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12 Tips to Take the Guilt Out of Parenting with Chronic Illness (from a Single Mom with Rheumatoid Arthritis) – Creaky Joints

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

“I’m nowhere near perfect and learning more and more every year,” says Eileen Davidson. Here’s a list of what helps her survive being a single mom with rheumatoid arthritis.

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What It’s Like to Have a Mom with Rheumatoid Arthritis – Through the Perspective of an Almost 8 Year Old.

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis through the eyes of my child.

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Parenting During Coronavirus Is Not Easy, Especially as an Immunosuppressed Single Mom

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on April 13, 2020October 27, 2020

Learn more about what it is like to be a single mother with rheumatoid arthritis and #parenting a young son during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Plea to the World from an Immunosuppressed Single Mom to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve – Creaky Joints

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on March 17, 2020July 29, 2020

I can tell you this with utmost certainty: I am nowhere near ready to not be there for my 7-year-old son Jacob.

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The Pain Diaries: 2019 A Year of Kicking Arthritic Ass

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on January 2, 2020May 17, 2020

If I’m going to be the sick girl, I might as well kick ass at it, every arthritic step forward.

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The Pain Diaries: What it's like to be a Single Mom with Rheumatoid Arthritis During the Holidays

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on December 27, 2019May 17, 2020

Chronic illness doesn’t care what time of year it is. Just because it is the holidays doesn’t mean it’s going to take a break.

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‘You Can’t Spell Gratitude Without RA’: One Patient’s Journey to Finally Accepting a Positive Outlook

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on November 25, 2019October 27, 2020

‘A positive mindset will not cure my RA, but it will make it (and myself) a lot easier to live with.’

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It's Really Hard To Explain Something Invisible – Health Central Feature

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on November 19, 2019

My earliest symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed up when I was also dealing with…

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  • Chronic Illness

This Is How My Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects My 6-Year-Old Son

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on October 8, 2019October 27, 2020

Chronic illness does not only affect the person living with the disease but also their loved ones.

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The Pain Diaries: Bilateral Laparoscopic Salpingectomy

  • by Chronic Eileen
  • Posted on July 24, 2019

My first surgery since my diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis is not a joint replacement surgery. Can I say I am oddly a little proud of this?

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Happy #420 to my toker friends! A little history of me and cannabis: I did not start smoking it until I was 30. I was not into it before my #RheumatoidArthritis diagnosis but that diagnosis changed my mind quite quickly. Cannabis helps me with so many parts of living with chronic illness, from medication side effects to symptoms to my mental health and creativity. It has also replaced alcohol as a form of recreation for me. Cannabis is a regular medicine for me on a daily basis now. How about you? How are you celebrating 420 in a pandemic?
Who feels this one? So frustrating. I want to do so much but my body says otherwise. Some days I feel trapped because of this.
How to put yourself in an RA flare: Paint 4 rooms in 3 days! At least my bedroom is a gorgeous jade tone. Soon I will have a beautiful new room to flare in.
My latest on @creaky_joints is about the pesky symptom of #rheumatoidarthritis not talked about enough - Malaise! Do you feel like you have the flu a lot but don't actually? You're not alone.
Took my @urbanpoling to Wreck Beach today!
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