On the twelfth day of Christmas arthritis gave to me
Twelve days in bed
Eleven tubes of joint rub
Ten prednisone pounds
Nine days off work
Eight heat and ice packs
Seven methotrexate
Six days of nausea
FIVE FLAMING JOINTS!!!
Four bumpy nodules
Three swollen fingers
Two wrist guards
And a cortisone shot in my knee!
Originally written via multiple reader comments on December 22, 2009.