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Raynaud's Syndrome :(

#raynauds #raynaud's syndrome #autoimmine disease #autoimmune #cold hands #cold hands warm heart

When my elbow "flares" I call it my barbie doll arm, can't straighten it, can't fully bend it.

#rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease #elbow pain #my disease does not define me

Upper GI tract getting scoped, trying to get to the bottom of the constant nausea I suffer from. Hoping it's not the RA medications!

#gastroenterology

Swollen knee

#rheumatoid disease #Rheumatoid Arthritis #knee injury #joint pain

More visible inflammation (yeah, in case you can’t see it, it’s that red stripe on the top). Man my foot HURTS right now and that strip of red really burned when the hot water of the shower hit it.

#Rheumatoid Arthritis #rheumatoid disease #RA Inflammation

Allergy testing! My back itches SO BAD right now...

#allergy testing #allergy prick test #allergic #allergies

It's Wednesday! The day I take methotrexate. Anyone else get frustrated taking so many pills all the dang time?

#rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease #methotrexate

quotemadness

I think a lot of times we don’t pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

Amy Adams (via quotemadness) Or that they are well I would add!

If you are on disease-modifying drugs (humira, methotrexate, embrel, etc), do you get your blood work done? It’s important to make sure kidneys/liver are doing okay and that you are staying healthy

#rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease #disease modifying drugs #blood draws

Another day at the Rheumatologist office, does anyone else have the best days on doctor visit days? I'm in agony every other day but these ones.

Can’t always see RA/RD inflammation, and even here it’s still hard to see, but my wrist is so swollen that where my skin is stretched over my wrist bone it is white from lack of capillary blood. Hot to the touch as well and PAINFUL.

#Rheumatoid Arthritis #rheumatoid disease #invisible illness #RA #RD #RA/RD #RA Inflammation

quotemadness

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Mark Epstein (via quotemadness)

Chronic Illness Friendships:

#friendship #chronically ill #rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease

Or until my grouchy disposition changes, I like my attitude though.

Winter is usually RA’s worst enemy, cold really makes it “flare up” (I hate that terminology). I’ll never be able to jog again, but I can still snowshoe!

#rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease #limited mobility #still snowshoeing

It doesn't work like that. If this were true, then this would be a list of foods to AVOID for anyone with an autoimmune disease. Buts it's not, because claims like this are bogus.

#down with health culture #bogus science #rheumatoid arthritis #rheumatoid disease #autoimmine disease

Rheumatoid Awareness Day is coming up! February 2, 2016

#Rheumatoid Awareness Day #RA Awareness #rheumatoid arthritis

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