Patients get enough relief after taking their DMARDs to think it is working well, and they they feel significantly better than when they don’t take it.
The meds don’t last the full 7 days. I can feel good up until day 4. By the end, I’m in pain again – RA, NYC
Since I’ve started treatment, there’s a huge difference in how I feel. There’s a difference between good and bad days. Before, there were more bad days – RA, NYC
There’s a huge difference between me now on medication and before I started taking anything. I feel bad now, but before was unbearable – RA, Dallas
Before, I could not put on my underwear. I can do that now. So my medication is working – PSA, Chi
I’m at a 5 on scale of 1-10 – PsA, Chi
For most, there is an assumption that their current …show more content…
That’s the lightbulb moment – RA, NYC
I talk about what’s changed. I keep a journaWhen joint damage is modified as irreversible joint damage and irreversible is made emphatic with ‘as soon as joint damage happens, it can’t be undone,’ it alters Patients’ perspectives on joint damage.
Wow, what’s done is done. That really helped change my mind – RA, NYC
Once the joint damage happens, there is nothing that can be done about it. That makes me want to do something about it – RA, Dallas
I knew it, but I was able to push it out of my mind. With the idea of once it’s done it cant be undone, it’s slapping you in the face – RA, NYC
I don’t think I took joint damage as seriously as I should have – PsA, NYC
You know it is happening, but it doesn 't’t seem urgent. When I focus on the irreversible part, it seems more important – RA, Chi
The rephrasing moves joint damage out of the doctor’s office and directly into Patients’ lives. They do not want damage that cannot be undone because this is the future they fear. If it can’t be undone, then they are crippled, immobilized and dependent.
This part caused me to rethink joint damage – this was scary – RA,
The meds don’t last the full 7 days. I can feel good up until day 4. By the end, I’m in pain again – RA, NYC
Since I’ve started treatment, there’s a huge difference in how I feel. There’s a difference between good and bad days. Before, there were more bad days – RA, NYC
There’s a huge difference between me now on medication and before I started taking anything. I feel bad now, but before was unbearable – RA, Dallas
Before, I could not put on my underwear. I can do that now. So my medication is working – PSA, Chi
I’m at a 5 on scale of 1-10 – PsA, Chi
For most, there is an assumption that their current …show more content…
That’s the lightbulb moment – RA, NYC
I talk about what’s changed. I keep a journaWhen joint damage is modified as irreversible joint damage and irreversible is made emphatic with ‘as soon as joint damage happens, it can’t be undone,’ it alters Patients’ perspectives on joint damage.
Wow, what’s done is done. That really helped change my mind – RA, NYC
Once the joint damage happens, there is nothing that can be done about it. That makes me want to do something about it – RA, Dallas
I knew it, but I was able to push it out of my mind. With the idea of once it’s done it cant be undone, it’s slapping you in the face – RA, NYC
I don’t think I took joint damage as seriously as I should have – PsA, NYC
You know it is happening, but it doesn 't’t seem urgent. When I focus on the irreversible part, it seems more important – RA, Chi
The rephrasing moves joint damage out of the doctor’s office and directly into Patients’ lives. They do not want damage that cannot be undone because this is the future they fear. If it can’t be undone, then they are crippled, immobilized and dependent.
This part caused me to rethink joint damage – this was scary – RA,