RA is almost 3 times as common in women, so it’s one of those diseases that sometimes gets downplayed. Unlike “chronic Lyme,” it’s a real, uncontroversial, well-documented disease. Flare-ups, or flares, are a big part of it — you’re fine until all of a sudden you can barely function. Depending on the joints affected,…

My husband is a lymphoma survivor. R-CHOP (with the R being Rituxan) is a common chemotherapy cocktail for treating lymphoma. He also got “maintenance” doses of Rituxan as part of a clinical trial to see if it keeps him (and others) in remission longer. I don’t know much about off-label use of medications, but with RA…

Her struggle with Rheumatoid Arthritis is so vastly different from Brooks’ (who lied that he was sick) and Yolanda’s (who is unwell, but claims to have a disorder that science-based medicine does not recognize) cases. The comparison doesn’t seem to fit. RA is a well-established autoimmune disorder, not a medical…

One of my friends has RA and is on chemo. I’m going to continue to use that term because that’s how her Dr explained it to her, and that’s how she best understands it.

I can’t believe this article overlooked the most important medical tragedy to hit Bravo - that time on Vanderpump Rules when Scheana hurt her tooth and had to have ORAL SURGERY!

Um yes, many RA or other arthritis patients can and do rightfully say we’re receiving chemo. Methotrexate is a chemotherapy agent. Here’s the problem: when people hear arthritis, they think of grandma with a sore thumb. The reality is people with autoimmune arthritis are sick every damn day, with joint pain and…