Index

A quick guide to medical terminology

Tips & Science

Acronyms: Treatment acronyms

Air travel: Air travel with Humira or Enbrel, Summary for flying with Humira or Enbrel

Biologics: Air travel with Humira or Enbrel, Autoinjector or syringe?, Biologics explained, Biosimilars: What’s the buzz?, Enbrel Mini review, Humira, Enbrel, and cancer risk, My CVS Specialty experiences are certainly “special”, Why I stopped using Enbrel Mini

Bladder: How common are bladder problems with AS?, Foods for bladder pain

Clothes: Pants for interstitial cystitis or hip pain, Pants for pelvic pain, spring 2019, Is chest binding possible with arthritis?

Conferences: ACR18, JA Conference 2019, Walk to Cure Arthritis 2019

COVID: Coronavirus and biologics: some good news?, COVID-19 and immunosuppressants: new data, We don’t know if hydroxychloroquine is safe for COVID

Diagnosis: I don’t have a diagnosis date, My journey with spondylitis

Doctors: Trust your gut and get a second opinion!

Education: Applying for GRE accommodations

Exercise: My adventures pre-diagnosis, My adventures post-diagnosis, Weather and arthritis

Gaming: Arthritic gaming, Stardew Valley as a metaphor for fatigue

Gut: Spondylitis’s link to the gut

Kinesiology tape: Kinesiology tape for arthritis

Medication: (Also see Biologics or Side Effects) Does CBD work?, My CVS Specialty experiences are certainly “special”, The engineering of Xeljanz XR

Pants: Pants for interstitial cystitis or hip pain, More pants for pelvic pain (spring 2019)

Side effects: Humira, Enbrel, and cancer risk, Steroid injection side effects that aren’t talked about

Spondyloarthritis/spondylitis: My journey with spondylitis, What spondylitis is like

Treatment: Autoinjector or syringe?, Biologics explained, Biosimilars: What’s the buzz?, Does CBD work?, Enbrel Mini review, Humira, Enbrel, and cancer risk, Kinesiology tape for arthritis, Steroid injection side effects that aren’t talked about, Why I stopped using Enbrel Mini

Travel: Air travel with Humira or Enbrel, Disney with arthritis, Standing with chronic pain, Summary for flying with Humira or Enbrel, Weather and arthritis, What I think about when packing

Weather: Weather and arthritis

Stories

A problem with medical stereotypes
Alfred the Great was disabled
Balancing multiple diagnoses
“Disabled” doesn’t mean “unable”
I don’t have a diagnosis date
I’m going to grad school!
My CVS Specialty experiences are certainly “special”
Person-first and identity-first language: Is there a right answer?
STEM burnout: A student’s perspective
TREAT YOUR KIDS’ ARTHRITIS
We need to leave behind prejudiced science
Why I’m writing