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Doctor: Posterior Tibial Tendonitis Is “Extremely Common with Rheumatoid”

October 22, 2014October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 36 Comments Professional patient, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program for a brief discussion of posterior tibial tendonitis in “Rheumatoid Arthritis” (RA) / Rheumatoid Disease (RD). There is a long list of topics I want to cover, but sometimes the RD itself pushes other things farther down the page. This week, I continued to have problems putting weight on...Continue reading 36 Comments » Read more

Ciprofloxacin / Fluoroquinolone Tendon Dangers with Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 10, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 37 Comments Preventive Care with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Side effects for RA medicine

My brief story about ciprofloxacin and Rheumatoid Arthritis I got a kidney infection shortly after starting Enbrel. It was Good Friday 2009. My kidney hurt and fever spiked to 104.5, after 3 days of UTI. Before then, I’d only had a minor UTI with pregnancy. This is when my GP got the nickname “Good GP” because...Continue reading 37 Comments » Read more

Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Affect Tendons?

April 12, 2013May 14, 2018 Kelly O'Neill 56 Comments Research on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

Studying the effect of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on tendons As early as 1968, tendon involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis was recognized and investigated as seen in the abstract “Tendon Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis” in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases: Tenosynovitis is one of the common features of rheumatoid arthritis in the hand. It affects both the extensor and...Continue reading 56 Comments » Read more

10 Ways I Know RA Is Not Your Fault

November 19, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 15 Comments Living with chronic illness like RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms

RA is not your fault If you can’t avoid RA, then RA is not your fault… Media articles about rheumatoid disease (RD) / rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often imply that there are things people can do to either avoid getting the disease or to lower disease activity. Most of them present helpful tips to alleviate RA. From hand...Continue reading 15 Comments » Read more

Worst Things Doctors Say

April 25, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 52 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Talking to doctors

Telling my secrets on the worst things doctors say What’s the craziest thing a doctor ever told you? I have rarely discussed some of the worst things doctors say to me because I want RAW to be a positive place. But today, I’ll pull back the curtain and share a few of the worst things doctors...Continue reading 52 Comments » Read more

Trigger Finger in Rheumatoid Arthritis

April 4, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms, Talking to doctors

Trigger finger in rheumatoid arthritis / rheumatoid disease Trigger finger in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common visible effect of the disease. Fingers, to varying degrees, become stuck in a bent position, as in pulling a trigger. The joints are not actually fused when this occurs. But the tendons get caught in a tendon sheath (or...Continue reading 24 Comments » Read more

5 RA Facts Everyone Needs to Know

January 23, 2017October 5, 2019 Kelly O'Neill 18 Comments Communicating about RA, Physician-patient discordance / disagreement, Unrelenting RA - Persistent disease

Driven to uncover RA facts My search for facts about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) led me to build this website. So many questions. So much misinformation, blame, and confusion out there. It all contributed to my passion for uncovering RA facts and making them clear. I didn’t feel ready when I started writing this blog in 2009. There...Continue reading 18 Comments » Read more