Remember those scenes from old superhero television shows, when brightly colored sound bubbles such as bam and splatt popped up during fight scenes?
Well, if my evening last night were ever to be depicted in this comic book art form, let me just say that it would include a lot of these sound bubbles…including one final [...]
Sometimes, if feels like life with rheumatoid arthritis is a never-ending game of hide and seek. There are times when we find that oh so comfortable spot, where it feels like we have actually discovered that perfect place where we will never be found out. And then, the inevitable happens. Rheumatoid arthritis — once again [...]
A few days ago, I experienced another one of my really bad flares. As my sensory inputs started to fade away and the pain took over, I thought to myself: How will I ever be able to describe to someone what this feels like? And then something interesting happened. I heard a voice asking me: [...]
Resilience in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and catastrophe. It also includes the ability to bounce back to homeostasis after a disruption. Thirdly, it can be used to indicate having an adaptive system that uses exposure to stress to provide resistance to future negative events.
Wikipedia: Psychological Resilience
I have a [...]
There are some days (today would be one of them), when out of the blue, I suddenly think: “Wow – the worst of this current flare has actually passed!”
Looking back at the past handful of days, I can see that I am moving a little bit easier in the mornings. My energy levels are still [...]
First of all, thanks for all of the comments and messages of support that I received in response to the post that I wrote yesterday.
Even though membership in this club isn’t always by choice (they weren’t kidding when they said “lifetime membership”, were they?!), it’s definitely nice to be able to speak with others who [...]
This is my new mantra at the moment, as my rheumatoid arthritis once again spins out of control. My body feels like mush, and my thoughts are getting a little soft around the edges. (Oh, how I had forgotten these feelings of confusion…just when things seem to clear up a bit, the roller coaster ride [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy loves everything Medieval. (Please note, however, that I have never participated in a Medieval Times or a Renaissance Fair!)
This probably has something to do with the fact that during high school and right before college, I spent a year a half living in an Italian city that was really well known for [...]
