WHY ARE YOU ALL SO DOWN IN THE DUMPS? HALF THE TROUBLE HEY!
DONT GET SO HOOKED ON YOUR PAIN ,LOOK OUTSIDE THERE IS MORE TO BE HAPPY FOR,TAKE A WALK LEAVE THE COACH CRAMPS ARE PART OF INACTIVITY ,GET A GARDEN GOING EVEN SMALL AND WATCH FOR THOSE BEAUTIFULL FLOWERS BIRDS SO STAY HAPPY HEARD OF MIND OVER MATTER HMMMMMMMMMM
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INACTIVITY?! I HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD WITH AUTISM; THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS INACTIVITY FOR ME! I WISH THERE WAS......
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A positive attitude can make or break you. Its easy to slip down into the dumps if you let yourself, or if you let others pull you down. It takes effert to stay up and positive, but the benifits are worth it.
Its really nice to hear an up beat positive person. Well done!!! 
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For sure, Perry. Perhaps ignorantly, I've been lifting 40 lb. cement bags, toting shingles, getting quite good with a screwdriver and hammer, climbing ladders, etc.,
all manners of macho work because my hubby and I taken in in abandoned, abused furries that we had to figure out what to do with. So, we built a couple of pens and shelters to start; then we built some more, and some more, because the need just kept growing. *It wasn't that we wanted them so much as that they needed us!
Mind you, I'm a 65-yr. old, 128 lb. granny who survived a big ol' H-A a few years back and even had a relapse, but decided I could still get up and go another round.
So chit, I did. I am.
My spouse can't get through to me. I'm pig-headed. I initiated this animal rescue and my pride would not allow me to dump all of this building effort up on him alone. So.
Anyway, the RA pain is quite annoying but not unbearable yet. It's the stiffness in my spine, hips and knees that seems to want to battle my strong will.
I admit to feeling a little overwhelmed and/or depressed on certain days but it seems I've little time to wallow long. My days start out at 6 a.m. by walking our land to all 8 shelters and runs in order to set up all 25 expectant animals for each day (they're in groups). The requirements for their welfare keep me busy.
No complaint, at all. These special animal-friends give me/us more than can ever be given to them. So, Perry, you are indeed right. Perhaps, what will keep me positive about my RA is ~ "heart-over-matter."
Your comments help me stay focused for the days ahead. Thank you.
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GaryOnTheLake
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 04:39 PM
Yes, I have and more power to u. I always have had an upbeat attitude until the last couple of years. Then boom...lightening struck!. In the last 3 years I buried 2 parents and suddenly, RA showed up in a vengence. I already had scoliosis and was preparing for back surgery when I was told that my hips had no more cartlidge, then my hip gave out, i fell and broke two ribs two weeks before surgery. Went ahead with it. Did ok, except for my right hip didn't feel right. After an xray to check on the hip discovered my right hip was broken. Back to surgery, never felt better. During an after surgery exam, discovered my knees were worthless, needed surgery. Yet, back to the scoliosis, back still causing serious pain. Numerous attempts at fixing it. Then the shoulders started to go.
Not to top that, but my husband just found out he has kidney failure. He was my rock and took care of me. How am I going to take care of him. My biggest problem is what to do first? My knees, shots in my back, wait until my husbands results come back in a month to see if he needs to think about dialysis. Plus I have two teenage boys, one going to college next year, one entering HS.
My knees are so bad thatI creak when I walk. Yet, I want to be their for him but my RA is progressing so quickly. Is that normal or am I just lucky. I mean in a matter of months. Where do you find the positive? I'm on plaquenil, hydrochloriquine, tramadol, methotrexate and now oreincia. Nothing seems to come together.
I used to be the most positive person, even through my parents deaths and a divorce, etc.
Please, I'm open to advice. I need to be up for my husband and two keds. I pretend but that can only go so far.
Signed,
My first entry, desperate in indianapolis
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Mom God rest your soul in heaven. You always tried so hard to prove how tough you are and you just would not listen when me and Jake said to slow down or ask for a little more help. You just kept on pressing on. You were so obsessed with our wonderful cats that you forgot just how much your family needed you and your time. I cherished the talks we had and enjoyed the laughs but in the end your hard headed and stubborn ways ended your life on this earth. I knew the RA was a demand on you and I knew you suffered but because you refused to slow down and acknowledge your illness and it's affects you were taken in to the hospital when it was too late.
You did suffer pain and I knew you did but you also enjoyed your family and pets. I am left behind wondering if you had done things just a bit differently if you would be with us today.
Mom you are a remarkable woman but you did not always have to go out of your way to prove it. I know you are in a better place but you took the only thing that really mattered in my life away from me way too soon. YOU!!
My mother died of complications caused by RA. At least I believe so. Nothings been completely verified. She died of Antiphospholipis Syndrome and Addison's Disease. It is brought about by stress and auto immune disorders as well as a few other things.
I believe RA acted as a cause. Her immune system mistook her Adrenal Glands as a foreign invader.
Antiphospholipis Syndrome is a disorder that causes the blood to clot. Even when using drugs such as aspirin and Plavix. Those clots can cause serious damage to internal organs such as the Adrinal Glands.