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 [...]
Winter break is over, and last Monday I returned to teaching at one of the local universities. Due to logistical issues with the campus, my course, which normally covers the span of four months, has been changed to a super-accelerated schedule. Instead of teaching an hour and a half each day, I am now teaching [...]
Soon after I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis a few years ago, my world seemed to split into two spheres. Everything that I used to enjoy doing slowly seemed to fade away.
What used to be the present was now the past, and day by day “my life” became more and more distant. At a certain [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
