Search

...There were days I hurt beyond all and didn't want to do it anymore, but I got up and got moving....

...That word of which I spoke to you at the beginning, that word that I tattooed in my first affected joint to remind me daily that I must...

...If only that were the case...

...My hands and feet were numb, so I visited my primary care doctor, and she referred me to neurologist and told me to get new shoes....

...I wish things were different, I wish I was healthy but this is the journey that I have been given....

...Good thing, because my bone marrow and liver were suffering from chronic high dose MTX therapy....

...They were fun and laughed and worked as a team. But, somewhere along the way they decided I was inferior to them....

...I spent much of my youth alone or playing quiet activities with my younger brother, as my parents worked and were rarely home....

...Just as cases were being reported in Washington state of the COVID-19 virus, I was in the midst of moving cross-country from Washington to Texas....

...gives me comfort from the pain - so, can you imagine my distress when last week I picked up a pencil and had to drop it again because my finger...

...I was so ill during this time that I had decided that it was okay if I was dying ... my children were old enough and they would be...

...The people were your support group. I still go to water exercise classes....

...After the diagnosis, I was fortunate because I was able to wear a steel leg brace with an attached shoe (there was no Velcro brace yet), started on a...

...I awoke at 12:21am Wednesday morning Feb. 5, and turned over in bed, this is usually when the pain meds wear off, and I did not feel the normal...

...After a couple of days, I couldn't play volley ball as my fingers were in intense pain. At that age it was like hell....

...There were good days and bad days. After a while however, I was so tired of not knowing what was happening....

...The next 2 days were bad. My fevers reached 104 - 105 and my infectious dr was worried I was either gonna lose the hand or die....

...I am sorry RA - I laughed at you that time, I didn't know that you were going to hit me so bad. I somehow managed to pass my...

...I called them and they said the roads were not good. I did not go....