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Every week in my clinic, I hear the same worries voiced in different ways. A young woman asks if her rheumatoid arthritis means she can never have children.…
Every week in my clinic, I hear the same worries voiced in different ways. A young woman asks if her rheumatoid arthritis means she can never have children.…
A young professional visits me after suffering mouth ulcers every month for three years. She has tried mouthwashes, vitamin supplements, and diet changes. Nothing helps. Then, during one…
“Doctor, if my immune system is so smart, why is it attacking my own joints?” A patient with rheumatoid arthritis asked me this last week, and it is…
A young software engineer sits in my clinic, her rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis still fresh. She asks the question I hear almost weekly: “Doctor, when will I be completely…
“Doctor, I feel completely fine now. Do I really need these tests again?” I hear this in clinic almost every week, and I understand it deeply. When you…
“Doctor, my RF test came back positive. Does that mean I definitely have rheumatoid arthritis?” This is one of the most common questions I hear in clinic, usually…
“Doctor, I have lupus, so I should stay away from all vaccines, right?” This is one of the most common questions I hear in clinic, and it points…
A young mother sat across from me recently, eyes red, asking a question I hear almost every week. “Doctor, my daughter is only six. Will she get lupus…
“Doctor, my joints are swollen and painful, and you have given me an old tablet, not an injection. Will it even work?” This is one of the most…
A young software engineer sits across from me in clinic, her lupus well controlled on hydroxychloroquine, her blood work stable. But when I ask how she’s managing, tears…