20 hours a week - 1/4 of the firm was let go). I worked from home primarliy for health reasons. Let's back-up. I was... Read more Chevron

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Sara Nash

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posted 10/07/2008, comments (5)

Excerpt: I'm Just a Pill-popping Gal Who Likes To Shoot Up

Excerpted from The Single Gal's Guide to RA See the accompanying comic strip drawn by Jane Samborski Sundays for me have always served as relaxing, lazy days when I could sleep in, fix a big breakfast with a hot mug of coffee and hang about, maybe watching a movie or reading a good book. But now, accompanying... Read more Chevron

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Lene Andersen

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posted 09/24/2008, comments (4)

An Interview with Mea McNeil: Seeing Clearly

"I had to stop cold in order to wake up." M.E.A. McNeil, author of The First Year - Rheumatoid Arthritis: an Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed speaks of the RA flare that trapped her in bed, "unable to turn over ... watch television or read" with gratitude. Mea, as she's known, was diagnosed in 1993 after several years of... Read more Chevron

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Sara Nash

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posted 09/10/2008, comments (17)

Introducing Single Gal With RA: A Bang Up Year

Introducing Sara Nash, a newly 30 professional gal in NYC facing life with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Her blog will appear twice a month at MyRACentral.com along with a comic strip about her life as single in the city drawn by cartoonist Jane Samborski. About this time last year, my life was looking pretty good: I was finally living on my... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 09/05/2008, comments (2)

New FDA Warnings for TNF Inhibitors- What are the Fungal Diseases Involved?

What are the warnings? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just announced that the manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade must strengthen the existing “Black Box” warnings because of the risk of developing opportunistic fungal infections. These warnings are located in the Warnings and Precaution sections of the... Read more Chevron

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