Questions...The clue is in the name!

Hi Everyone,

As promised, we are continuing to make changes to your NRAS.HealthUnlocked site to make it even more helpful and enjoyable for you to use.

The next ‘add-on’ will be happening tomorrow and will be a new separate section called ‘Questions’. The clue is in the name: it’s a place for you to ask questions on all aspects of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and for other people to answer these questions based on their own knowledge and experiences. The team here from NRAS will pitch in of course when we can add some more detail.

This new section of the website will mean that all of you with those ‘burning questions’ about medications, procedures etc will have a specific place to ask them and receive helpful answers. It also means that the blog section can stay purely for blogs where you can share your experiences managing the disease. And it’s easy to cut and paste weblinks in to articles or online resources that you think could help.

We noticed that quite a few blogs had either been questions about RA (which is why we have added the Questions module) or very ‘chatty’ almost like a chat room. I thought the helpful tips on blogging below might help clarify this (do contact me if you want me to send you our short guide to blogging):

• Most blogs are a few paragraphs long, each person will have their own style of writing but a typical blog may be about your recent day-to-day experiences, your life after being diagnosed, tips and observations about living with RA or research/articles that will help others.

• Blogging is supposed to be an enjoyable way to share your experiences so don’t set yourself too hard a target at first, the more you blog the easier it will get!

Below is a great article about blogging; it goes into how to pick a topic, how to decide on a goal and how to ‘hook’ your audience in. outspokenmedia.com/blogging...

I hope you all enjoy the new questions and answers sections and that you make it as interesting and helpful as you’ve made your blogs. Do get in contact with me if you have any other queries about this.

I look forward to reading all your blogs in the future – and now your questions too!

Emma