This one is personal to me. I have had Juvenile Ideopathic Arthritis (JIA) since I was a kid and one thing I have learned is that there’s a whole lifetime of support required between juvenile-onset arthritis and what the general population consider as living with arthritis in older age. From […]
Your mental health and adjusting to disability go hand in hand. In this article, I talk openly about my struggle and how I must stop apologising for my health.
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My body was a land, once proud.Now but a weathered cliff,Eroded by time’s passing hand. My dreams have been diluted,By life’s watering can.It’s salty water seeps and rots all plans. My loves like the tide, they come, they go.My health an undercurrent,Passions ripped from the shallows. My mind, the sea […]
When the Govt. announced Shielding was to end in August, I said that I’d stay home until there was a vaccine – but social expectations makes this impossible
This Saturday, Government relaxing of the rules here in the UK is going to feel like a day to celebrate for many. But as one of the approximate 2.2m people who have been classed as ‘high risk’ and more or less confined to our homes since March under the guidance […]
A recent flare reminded me that arthritis is far wider reaching than physical pain and limitations alone. Alongside my independence, PsA deprives me of my confidence and interferes with relationships and friendships. This is my story of how I changed my default behavior and let the world into my arthritis […]
An event in 2014 changed my outlook on how I approached routine medical procedures and to this day, I still have ‘white coat syndrome’ whenever I enter a hospital. This is my story of when liver biopsies go wrong.
Recently, I interviewed Nanci Saad of My Autoimmune Adventures. I have been following Nanci’s Facebook blog for a number of months and she has also been a great supporter of my work.
This is her incredible story of managing multiple autoimmune conditions.
What does it feel like to be sick during a global pandemic? When everyone is helping, your arthritis makes you feel more like a burden.
Psoriatic arthritis (often shorted to ‘PsA’) is a type of arthritis that normally impacts people who have the more commonly known psoriasis skin condition.
Arthritis blogger, freelance writer and advocate who has had psoriatic-associated Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis from childhood. Raising awareness and sharing his experiences to help others, Joel specialises in parenting, pain and the mental health impact of living with chronic illness and writes for several leading charities and organisations.
