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Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2022
Learning to Advocate for Myself and the Young Adult Community While Finding My Place as a Patient Partner at CARRA (Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance)
Ela Chintagunta¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang³, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, Chicago, IL, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN, ³Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of 13 when I was experiencing joint swelling in my lower body and my…
Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2022
Search for a New Rheumatologist; What Happened When My Trusted Rheumatologist Retired
Lawrence Phillips, Noblesville, IN
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 1999. In 2015 and 2019, two surgeons independently diagnosed me with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) following two…
Abstract Number: PP05 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Practical Tips to Heartfelt Encouragement: How Social Media Can Improve Quality of Life with Rheumatic Disease
Cheryl Crow¹ and Zoe Rothblatt², ¹Arthritis Life, Bellevue, WA, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Living with different autoimmune rheumatic diseases, we (Cheryl and Zoe) share similar struggles with disease management, and successes in learning new ways to use…
Abstract Number: PP01 • ACR Convergence 2022
Why Communication Is the Most Important Thing in Healthcare
India Murphy-Miller, Ardeer, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: My name is India I got diagnosed with JIA when I was 8 and I'm now about to turn 28 so as you can…
Abstract Number: PP14 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Use of Social Support as Treatment
Aleta McLean, Open Hand Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The months leading up to my diagnosis were frustrating. Initially my hair started falling out. I was told it was stress related. I was…
Abstract Number: PP17 • ACR Convergence 2022
Engaging with the Spoon Theory: How I Make Decisions Using a Cost-Benefit Analysis That Works to Improve My Mental Health While Living with RA
Stephanie Aleite, AiArthritis, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Patients living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often also live with comorbid mental health conditions. Regardless of diagnosed mental health condition, living with a chronic…
Abstract Number: PP13 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Becoming Engaged in My Care with Specialized Tools and Support Helped Me Find My Personal Lupus Triggers and Regain Control of My Health
Tonya Hinton-Green, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: My story begins in the ER where I was diagnosed with lupus right after my 22nd birthday.For the next 25 years I went from…
Abstract Number: PP21 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Lies Beneath: Making Rheumatoid Arthritis Visible for the Seronegative Patient Through Blood Work
Shilpa Venkatachalam, Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: When I first received my Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) diagnosis 5 years ago, I experienced a combination of relief and disbelief. Relief because now all…
Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: PP22 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients Raising Awareness for Patients – A Collaborative Partnership Between Take a Pain Check Foundation and Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
Natasha Trehan¹ and Laurie Proulx², ¹Take a Pain Check Foundation, Markham, ON, Canada, ²Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is a chronic disease that affects a child's school life and relationships, creating social isolation for youth and young adults. Take…
Abstract Number: 2274 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Disease Flare Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases – Results from the Physician-Reported EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) Registry
Bayram Farisoğulları¹, Saskia Lawson-Tovey², Kimme Hyrich³, Laure Gossec⁴, Loreto Carmona⁵, Anja Strangfeld⁶, Elsa Mateus⁷, Martin Schaefer⁸, Ana Maria Rodrigues⁹, Eric Hachulla¹⁰, Jose A Gomez-Puerta¹¹, Marta Mosca¹², Patrick Durez¹³, Ludovic Trefond¹⁴, Tiphaine Goulenok¹⁵, Martina Cornalba¹⁶, Emoke Šteňová¹⁷, Inita Bulina¹⁸, Eva Strakova¹⁹, Julija Zepa²⁰, Nicolas Roux²¹, Olivier Brocq²², Viellard Eric²³, Bernd Raffeiner²⁴, Gerd Burmester²⁵, Xavier Mariette²⁶ and Pedro Machado²⁷, ¹Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ²Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK AND National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁵Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁶Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷EULAR, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰University of Lille, LILLE, France, ¹¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁴Université Clermont Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, INSERM U1071, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁵APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁶Dipartimento di Reumatologia e Scienze Mediche, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia, ¹⁸Center of Rheumatology, Paul Stradins Clinical University hospital, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Hospital Prešov, Presov, Slovakia, ²⁰Riga Stradins University, Latvia, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Centre of Rheumatology, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ²¹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Robert Schuman, Metz, France, ²²Rheumatology- CH Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, ²³Private practice, St. Malo, France, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ²⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁶Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ²⁷University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To investigate the frequency and factors associated with disease flare following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in people with inflammatory/autoimmune rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMD).Methods: The…
Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Catherine Ames¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang¹, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…
Abstract Number: PP24 • ACR Convergence 2022
Planting Seeds of Self-Advocacy: Increasing Healthcare Engagement in Children and Adolescents Through Arthritis Camp
Kaye Anderson¹, Kristine Carandang² and Courtney Wells³, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, River Falls, WI, ²Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ³University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of ten. The constant battle between doctor appointments, pain, and medication side effects left…
Abstract Number: PP04 • ACR Convergence 2022
Invisible to Invincible: The Role of Virtual Events in Autoimmune Advocacy, Education and Community Building
Kara Wada, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: After years of ignoring my dry eyes and mouth, unrelenting fatigue, and body pain, an off-the-cuff comment from my dental hygienist finally pushed me…
Abstract Number: 2273 • ACR Convergence 2022
Waning Vaccine Response After Primary Vaccine Series: Results from the Covid19 Vaccine Response in Rheumatology Patients (COVER) Study
Amy Mudano¹, Gary Cutter², Ted Mikuls³, Geoffrey Thiele⁴, Mark Law⁴, Bart Hamilton⁴, Michael Zikry⁵, Kelly Y. Chun⁶, Monique Bastidas⁷, Michael George⁸, Lisa Williams⁹, Kevin Winthrop¹⁰, Mark Busch¹¹, Stanley Cohen¹², Roman Czubatyj¹³, Rajesh Kataria¹⁴, Reshma Khan¹⁵, Soha Mousa¹⁶, Jose Pando¹⁷, Elizabeth Perkins¹⁸, Shanmugapriya Reddy¹⁹, Delfin Santos²⁰, Joy Schechtman²¹, Frank Scott²², Sucharitha Shanmugam²³, Atul Singhal²⁴, John Tesser²⁵, John Tower²⁶, Swamy Venuturupalli²⁷, Sean Joseph Wollaston²⁸, Conrad Ziembinski²⁹ and Jeffrey Curtis³⁰, ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵LabCorp, Burlington, NC, ⁶Labcorp, Calabasas, CA, ⁷LabCorp, Northridge, CA, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Illumination Heath, Hoover, AL, ¹⁰Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹¹Family Arthritis Center-Jupiter, Jupiter, FL, ¹²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹³Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester Hills, MI, ¹⁴Southern Ohio, Wheelersburg, OH, ¹⁵Palm Beach Rheumatology and Wellness, Jupiter, FL, ¹⁶Arthritis and Rheumatology of Southwest Ohio, Liberty Township, OH, ¹⁷Rheumatology Consultants of DE, Lewes, DE, ¹⁸Rheumatology Care Center, Hoover, AL, ¹⁹Southwest Florida Rheumatology, Riverview, FL, ²⁰Rochester Rheumatology, Rochester Hills, MI, ²¹SunValley Arthritis Center, Peoria, AZ, ²²Arthritis Medical Center, Arroyo Grande, CA, ²³Rheumatology and Arthritis Care Center, Exton, PA, ²⁴Southwest Rheumatology Research, Mesquite, TX, ²⁵Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²⁶Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester, MI, ²⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁸Rheumatology Associates, North Hollywood, CA, ²⁹CZ Rheumatology, Coral Springs, FL, ³⁰Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Given possible increased risk of COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune conditions, there is a need to better understand the immunogenicity and safety of SARS-CoV-2…

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