Don't you all just love the complete unpredictability of RA. Cordy, I am so glad for some relief. You deserve it girl. I hope it continues.
Yep, and I would take a change with no sense at all!!!! I would love that to death. Stinkin' strike...don't they know you need that??? Ok... this is what I thought of the other day when I heard MIL say "We make plans and God laughs." Then I thought "We make plans and RA laughs." So... to me God & RA are both unpredicable. I know not a nice way to compare RA to God, but it just made sense to me. I hope the relief continues for you, Cordy. Joonie, I love that analogy.
Hi Cordelia, Glad to see you are at least getting a bit of relief from the pain. Our weather has been crazy here the last few days.hot north wind with the very occasional sun shower. I just wish it would pour down. Once it rains the pain isnt quite so bad. It seems to rain everywhere else but misses us.Hi Cordy. RA is a strange and unpredictable disease. I thought weather was a contributing factor but it has rained constantly here for a few days and i have been flaring, its still raining today and i feel better
I have to agree with you. Life is very unpredictable. I try to just go with the flow. Sometimes easier said than done but I flow along nonetheless. LOL Cordy, RA is definitely unpredictable. It used to be if I didn't rest in the morning and let the stiffness go away that I would have aches and pains all day. Now, it's the opposite so I've been taking a short walk with Isabel every morning. Go figure! However, I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm going to do whatever I want regardless of what RA says. I think I'm rebelling. LOL Hope the pain stays at a minimum, love. I am glad you are feeling somewhat better. The cooler weather has the opposite affect on me. Now my hands and feet are so cold (even though it isn't that cold out) which causes my wrist and hands to really hurt. I am so not looking forward to fall or winter. I hate winter. Just incase you didn't guess. Link, I just go with the flow, I do not make plans. Other people make plans but me, unless it is an appt I do not make plans. Cordelia, I'm glad you are finally getting some relief. I think the entire body just tenses up and fatigue really sets in when the pain is bad. I hope this good spell lasts a long time for you. I find that when I feel good I get brave and make future plans which I don't feel good enough to carry out when the time arrives! LOL I wonder how long it will take me to quit doing that?! Laker
For the last week, I have been in agony, swollen and hardly able to use my hands to type or anything. Yesterday and the day before were particularly awful. I actually took an extra pain killer yesterday which did get on top of it. For all this time...the weather here has been suddenly abnormally hot.
Wake up this morning...overcast and cool and I am not swollen compared to what I usually am, in little pain...very little pain for me...
Weather has to effect how we feel!
So today has been a nice moment of relief in amongst the constancy of persisting symptoms.
I am not going to be completely stupid and push my hands too much and type too much.
It just never ceases to amaze me how many unpredictable variations RA can produce.
Oh yeah Cordy did you ever get the voice activated thing to work? I meant to look for ya but I was sick too and forgot
- John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"
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