My name is Kayla, I am 25 years old and have lived with arthritis for over half my life. I attended Pain Education Day at the International Symposium for Pediatric Pain last month, and it was not what I initially expected. I didn't realize I would have the opportunity to meet so many other [...]
When I first heard of the medication Ondansetron, I couldn’t help but think about how its name sounded like a character from the Transformers movies. While this medication doesn’t fight space aliens or have a special effects budget, it does hold the capacity to TRANSFORM lives. How might you ask?Methotrexate is a [...]
Inspired by the Roald Dahl Charity’s Marvellous Nurse Inventing Rooms, on August 23rd, we hosted our very own C+F Inventing Room to ask the community and together envision what our C+F Injection Coping Kits should include. With the help of medical experts, parents and youth, we dove in and got to work! We started [...]
Register Today! We hope you will join us at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon this October to run/walk in support of juvenile arthritis research and support programs. With both virtual and in-person participation options available, we can’t wait to lace up with friends, families, healthcare professionals and coworkers to step closer towards a pain-free future [...]
Register Today! We hope you to see you in London on Sunday, September 24th, at Gibson's Park, to add one more voice in the fight for more research, awareness, connection, and support for affected kids and families. Participate in-person or join us virtually to raise awareness and fundraise right from your own neighbourhood! Team [...]
Register Today! We hope you to see you at the Windsor Legion on Sunday, October 1st, to add one more voice in the fight for more research, awareness, connection, and support for affected kids and families. Participate in-person or join us virtually to raise awareness and fundraise right from your own neighbourhood! Team Cassie + [...]
Register Today! Its Team Cassie + Friends FIRST-EVER Run/Walk in Saskatoon on Saturday, September 9th. We hope you to see you in Victoria Park, to add one more voice in the fight for more research, awareness, connection, and support for affected kids and families. Participate in-person or join us virtually to raise awareness and fundraise [...]
Register Today! We hope you to see you in Edmonton on Saturday, September 9th, to add one more voice in the fight for more research, awareness, connection, and support for affected kids and families. Participate in-person or join us virtually to raise awareness and fundraise right from your own neighbourhood! Team Cassie + Friends [...]
Hi! My name is Hayley. I was diagnosed with JIA at the age of 13. Around age 12 I realized that I could not straighten my fingers. Young me was very medically inclined, so after some googling, I diagnosed myself with arthritis. It took a long time to convince the adults in my life [...]
Hello there! My name is Emily Bessey. I am 19 years old and live in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. My journey with JIA and TMJ started way back in 2009 when I was just 6 years old. I would go to school limping, hardly able to walk, but return home at the end of [...]
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