Somnambulance. Some people walk in their sleep. Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has never had this problem, although it seems like he’s started doing something else in his sleep for which there is still no name. I’ve started acting like a contortionist while I sleep. When I wake up, the first thought on my mind is often [...]
Every so often, while Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is sleeping, he starts to cry in his dreams. I find myself overcome with feelings of intense pain. And then I wake up, and realize that it wasn’t just a dream. I really am crying, and I really am in lots of pain.
It feels really weird to wake [...]
Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity,
Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify,
Weary bodies refresh and mollify.
~Ovid, attributed
Yesterday at a little before 4:00 p.m., Rhuematoid Arthritis Guy woke of from a long afternoon nap. The reason I write about this nap is because I had spent most of the morning sleeping in. I started [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy received a wake up call very early this morning – at 4 a.m, to be exact. The funny thing is that I don’t recall having placed such a wake up call with the front desk…but when I stay at the RA Hotel, I never know what might happen!
Sure, I’m quite used to [...]
Reach the stars,
And fly a fantasy,
Dream a dream,
And what you see will be.
-Theme song from “The Neverending Story”.
Rhuematoid Arthritis Guy has made some great strides during the past couple of months when it comes to accepting the chronic nature of his rheumatoid arthritis.
Even though I have already lived with RA for many years, I sometimes [...]
O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature’s soft nurse…
-William Shakespeare
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy slept in this morning. I hoped that by adding a few extra hours of sleep I might be able to charge my batteries a little bit more. That’s not how things ended up working out. Still, I was happy to be able to get [...]
For the past couple of days, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has been on pins and needles. No, I am not nervous that something bad might happen. The reality is, I am actually the most calm that I have been in a long time. (In my RA terms, a long time means a month…)
The pins and needles [...]
