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Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Advocating for My Autoimmune Disease Led Me to Desire to Pursue a Career in Rheumatology
Brooklyn Johnson¹ and Kathleen Collins², ¹Memphis, TN, ²LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: The summer before my senior year, I developed a faint rash on my face and my arms. At a dermatology appointment, I pointed this…
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: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2022
We Became Advocates, Educators, and a Support System for Hispanic/Latino Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Caregivers Through Involvement in a Virtual Patient Advisory Board
Zucy Almonacid¹, Wigna Cruz², Francisca Garcia³, Teresa Hernandez⁴, Velia Martinez⁵, Patricia Mattos³, Mario Mutis⁶ and Denise Serrano⁷, ¹Hicsville, NY, ²Juan Diaz, PR, ³Lake Worth, FL, ⁴Greenacres, FL, ⁵Guaynabo, PR, ⁶Fort Pierce, FL, ⁷Toa Alto, PR
Background/Purpose: Each of us has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), from as recently as one year ago to as long as 20 years ago.…
Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coordination of Care by a Healthcare Team for Unexpected and Unusual Side Effects Occurring During a Global Pandemic
Laura Genoves, Arthritis Foundation, Bainbridge Island, WA
Background/Purpose: I am a patient who lives with moderate to severe RA. My quality of life is dependent on medications such as a biologic, DMARDs…
Abstract Number: PP18 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Devastated to Empowered: How Patient Engagement in Research Changes Lives
Eileen Davidson, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In April of 2015 I was a 29 year-old single mom diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA wasn't unknown to me; my aunt who…
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: PP16 • ACR Convergence 2022
Please Hear Me: How Effective Provider-Patient Communication Improved My Psoriatic Arthritis
Ashley Krivohlavek, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: At age 12, I was diagnosed with psoriasis (PsO) followed by a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) at age 30. I'm now 38. In…
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: 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: 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: PP20 • ACR Convergence 2022
‘It Is Due to Stress’ – But Which Type of Stress? Cumulative childhood stress is a risk factor for autoimmune disease
Melissa Allman, Michigan State University, Meridian Charter Township, MI
Background/Purpose: Trauma can have profound detrimental influences on our health and well-being. I am tangibly familiar with how trauma can impact the individual due to…
Abstract Number: PP02 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient Mobilization for Vaccine Access and Improved Care During the COVID Pandemic
Marie-Claude Beaulieu¹, Ines Colmegna², Nathalie Amiable³, Jean Légaré⁴ and Paul Fortin⁵, ¹Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³CHU de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁴QC, Canada, ⁵CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID pandemic was particularly difficult for persons like me living with rheumatoid arthritis and immunosuppressed. I had to impose myself months of isolation…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Brain Functional Connectivity to the Insula Is Associated with Nociplastic Pain in Psoriatic Arthritis
Flavia Sunzini¹, Kristian Stefanov¹, Salim Al-Wasity¹, Steven E Harte², Richard E Harris², Daniel J Clauw², Stefan Siebert³, Carl Goodyear¹, Gordon Waiter⁴ and Neil Basu¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pain is a hallmark feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA); however, its apparent multi-factorial nature makes it difficult for rheumatologists to assess and manage. Clinically,…
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: PP25 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Denial of Spondyloarthritis to Becoming a Support Group Leader and Medical Doctor of Rheumatology: A Patient’s Perspective
Shung Chiu¹ and Mei Nee Chiu², ¹Spondylitis Association of America, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, ²University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Background/Purpose: From being a table tennis champion to getting into medical school, I thought my life was smooth sailing. But little did I know it…

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