Being single and sick has its challenges- there isn’t always someone around who can help you open bottles, zip up zippers or carry your groceries up a flight of stairs.  On the other hand, dealing with being sick on your own allows you to put off worrying about some of RA’s future implications until some undetermined date in the faraway future, particularly when it comes to one subject: how will having rheumatoid arthritis impact my ability to have and care for a baby?

Since I was as...