New book offers hope to people living with rheumatoid arthritis

Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain is the ultimate guide to living well with this chronic, sometimes debilitating autoimmune disease. An accessible yet encyclopedic collection of information, Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis is essential to creating a good life, while meeting the challenges of living with rheumatoid arthritis.

This is an informative, honest and often very funny book. It offers hope, comfort and help to empower both the newly diagnosed and those who have had rheumatoid arthritis for years. Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis covers medication and treatment options, questions about opioids and addiction, down-to-earth tips to manage medication side effects, and techniques to control pain.

St. Lawrence neighbourhood resident Lene Andersen is an award-winning writer, health and disability advocate and photographer. She has had rheumatoid arthritis for over 40 years and has used a power wheelchair since her teens. Lene has a Masters Degree in Social Work and is the Community Leader of HealthCentral.com’s rheumatoid arthritis site. The combination of personal and professional experience lends a unique quality to her writing about living with rheumatoid arthritis, chronic illness and disability. Lene emphasizes empowerment and positivity, focusing on capability and finding joy.

Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tools for Managing Treatment, Side Effects and Pain e-book edition is available through Amazon, Kobo Books and iBooks. The paperback edition is available online at Amazon.

For more information, go to www.yourlifewithra.com.