Name JUST ONE thing that you hate that you have to avoid because it causes you more pain or you know you can no longer do.I used to love going to cedar point, LOVE rollercoasters, no way my body could withstand that sort of bashing around now! rollercoasters and rollerblades
MY Beautiful Vegetable Garden
THATS FOUR THINGS CORDY, NOW PLAY RIGHT!!!!
1st I couldn't paddle
next I had trouble stepping into the canoe to sit in the middle and be a passenger
finally I couldn't get out of the canoe
So now river trips are a memoryMy *ahem* wonderful brother consoles me by saying 'cricket isn't for girls anyhow' painting. Before and while i was preggo w/ Kelsay I would go on jobs with my hubby and help paint (i would only do baseboards and simple stuff) but i was painting none the less and now since i cannot do it and my hubby is busy workin im stuck looking at trim that has primer on ie
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Jay, you just made Senior Member. :) Congrats ;-)
I really can't think of one thing.....I probably have blocked them out.
I can't really either. I can't run like I used to, but on a good day I can still run at least a mile. But I started biking and using an elliptical instead. It ain't so bad.Staying up late - watching TV, reading, building things, partying...
Damn.
YOGA, just can't make the joints do that anymore. Can't get down on the floor and even if I could I'd never get up.
darlaJTA: I know exactly what you mean. Opening cans can be a huge chore. I was so glad when Maxwell House started using those pull tab silver things on their cans. I do need my coffee.
LinB- Can totally relate. Getting down is easy. Getting up, not so.
Katie,
Before having Isabel, I wouldn't have been able to answer this. I think that we probably just got used to not being able to do things having RA since childhood.
Just about anything physical, especially running.Man, it is hard for me to pick one thing that I avoid doing because it hurts me so. Maybe I would pick my favorite position. Damn Knees!
There I said it! I have been mourning over the lost of that for a year now. Just really makes me sad that I had to give that up, well did not have to give it up, I just could no longer enjoy it without my knees hurting and feeling like my knee caps were going to pop out and going flying across the room.
Likewise, my knees are by far my most painful joints. I can no longer kneel, bend at the knees, or sit on the floor. Sucks.Sports. I used to be very active in things like football, baseball, softball, etc., etc., etc. I played all high school sports and I remember running all those miles and lifting all those weights and always being in such top physical condition. My heart really goes out to all the JRA and other people who could not experience this.
Now it's been 20 yrs. since I've been able to run or even jog. I have recently joined a gym and am on an exercise and weight program designed by my physical therapist. When I started this program I felt like such a weanie but now I can tell I'm getting back some of the strength and stamina that I lost. It's not playing sports again, but it sure helps not only physically but mentally also.
Ok, I am going to violate the rules and post two...so there!
Crocheting and playing my guitar.
I have loved them both, but my hands are in need of serious replacement.HAHA Some days I can barely type. Gosh! To be disease free.
Guitar. I used to be able to play for hours, now I can hardly play at all w/o severe pain.
Wearing pretty shoes -Drinking.I second that Gimpy!