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Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day – February 2

February 2, 2016 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Rheumatoid Disease Awareness Day – February 2

The alarm goes off on my iPhone at 5:45am most mornings. As I open my eyes and turn the annoying alarm off, the next thing I do as I slowly get out of bed is assess my joints and see if I hurt anywhere. The main areas where the pain will occur are in my hands, shoulders, knees, and hips. Rarely, the ...

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Filed Under: Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: #TheRealRD, RA, rheumatoid arthritis

What happened to care and compassion?

June 26, 2015 by Alecia 3 Comments

What happened to care and compassion?

I have always been a bit temperamental when it comes to the medical profession. I have been known to walk out of offices when I have not been seen past my appointment time. I'm not talking half an hour, I'll give them an hour and then I usually start thinking of walking out. However, if I'm late to ...

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Filed Under: Health, Life, Thoughts Tagged With: da vinci surgery, doctor, hysterectomy, medical profession

Infographic – Keeping Carbs Low

April 23, 2014 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Infographic – Keeping Carbs Low

Living the low carb life can be hard at first. Above are some great tips to keep in mind when you are transitioning to low carb or you need to switch things up a bit and add more variety to your low carb diet. There are many products out there that will allow you to continue enjoying the carb ...

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Filed Under: Health, Weight Loss Surgery

5 Simple Ways to Keep Carbs Low

March 31, 2014 by Alecia Leave a Comment

5 Simple Ways to Keep Carbs Low

One of the hardest parts about eating a low carb diet is finding alternatives that will satisfy your carb cravings without derailing your diet. It is often a hard adjustment to drop your carb level down and increase your protein. Sometimes protein just doesn't satisfy you the way some carbs would. ...

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Filed Under: Health, Low Carb, Recipes, Weight Loss Surgery Tagged With: carbs

One Year with Rheumatoid Arthritis

January 30, 2014 by Alecia 5 Comments

One Year with Rheumatoid Arthritis

  A year ago, I didn't know much about Rheumatoid Arthritis. What I did know, scared me to be honest. It has been a very challenging first year with this auto immune disease and I was also told I have Fibromyalgia on top of the RA. One year with Rheumatoid Arthritis has presented a lot of ...

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Filed Under: Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: rheumatoid arthritis

Roller Skating Gave Me Rheumatoid Arthritis?

October 1, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Roller Skating Gave Me Rheumatoid Arthritis?

I was sitting down talking with my daughter, who is 7, about my Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) one afternoon. I was trying to explain to her how it makes me hurt and keeps me from doing things. I thought the conversation went well and she understood until one evening shortly after that when she was going ...

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Filed Under: Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: children, Family, RA, rheumatoid arthritis

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