Comments on: Continued Happiness, One Minute At A Time

By: Jessica Emmons

Jessica Emmons — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:32:27 +0000

Thank you for this! It’s exactly how I’m feeling these days, and you said it perfectly, so I just posted it on my blog: http://rudeawakenings.org/2012/08/22/perfectly-said/. Love, love, love your site!!!

By: Penny Savoie

Penny Savoie — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:46:30 +0000

Love your blog! I have had RA for 12 years. The way I cope with pain is I keep a list in my head of things to do to releave pain. i run through each one and then give in to Vicodin. My Jacuzzi often sooths me wether it gets rid of the pain or not. Sometimes i want to sleep in the Jacuzzi, afraid I would drown. I am impressed with your attitudes, some times I get really bummed. my husbands love and understanding is the only thing that keeps me going. Have to say my pain is a lot more manageable now that I am not working. I quit work when all my vacation time and weekends were spent ill.

By: Gretchen Thompson

Gretchen Thompson — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:09:50 +0000

Oh my… I just found this website – soon after being diagnosed with RA – and feel this amazing FLARE of hope and encouragement all through me! Sorry to be so dramatic, but… thanks for being there everybody, words can’t tell how much this helps. Now I know I’m not crazy, and I’m not alone.

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:39:37 +0000

I appreciate this post so much, it is easy to get discouraged amidst the ups and downs of RA but I am determined not to let it beat me.

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:03:02 +0000

I am glad that you were able to enjoy this time with your family but I am sorry about your mother’s stroke. I also glad that you feel like you have conquered living with RA – it is an important part of living successfully with this disease. But you are right, flares can set us back. I consider myself strong and I have been through a lot more than most but a flare can send me to knees. Like you, I have learned that I have no control of my body and knowing that is enough to make me vulnerable at the next flare. I always say that I may not have control about how I physically but I have control of how I respond. That response isn’t always the best that it could be. Your niece’s comment is one I hear often amongst family and close friends. There is really no response to it because for me, at least, I feel like I am just muddling through a flare. I don’t know how I do it, I just know that I do.