Truth and fear
Two things that have been on my mind lately… Truth. A large part of the reason I haven’t been consistently blogging for awhile is because I am clinically stable. I have been for awhile. Everyone,...
View ArticleFlying by the seat of my pants again
Hello much neglected blog of mine! While you were neglected, you were thought of quite a bit. I’ve struggled for probably 2 years with what my plan is for you. You see, I started getting invited to...
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My sweet Molly
It’s been a good few months health wise but a very very tough few months emotionally. On April 26th, in the middle of a rainstorm that came out of nowhere, my sweet sweet Molly cat crossed the rainbow...
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2019 Advocates for Arthritis
I got back the other week from a whirlwind trip to DC with the ACR. I’ve been participating in the American College of Rheumatology’s annual Advocates for Arthritis event off and on since 2009. If you...
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Adventures in being fair (or TNF inhibitor side effects)
When your RA is stable, you make time to handle all the other things. Or at least I do. Not that I put them off at other times, it’s just I have more time and emotional bandwidth to stay on top of...
View ArticleA letter to my newly diagnosed self
My intention was to write this as a part of RD Blog Week but life happens and I got slammed after writing half of it. But the prompt really spoke to me- advice I’d give to my newly diagnosed self-...
View ArticleIt’s a hard knock life
One of my all time favorite movies will always be Annie and one of my favorite moments of that movie has always been the song It’s A Hard Knock Life. Someone asked me recently if I ever get tired of...
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The Money Pit: October update
I have three strikes against me when it comes to fixing up my house. 1. What I lack in skill, which is quite a lot, I make up for in confidence. 2. I don’t let RA hold me back, even when perhaps it...
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My 2019 tumble
Definitely the first, hopefully the one and only. Falling is one of my greatest fears. With permanent joint damage in my wrists, the thought of forcefully propelling all my body weight on to them is...
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Insurance Woes
But perhaps not the kind you think. Yes, I did have a mixup with my xeljanz. Complicated by the fact that I use an old lady pill box and therefore only look at the actual bottles of medicine every 14...
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