Motherhood is hard. If you’re blessed to be a mother, you love your kids, but you know that the balance in your life is now in is a delicate one. You no longer have the time to yourself that you used to, and if you’re a working mama too—well, then forget it! As a mom
Dear New Mama, Did you just take a test and see those two little lines? Are you looking forward to your very first ultrasound? Are you already thinking about how you’ll decorate your nursery? Are you worried if you’ll be enough? Are you scared that your Rheumatoid Arthritis will keep you from being the mother
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? It’s a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that is differentiated as persistent symmetric irritation of multiple peripheral joints. The disease leads to aggressive cartilage devastation and bony erosions. This disease is particular from the most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases. RA said to be a disease of the immune system. If someone has
A friend recently sent me an article from The Atlantic titled “The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses,” and it really hit home! As a military wife, I have made sacrifice after sacrifice my husband Leston’s military career. We are a patriotic family, and I am proud of my husband’s commitment to his family, career,
Trust me, I’ve been here. When you first get diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), it’ll feel like the end of the world. But first things first, don’t get all hysterical and think that your life is over. It is what it is When I was first diagnosed with Juvenile RA, I was 16. At that
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has brought on a host of symptoms that sometimes make it feel like it’s impossible to live the life I used to. But reducing these symptoms is a step towards taking back my life and reducing that inflammation that makes me feel as though I can’t go on. Read below
Military relocation is, frankly, part of the military, but adding in autoimmune disease makes it all the more complex. I swear life just slaps me in the face sometimes with this chaos, and I’m not quite sure what to do about it. Why’s it moving so hard? Well, let me tell you. Junk. Maybe it’s
Generally, childcare is a difficult task even though it depends largely on the ages of the children. As a working mother, living with RA – whether moderate or severe – seems to be an everyday challenge and an unrelenting nightmare to overcome. How do you cope as a mother with RA that has pain in
As a mother with Rheumatoid Arthritis, every day has its own challenges. But what about the challenges presented to your own child? How do genetics play a role in what your child is at risk for? As soon as I had my daughter, my first concern was how I would handle taking care of her,
There is a great importance of living a healthy lifestyle; it helps to maintain good health and prevent diseases. A healthy lifestyle is rather simple to succeed – there is no need to do something unique to adopt a better way of life. In this blog, we are going to cover the importance of a
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