A Beginner’s Guide to RA: How To Read a Study
My new post for HealthCentral deconstructs how to read a research article: “How do you interpret a research study? Staying informed about rheumatoid arthritis, treatments and other aspects of living with the disease is a big part of becoming empowered. Finding that information often involves learning more about RA research, even reading articles about studies…
Brave New World of Awareness
A few weeks ago, I received an email from Kelly suggesting people in the RA community write blog posts on what rheumatoid awareness means to them, just in time for the February 2 Rheumatoid Awareness Day. More specifically, she asked “what difference do you think it would make if Rheumatoid Disease were recognized for what…
The Rollercoaster: A Guestpost by Kim P. Miller
Today is really special for me. I met Kim P Miller last year when I interviewed her about her book Living with Juvenile Arthritis: A Parent’s Guide. We share a passion for raising awareness about juvenile arthritis, coming at it from different perspectives. I as an adult with JA, she is a parent of two…
Help Me Stay Healthy – Stay Home
It’s flu season — do you know where your germs are? I’ll tell you where they are: over here, making me sick! The Ontario Medical Association recently released a statement encouraging people to stay home when they’re sick and asking employers to not require doctor’s notes: Employers should encourage workers to stay home when sick…
Corrupting Youthful Minds
When I was young(er), I very much wanted to be a teacher. As I was finishing my Masters degree in Social Work, I seriously considered going on to do a PhD in Sociology. And then I realized that if you counted from grade 1, I’d spent 27 years in school and that was enough for…
Opioids: Friend, Foe or… Neither?
Crack-down on kitchen knives! New law limits number of kitchen knives per household: Measures protect Americans, save lives! Need a new knife? Show ID! Hardware stores reduce number of kitchen knives to 15 per month, refuse to sell all in stock to any one individual. “What would happen to others who needed a knife to…
Interview on RheumaBlog
I’ve known Wren for years. She calls her RA the Dragon and she writes like a dream. Reading her posts on RheumaBlog always makes me feel centered and as if I’ve learned something new. And today, she hosts a Q&A with me about My background, life with RA, depression and oh yeah, a few questions…
Show Us Your Hands! Seeks Director of Finance
Are you passionate about raising awareness about inflammatory arthritis? Have you been looking for a unique opportunity to work with a close-knit team of dedicated people who like to laugh while they work hard? Do you get numbers? If so, this may be perfect for you! Show Us Your Hands! is looking for a new…
In Which I Sound like an Old Fart
Before I start being opinionated, I would like it known that when I was a child, I did not actually walk to school for miles in blizzards, nor was it uphill both ways. That said, we have become wimps. Winter in Toronto has so far been very winter-ish. It started a good four weeks early…
Moods of A Frozen Lake, III
This is the last post in a tirptych. Also see Part I and Part II. When I showed my mother some of the photos from my trip to the lake during the brief respite from the cold, she said “wow, that’d look amazing in sunshine!” Sigh. The next day, we were back in the deep…
Moods of A Frozen Lake, II
After the icestorm and several days in the deep freeze, we had a respite of above-freezing temperatures. So naturally, I had to head to the water again to see what it’d done to the lake. It’s possible that after my first excursion to the frozen lake, I’d become a bit obsessed. This time, the dock…