Last month, I had more episodes of forced stillness than I have had in a long time. Come to think of it, these were probably the most episodes I’ve ever had in a one month period. While most of my experiences stayed in the present, some of my memories from the past did resurface.
Right around [...]
On my way to work this morning, I have a pretty profound thought. What made it even more profound was that I wasn’t necessarily in a pensive mood at the time. (In fact, I was actually thinking about the quiz that I needed to photocopy during the few minutes between arriving on campus and the [...]
All day long, my mind remained calm while my body felt like it was on fire. It’s definitely being tested, though. Just when I felt like I had finally shed some of the unhelpful thoughts that I carried around for so many years, I find that they are once again beginning to reappear.
“This is going [...]
The day before last, temperatures dropped considerably and the sky clouded up, preventing the bright high-altitude sun from shining through. Yesterday, as I returned home midday from my morning class, I noticed that every part of my body was in pain. When I got home, I curled up in bed and took a nap. A [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is happy to return from his ten-day break. When I started blogging in April of this year, I thought that I would write at the most one or two posts a week. Before I knew it, I realized that I had been writing a daily post for an entire six months! So [...]
Arthritis Ireland: Coping With Emotions
Arthritis Ireland have won the award for the ‘Best Patient Education Project’ at the recent Irish Healthcare Awards 2009 for its ‘Coping With Emotions’ booklet.
In response to the findings of a survey on the impact of arthritis on people’s emotions, Arthritis Ireland has produced a new booklet called ‘Coping With Emotions’ that offers support [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy continues to learn how to live with his rheumatoid arthritis, and not suffer from it. Since I started writing this blog, I have taken a lot of care to always refer to myself as “a person living with RA”, and not “a person suffering from RA”. The distinction might be a subtle [...]
Yesterday Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy felt like the ground fell out from underneath his feet. Normally this wouldn’t have been so bad since he has a cape to help him during these exact types of situations…but as luck would have it, the cape was at the dry cleaners.
Following my 4 a.m. wake-up call, the morning continued [...]
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