Yep, RA is progressive
During the treatments for my cancers, my RA was uneventful. Yes, I did have monthly flares that lasted just about 12 days. Yes, I was always in a simmering level of pain. I grinned and bore it like a good Irish Catholic girl. Instead, I focused on surgery, radiation and life changing drugs. I even completed a cancer rehab program. One day as I was starting a Zumba class, my ankles screamed in a pain that was the equivalent of trying to dance on joints full of shattered glass. Determined, I tried moving my feet differently (how many ways can you move your feet, you might ask). After 10 seconds, I realized that it was futile. I stopped. Since then, it has been downhill. It was a steep hill, I might add. Although I am on Methotrexate (a life saver for me), Plaquenil, (Sulfasalazine did not work for me), meloxicam, prednisone and all the supporting drugs, I am still progressing. All the little joints in my feet and my ankles are inflamed and …