Eventually I returned to this blog for inspiration and still do. I am glad that she is not only feeling better but that she shared her success story because once I got over my jealousy, I once again felt motivated by her posts to keep going.

I hope that by sharing the good days I am experiencing right now that I can be a source of hope for people who are experiencing rough days rather than appear to be bragging that I am well right now and you aren't. However, the dilemma in my mind always goes on - should only the bad days be shared? Does sharing the bad days connect us more than sharing the good days? I do feel the connection is stronger when people are struggling rather than in two different worlds - yet, I still feel I have to share. I have to put out into the universe what I so dearly needed to hear when I was first diagnosed. I needed to know that it was possible to feel good again in a very desperate way. So please, as I share, please know that my heart feels for each person I know with rheumatoid arthritis and any other chronic disease. I know where you have been and I deeply hope that one day soon you too will be sharing your good days with me.

Cathy can also be found writing at her personal blog The Life and Adventures of Cateepoo.