Category Archives: rheumatoid arthritis

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Reflections on Bathrooms

Once upon a time I was way less of a connoisseur of bathrooms.  ONCE upon a time I prided myself on my ability to beat bear out of the bathroom…post potty business… Even with the field leveled for the fact … Continue reading

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Okay, I Get it…

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Today was an interesting day.  We managed to have the beginnings of our end of the current interesting winter storm.  We have yet to see any snow but we have some (for here) wicked cold.  It was 30 today.  It … Continue reading

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More Than Just Your Roots

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It may well be true that everyone is more than just your roots (and it is very true that who you are today is your roots plus all of the adventures you have had since then… all of the things … Continue reading

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It’s all in how you see it

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I’m not sure why the picture seems like it goes with this… but hey…it was a breathtaking morning. It is pager patrol week.  It is not my FAVORITE week in the whole month but it is what it is.  I … Continue reading

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Hair…

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What do you see when you look in the mirror? I’ve never been an incredibly vain person.  I’ve tried a few times to use makeup… but I’ve never really been much of a girly girl… make up never really cut … Continue reading

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Inside Shivers

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Last night was Methotrexate night.  I’m totally used to those shots and (thank goodness) for the most part I don’t get any side effects that I used to get except once in a while sore spots in my mouth (and … Continue reading

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Bitchy Day

I knew starting out this morning that it was going to be a not great day and (whether it was because I was looking for it to be less than great or because it was just less than great) I … Continue reading

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Out Of Joint on my Nook

Okay, okay… I’ll admit it, I crazy as a loon.  And I will never learn… but… hey… it is what it is. I found Out Of Joint by Mary Felstiner (2005) and decided that it was worth a read… I … Continue reading

Just Another Manic Monday

Not really so bad… actually kind of quiet.  It is drizzly and cold… my fingers and toes are freezing and I hate it.  I know that it is something that just goes with me being me but I hate that I can never keep them warm.

Coffee is wonderful.  Got up and made a pot so the squirrel would have her coffee for breakfast.  Got her up and she took her blood sugar count (171…I hate not knowing… I hate worrying… I hate not being able to give her answers).

Now… just nursing a headache and watching daytime tv.  I love pager comp time.

I’m trying to get my behind in gear, too, to get going on the half marathon.  I want to be able to put something together to video tape the ‘race’ so I can share the experience with everyone… I could try to do it with ustream but I think I probably ought to keep my phone charged in case I need it to be a phone… it would be great to be able to share real time… but I think maybe sharing it later would be way better…

We were going to go for a walk to give the insurance card to the pharmacy today… but given the rainy yuk and the not quite 40 (the damp makes that feel yukkier than it should be)…maybe not waking quite that far would be a better choice….

Does anyone know anything about Raynaud’s Syndrome?  From what I can figure out (and what I remember Dr Booth telling me) that is probably what the deal is with my fingers and toes.  Not that it is a really rare condition (one of the websites I found said it is about 1 in 20 people have it and most are women… but most have it as primary condition, not as a result of things like RA and Sjögren’s Syndrome).  I guess that the best thing I can do about it is keep taking the hot bath that I’ve been doing to warm up my fingers and toes (and hang out in my fingerless glovies)… and buy warm socks ( hows that for irony Warm Socks!!!).

I’m thinking that I may have to invest in a domain name… and make myself a real website… any thoughts…

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My RA Story…

I was talking to my mom this week and she asked me how it started.  I realized that I probably haven’t ever really written down my story… so (as I sit here with the rain tapping on my window and … Continue reading