When RD treatment gets scary
[Editor’s Note: This post was first published recently on the excellent RheumatoidArthritis.net website. You can read it, and many other posts by myself and an incredibly informed tribe of RD...
View ArticleOK, more art.
Hi, gang! I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve been creating more artwork over the last several weeks and like all artists, I want to show it off to someone other than my mother and my cats. Thanks for...
View ArticleWeasel Words
I believe the two most disheartening words you can hear from a doctor are “chronic pain.” As in “You have chronic pain.” Or worse, “You just have chronic pain.” This was what a rheumatologist, one of...
View ArticleHelping those in medical need due to Hurricane Harvey
Originally posted on xCarla's Corner: The Global Healthy Living Foundation (http://www.ghlf.org) has sent a list of links below that can provide assistance to those needing medical assistance in the...
View ArticleI Disagree with Prime Therapeutics’ Reports That May Limit Access to...
Originally posted on xCarla's Corner: I’ve been seething since I read Prime Therapeutics’ October 17 news release asserting that patients are being prescribed biologics outside of American College of...
View ArticleUmbrellas for RA’s Soul-Rain
I’m a winter-person. I’ve always loved chilly weather and wild, rainy storms. Even after my rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis 30 years ago, when I lived in cold, dark, wet Northern Germany, I loved...
View ArticleDear Prescription Opioid Debaters:
Originally posted on BeingCharis: Dear debaters, I am a 30 year old who inherited a lifelong inflammatory disease called ankylosing spondylitis (AS). AS can cause the spine to fuse together from bone...
View ArticleLawmakers take aim at PBM practices
Originally posted on xCarla's Corner: One of the things that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) do is prohibit pharmacists from telling patients when they could save money by paying cash rather than...
View ArticleMy RA Toolbox
My hands were giving me some guff recently (as they do). I was wearing my favorite compression gloves already, I’d applied over-the-counter lidocaine cream, and I’d swallowed a dose of acetaminophen...
View ArticleAddressing “Painstipation”
This is a sponsored post. Salix Pharmaceuticals provided me with a stipend and paid for my travel and accommodations related to the event described below. All opinions are my own. “Painstipation,” or...
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