Navigating Medicare With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Parts A, B, C, D, and then there’s supplemental parts with many more letters… feeling lost? Which Medicare plans will you need for your RA, how do you get coverage for the meds and care you need, and how will you know it all? In my new article for HealthCentral, I break it all down…
5 Great Blogs from RDBlog Week
Last week, 31 bloggers came together to write about rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or, as some prefer, rheumatoid disease (RD to reflect the systemic nature of the beast. Every day had a different topic and every day, I’d read through the entries, in awe of the talent and passion of all who participated. Here are five…
How Michael Kuluva Raises Awareness About RA and Disability Through Fashion
I was really excited to speak with Michael Kuluva, creator of Tumbler and Tipsy, about how he raises awareness of rheumatoid arthritis through his fashion. He also showed us some examples from his 2019 Spring/Summer collection, just fresh off the runway at New York Fashion Week
August #AskLene: Living and Coping with Pain
This afternoon, during my monthly #AskLene, we talked about living with pain and coping with pain. We had a really lively discussion that is continuing on the Facebook post. Do you have a topic you’d like me to talk about in future forecasts? Please leave it in the comments
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Options
Confused about which treatment does what for rheumatoid arthritis? My new piece for HealthCentral looks at rheumatoid arthritis treatment options: “Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in joints and other systems of the body, including internal organs. Untreated, it can cause significant damage to your body, often leading to progressive…
11 Tips to Deal with Nausea with Chronic Illness
Updated March 29,2020 Queasy. Green around the gills. Nauseated. If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there’s a very good chance you know nausea. For that matter, anyone with autoimmune arthritis or other types of chronic illness probably knows it, too. Between the effects of the condition itself and the medication to treat it, most of…
Sexual Side Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds
You take the medications to feel better, so you can live well with rheumatoid arthritis. And when you think of side effects, it’s mostly things like nausea and fatigue that come to mind. No one ever expects the medications to mess with your sex life. But they can. In my new article for HealthCentral, and…
Taking Pride in Your RA Body
When you have rheumatoid arthritis, celebrating your body is a revolutionary idea. I wrote about that journey in my new article for HealthCentral: “When you think of the feelings you have toward your body, especially connected to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is pride one of them? For most, the answer is no. Living with the changes…
Can Antibiotics Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Have you ever heard that antibiotics can treat RA? I investigate in my new article for HealthCentral: “When your doctor presents you with treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it’s natural to feel more than a bit overwhelmed. That’s when many of us start consulting the deep recesses of a search engine. And that’s where…
Life After Pregnancy and Childbirth With RA
Women with RA used to not have children. But with advances in medication, this is no longer the case. So how do you cope with the period just after birth and taking care of your baby? My new article on HealthCentral covers it all: “The time directly after your baby is born —postpartum — can…
How I Cope with Taking Medication for My Chronic Conditions
Let’s get this out of the way first: no one likes taking medication. If my fairy godmother showed up in a sparkling red off the shoulder number (because my fairy godmother rocks) and offered to waive her magic wand over anything in my life, of course my first choice would be to magick away my…
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