My RA Life

Taking the Road Least Traveled. One Day at a Time.

I'm Sissy Slater.

I am 52 years old and was diagnosed in 2019 with rheumatoid arthritis. This blog is to track my journey of refusal to live with Big Pharma as my only alternative and navigating life with chronic pain and autoimmune disease

Latest on the Blog

01

Round-A-Bout

I started this blog several years ago hoping to journal my journey with RA both for myself as well as to encourage others to not

02

I am Blessed

This morning I was in the shower getting ready for work and I thought “I’m blessed”. Why you ask? Well let me tell you. I

03

Detox

I have lost count of how much blood work I have endured since 2019. I have been poked and prodded and it gets old. But

04

You Can’t Wait to be Happy.

In 2020 a young woman who was a singer and songwriter, who went by the name Nightbirde, appeared on America’s Got Talent. While she was