Category Archives: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aug 25 2013
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Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun

Day 335: Face Palm

I was thinking of writing about the VMAs (NSYNC reunion heeeeeey) but they were just so off the wall (Miley Cyrus) that I can’t. Instead I thought I would take a second to acknowledge that I have been doing a lot of back posting to account for the days I missed this summer. I think I’ve said this before but it is still a goal of mine to finish all the days before the year is up. Today I was able to post three additional entires, a small dent in the list of old drafts but a dent nonetheless. With 31 days to go (one month-that’s crazy) I’ll need to devote some serious time to blogging, but I’ve got a long weekend of beach time ahead of me so, for you email subscribers out there, look out.

Also, with so many old posts to write, I’m feeling a lot this.

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Aug 20 2013
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Online Fun, Pamper/Beautify, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 330: Shoes!

So my friend Sarah and I have a shared Pinterest board. Well, she does all the work, I just admire its usefulness. It is dedicated solely (ha solely) to comfortable shoes for our arthritic feet. Today I finally ordered a few pairs!

In recent months I have been more dedicated to shoes that keep me comfy all day and look stylish. (I have been living in these Merrell sandals–obviously casual but can dress up with certain summer dresses).

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Before, the latter would have been the priority. Because I made this change in the summer, all of my good shoes are warm-weather friendly. Sadly, August is already halfway over and summer will soon be a memory (booooooo) so I need to find some fall friendly footwear. Here’s what I ordered:

 
Timberland Falmouth Ballerina Flat for work. I will wear with skinny ponte pants, a t-shirt and a blazer–classic I-work-in-the-theatre casual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clark’s Originals Desert Lace-Up Boot for casual fall days. I will pair with jeans (skinny or bootcut) and a cozy sweater for weekends full of football and apple cider.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. I never order shoes online, so hopefully this isn’t a total sizing mess!

Aug 19 2013
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun

Day 329: Mid Morning

Ugh. Home sick all day. I woke up just feeling awful and, as is normally the case with RA, in pain. It’s hard to figure out if a flare up is causing the headache, congestion, sleepiness and mild fever or if it is the other way around. At this point, it is a pretty familiar feeling and I know that when it happens, I really need a day of rest.

So, after letting work know I would not be in and slurping a kale smoothie brought to me in bed by the hubs (he’s the best), I went back to sleep. For 3 hours. It was glorious. I spent the rest of the day doing light computer work with episodes of Giuliana and Bill (my original inspiration for the Year of Fun) on in the background.

The fun part, I’m not going to lie, was the half an hour when I wasn’t still asleep but I wasn’t quite awake yet either. I felt sick but I was also happy that I had slept. I knew that when I actually got up, I would need to accomplish things even though I was resting. I love sleeping in the early to mid morning when the sun is rising and the bedroom gets gradually lighter. Our building is peaceful and the dog is on her first nap and I know I still have a lot of day ahead of me but for now, I am in bed. Pretty great even when you feel ick.

Aug 16 2013
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Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Guilty Pleasures, Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 326: Guilty Pleasure: Fantasy Football

After a full day of assessment at work as a methotrexate zombie, I came home wanting my usual guilty pleasures-sweets and bad tv. Then an idea, which had been brewing since a great conversation with our Wisconsin friend Andy, came to me; two-person fantasy football.

The hubs and I set up a league, went through all the rules (though apparently not thoroughly enough) and started doing research to prepare for a draft that night. Well, Yahoo cancelled our draft because you have to have at least four teams to play. For a while we were distraught, “none of our friends like football!” I put out a text and a Facebook post and while the response was certainly what you would expect from a bunch of theatre people, we got four interested parties to commit! Our league of two became a league of six! And we have an official draft on August 27, more time for me to study up and work on my spreadsheet.

Aug 15 2013
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun

Day 325: Vitamixup

Well. I did something very silly today. Necessary info: I take 1mg of folic acid every day because it helps reduce side effects of methotrexate. Folic acid is a small, round, yellow pill. Methotrexate is also a small, round, yellow pill.

Tonight, I go to take my methotrexate. I put five, small, round, yellow pills in my hand. I take them. I look at the pill bottle: folic acid. I just took 5 times my regular dose of folic acid and I already took one this morning. Immediate panic. Embarrassed call to local pharmacist. He tells me everything is fine and I can take my methotrexate as planned. I should probably just let my doc know because too much folic acid can reduce the effects of methotrexate. I take 5 other small, round, yellow pills-methotrexate this time-and immediately feel very silly. I have literally never done anything like this before. I am very careful (read anal) about my medication.

So this wasn’t necessarily fun but I’m glad I was able to laugh about it (as soon as I got the ok from the pharmacist).

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