What would I do different, knowing what I know now? (Ill keep this strictly R.A. related, or I’d be here all night)
Knowing what I know now, I would have stolen, cheated, begged, borrowed, scammed; done whatever it took to get myself proper medical care when I first learned about all this. They always say how important [...]
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I want to be able to walk my dog.
I want to be able to work on my photography again.
I want to finish school.
I want to run. I want to run fast, and hard and until I cant breathe anymore.
I want to climb a tree.
I want to travel.
I want to fit into my pants.
I want to dance.
I [...]
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Ive spent the past couple days painting an old dressing table my aunt gave me. I’ve been taking it slow. Just a little bit at a time. My brother helped by sanding it first and at the moment its still sitting on my porch half painted. It has this huge round mirror attached. Its pretty. I [...]
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Ok, the swollen feet thing is getting annoying. It’s been happening too much lately. Last night they swelled up when I was up cooking dinner. Even though I was on a stool. If I’m sitting at the computer too long they swell. I drove across down to the grocery store and they were too swollen to get out.
Ugh. [...]
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And here it is. In case anyone was wondering what I find to be the most frustrating part of chronic illness, I’ll tell you. It’s not the pain. It’s not the inability to do the simplest things. It’s not even the feeling of having your life on hold. The single worst thing is the way people [...]
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So this is what swollen feet feel like.
Ive had swollen ankles. Ive had swollen knees. Ive had swollen ankles, toes, and fingers. But never before have I had an entire foot swell up. And I certainly have not had it happen to both.
Its pretty painful. I guess it was the walking yesterday. Though really I [...]
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I started my Enbrel shots again last week. I forgot how much I hate them. Not that I’m complaining. Thank God for Enbrel! But I have always had a very bad phobia of needles. Its completely irrational. I’m not afraid of the pain. Its…..I’m not exactly sure. But I think it’s just the fact that [...]
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