Arthritis doesn’t discriminate, it doesn’t even care if you have arthritis or not, it’s going to change your plans. Juvenile arthritis is particularly cruel.
In this post, I tell my story of juvenile arthritis for the first time.
Raising awareness of chronic illness
Arthritis doesn’t discriminate, it doesn’t even care if you have arthritis or not, it’s going to change your plans. Juvenile arthritis is particularly cruel.
In this post, I tell my story of juvenile arthritis for the first time.
As part of the two-week long promotion of ‘my story’ in partnership with Versus Arthritis, I was recently interviewed by the Eastern Daily Press. The article, which can also be found in the Norwich Evening News and Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury, is out now. Read here: 24 year battle with painful arthritis I found this…
I have posted various photos on my Instagram over the last few months that have prompted questions about my daily arthritis routine. So I thought I would go into a bit more detail as to what that looks like. It should be noted at this point that I’m no saint here. I can’t tell you…
At first I wrote to vent, share experiences and help others – and those core drivers still apply. However, now there’s a new fire burning in my stomach over this project. A desire to improve, inspire and see how far I can take this. I didn’t realise when I was writing crappy lyrics and poems…
I am nervous but I don’t think it’s fair that I should be. I’ve been pushing for help dealing with the pain for months now. The worst thing about this flare, the one that’s been raging a year now, is that I have been offered zero support compared to previous experiences. No physio, no hydro,…
Note that this blog carries on from a previous post, which can be found here: http://joelvsarthritis.co.uk/humira-treatment-update-1-week-in-signs-of-life/ At the time of writing this, I am taking my third Humira injection, so six weeks into the treatment and I very much have mixed emotions at this time. Writing that in itself is depressing for me given how…
At what should be a time for rest and recovery, do you put more pressure on yourself than your employer? Living with a chronic illness, you would have at some point needed some time off work. Whether that be due to treatment, a flare, hospitalisation or simply to rest. Perhaps it is just me and…
If you’re like me, you can have days where having a chronic illness and in particular, being in chronic pain, makes you a bit bitter and angry at the world. It’s ok to have a ‘feeling sorry for yourself day’ occasionally. However, it’s important to remember and be grateful for those days where things do…
Note that this post follows on from the a previous blog post which can be found here. It’s now been 9 days since I injected Humira again since the switch back. It’s not been the most straight forward introduction as those of you who follow this blog regularly will know, I’ve had a chest infection…