Thank you! This is something I needed to see this morning. Visiting with my grown sons & grands, tomorrow is my last day. While here I lost two days to the wildly unpredictable RA flare. It began and instead of being one joint as usual, it decides to take on many. It has been many years since I have had multiple flares at the same time. …
Thank you! This is something I needed to see this morning. Visiting with my grown sons & grands, tomorrow is my last day. While here I lost two days to the wildly unpredictable RA flare. It began and instead of being one joint as usual, it decides to take on many. It has been many years since I have had multiple flares at the same time. The swelling, the PAIN like each joint is being bent the wrong way.
I was in pain, even after almost 17 years I panicked. I was in a difficult state. I was not going to be able to fly home. I was not going to play with my youngest granddaughter.
Then my son & DIL said what can we do about it? Their calm was the hope I needed. I called my AZ Rheumatologist and he was able to get steroids to a local pharmacy. They are not something I usually will take. They take on a life of their own. The flares are easing but it still leaves a mark on my memories. I am already a homebody. Will I stop traveling to see them after this?
Hope will arrive. I need it to visit when it is ready. Or when I am ready. I was not prepared to be a “disabled” person. I’m not even a differently abled” person. But hope is all I have. I hang on to it like a life raft in the middle of the ocean.
Thank you! This is something I needed to see this morning. Visiting with my grown sons & grands, tomorrow is my last day. While here I lost two days to the wildly unpredictable RA flare. It began and instead of being one joint as usual, it decides to take on many. It has been many years since I have had multiple flares at the same time. The swelling, the PAIN like each joint is being bent the wrong way.
I was in pain, even after almost 17 years I panicked. I was in a difficult state. I was not going to be able to fly home. I was not going to play with my youngest granddaughter.
Then my son & DIL said what can we do about it? Their calm was the hope I needed. I called my AZ Rheumatologist and he was able to get steroids to a local pharmacy. They are not something I usually will take. They take on a life of their own. The flares are easing but it still leaves a mark on my memories. I am already a homebody. Will I stop traveling to see them after this?
Hope will arrive. I need it to visit when it is ready. Or when I am ready. I was not prepared to be a “disabled” person. I’m not even a differently abled” person. But hope is all I have. I hang on to it like a life raft in the middle of the ocean.
☀️✌🏻 Hope is a necessity
Wow, that's a lot to handle right now. I'm happy this poem and post could give you a little respite. I'm sending you healing, hopeful vibes.
Thank you 🙏🏼✌🏻💯