http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2010/06/pop-up-thoughts/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2010/06/pop-up-thoughts/#comment-2782 Lana Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:18:25 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=10179#comment-2782 RA Guy, I can relate that knowing that I am okay when my body feels like it is supposed to. We are not “normal” and our “normal” is different from other people’s “normal.” I always say that I have created my own normal. Six pairs of shoes is nothing RA Guy. I have many pairs of shoes and in different sizes and styles depending on my feet feel on any given day. My shoe size ranges from a 9 to an 11 depending on my severity of swelling. It is a good thing I love shopping for shoes. It is a funny thing. Sometimes, I hate being in my own body but its mine and I have gotten used to the pain, the fatigue and the exhaustion. I know when a flare is coming and I know that means I have to plan for the outcome regardless of its severity. You get used to it. It does mean we like it. It is just a part of who we are.

]]> http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2010/06/pop-up-thoughts/#comment-2778 Sister FlareUp Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:42:48 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=10179#comment-2778 More than 6 pairs of shoes for every level of (1) comfort and (2) occasion, I’d say at least 10 pairs. The mainstays get me out the door on any given day. Not going for orthopedics or dowdy, no, no, no but there are so many choices these days thank goodness! It can be said you get used to it and in many ways you overcome it.

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