Rheumatoid Arthritis and Jail-Discrimination in Action

I believe I was detained in unnecessarily cruel conditions as a result of being discriminated against because of my physical disabilities.
Thursday, I turned myself in because I had two old minor traffic violation tickets. I decided to take care of it and scheduled an appointment to turn myself in because I could not afford to [...]

Getting out and getting over it

I found this wonderful blog from a woman who left a recent comment. I wanted to make a special post because one of her posts touched me so much.
http://thelifeandadventuresofcatepoo.blogspot.com/
She has a weekly post called “The Simple Things” where she writes about all of the small yet wonderful things in her life. It just really hit [...]

Breakdown at the doctor’s office

So, I’ve never actually cried in front of a doctor before now. In fact, a problem of mine is that I always try to downplay my pain to people around me. ( There are only a few people close enough to me that I can actually be honest with)
After the worst night of my life [...]

Rheumatoid arthritis and Dieting VI

I haven’t updated my blog about my weight loss for one reason only. I cant loose any. When I dropped my steroid dose to almost nothing I lost 11 pounds immediately. They fell off. Since then I have not lost a single pound. Not a single stickin pound. I weigh myself every morning. And every [...]

Computer woes

My computer is falling apart.
Out of 6 USB ports, only one works, and I have to use it to plug in a mouse, because the port were I usually plug in my mouse isn’t working either. I tried to charge my MP3 player, and it froze. It has now been frozen for two days( the [...]

R.A. Nightmares

I fell asleep today and had some very odd dreams. Ever since I got sick, I have had the same dream. It usually varies in someways, but it always comes down to the same thing.
Im always doing something mundane. Walking my dog. Running, Gardening, walking across campus, shopping with my friends.
At some point during the [...]

Medical Update

I’ve had three issues in the past couple of weeks.
One being frustration with my pharmacies. Another being frustration with my body, and the last is complete sadness about my doctor.
I’ll start with my pharmacies. I had too order my Enbrel through a pharmacy for the first time. I never expected it to be so complicated. [...]

The new place

Okay, well we are finally settled in. Everything is lovely. It was definitely worth the trouble. But Lord was it frustrating.
First of all my computer crashed the night before we moved. Three computer guys, way too much money, and three weeks later it’s finally up and running. But I lost all my files. All my photographs. [...]