Orange County, California
103 Members
Live Yes! Connect Groups offer local connections, education and empowerment. Adults living with arthritis from our local community come together for professional- and volunteer-led sessions on a variety of topics, as well as fun group activities.
We offer a place of understanding and encouragement for both people living with arthritis and their loved ones. Group participants become self-advocates, develop self-management skills and learn how to not just survive life with arthritis but to thrive.
Upcoming Events
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Wednesday, April 30th, 20257:00 PM PDT1h 30m
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Virtual Event
- 4 people attending
Let's get together to socialize and discuss how we are doing. Feel free to bring any questions you have about life with arthritis, and we'll support each other. We can also discuss potential topics for future meetings.
Friends, family and care partners are always welcome to join meetings.
We respect privacy and confidentiality and do not record our online meetings.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate via video or phone. Being on video is not required, nor is having a Zoom account. A confirmation email with the Zoom link will be sent upon registration. If you do not receive the registration confirmation, please check your spam folder. Please plan to log in a few minutes early.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Thursday, April 24th, 2025
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Virtual Event
- Event List
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Wednesday, April 30th, 20257:00 PM PDT1h 30m
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Virtual Event
- 4 people attending
Let's get together to socialize and discuss how we are doing. Feel free to bring any questions you have about life with arthritis, and we'll support each other. We can also discuss potential topics for future meetings.
Friends, family and care partners are always welcome to join meetings.
We respect privacy and confidentiality and do not record our online meetings.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate via video or phone. Being on video is not required, nor is having a Zoom account. A confirmation email with the Zoom link will be sent upon registration. If you do not receive the registration confirmation, please check your spam folder. Please plan to log in a few minutes early.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Thursday, April 24th, 2025
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Virtual Event
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Saturday, April 26th, 2025
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
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Virtual Event
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
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Virtual Event
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Saturday, May 31st, 2025
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Thursday, June 12th, 2025
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Thursday, June 26th, 2025
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Virtual Event
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Thursday, July 10th, 2025
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Saturday, September 6th, 2025
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Sunday, September 21st, 2025
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Hi Connect Group Members,
I am reaching out to share a unique invitation open only to Connect Group Members. The Arthritis Foundation is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6 pm ET entitled, "Arthritis Foundation & American College of Rheumatology Research and Treatment Showcase." This exclusive webinar is only open to Connect Group Members and aims to provide patients with accessible and impactful insights from the 2024 American College of Rheumatology Convergence conference, focusing on key research and information that can enhance patient-provider relationships and improve patient care. Register today!
Register: https://https://joinus.arthritis.org/event/acrshowcase/summary
Just thought I would send the link to the Newly Diagnosed Group Event that starts a series that may be of interest this evening. Note the time for our area is 4:30 pm PDT to start.
https://connectgroups.arthritis.org/events/event-detail?eventid=225938
We hope you will also be joining us for our Orange County Connect Group event on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7 pm - 8:30 pm PDT,
Mary Michaels, Co-facilitator - Live Yes! Connect Group, Orange County, CA
[email protected] | Mobile: 714-824-0542
Temecula wineries are where it's at! Come join me for water...lol...and watching others drink! We could share a yummy charcuterie board... :-)
Hello Evelyn!
Welcome to the Orange County, CA Live Yes! Connec Group! You will be receiving some personal email from myself and Susan as a new member. You may use this Dicussion Board area to post questions or thoughts to share. If you wish to contact myself or Susan or both, you may do so by clicking on our icons on the group page or use the contact information in our personal e-mail messages to you.
We look forward to seeing you at future events via Zoom!
Mary Michaels, Co-Facilitator, Live Yes! Connec Group, Orange County, CA
Hello, just diagnosed with an aggressive form of bilateral RA-that means it spreads through both sides of my body. I would love some help and ideas. I started methotrexate last night and my pain more than doubled about 6 hours later. It's the weekend so I'm not sure what to do. Any tips are appreciated.
Aloha, I a new here. I am pretty confused about Arthritis. Just reaching out to meet others. Aloha,
Hi Tom C ,
Our Oange County group is not very active wth members at this time so I want to put you in touch with the West Los Angeles Live Yes! Connect Group. You can join as many groups as you like.
Also I will email you the contact information of the West Los Angeles group facilitator. She has an active group and I have been joining her group each month for events and meetings via Zoom. But this month the West LA group is meeting in person, so that means our Orange County group will not be connecting with them this month.
Look in your email for the information on contacting the West LA facilitator, Haydee Sedlmeir via email and she can help get you connected with some folks and offer some other suggestions.
Many thanks,
Mary Michaels , Live Yes! Connect Group, Orange County, CA
[email protected]
(714) 824-0542 - mobile
Anyone here with personal experience with osteoarthritis in the knees and treatment options? Looking for information and learning how to advocate for myself with my doctors. Thank you
Hello, I am new to the group and don't see a lot of comments or post. Maybe I am not accessing this site in the correct way. Please let me know how you guys are communicating if at all thanks
Welcome Monica!
This is a the discussion area and you are doing it correctly. I am the group facilitator, Mary Michaels. I started the group last year, and while it seems like we have a lot of members, they don't talk here for some reason. Folks don't even post about themselves on their profile much. I am here if you want or need to chat. And we can see if we can get the rest of the group to join in. I've been co-hosting meetings with the West Los Angeles group over the last year. They have monthly Zoom meetings where the first half is an educational presentation by an expert in the medical field or an exercise expert or a relaxation exercise expert, etc.. and then we all share how we are doing in general for the secon half of the meeting. Our group is still growing so joining the activities of the more established group in West LA has worked for now, but we can totally do our own thing too. I've been meaning to. What would you like to learn about? Or groups can just gather on Zoom and talk and have some fun too. What kinds of things would you like to have in the group? So glad you joined! - Mary
Can anyone that is on Humira give me more info on side effects. My Doctor has suggested this medication but I am not sure.
I haven't figured out how to create a post I'm just trying to figure this out. Are there any in person support groups in Orange county?
Hello, I'm Mary Michaels, the Facilitator for this group. I'm so sorry I have not seen your message here until today. I got sick with the flu in March as I was just starting this group at that time. I was sick for several months, so am just now getting back to working on our group. I see you wrote here on April 14th so I am wondering what you have found out since then about Humira. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Diagnosed in 2007 at age 51. I began taking Humira in 2011 and have found it to be very helpful and had no side effects other than some fatigue on the day of the injection and that is not consistent, just sometimes. It helps a great deal with my pain and inflammation. The injections are pain free. Did you begin using Humira since your original post here?