One of the worst things about rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is the inconsistency of flares. You may be working on a project either a  home or work project. You feel good. You think maybe your RA is on the mend. Could you possibly be cured?  Could your biologic be working so well? How about your weed?

Then you find out. You are hit like a hammer. You wake up in the morning. You start to move for another good day. Then you are whacked. Pain in your joints is sharp when you move. I have more than twenty joints inflamed. Probably closer to thirty screaming at me when I move. We move to the next day. Same pain. The inflammation makes me feel sick. It goes on and on.

The project is set aside while trying  to manage total  misery. More plans interrupted. It is hard to focus. Movie date cancelled.  The novel you are writing gets set aside. A new recipe goes unmade. The garden starts to droop. Life is put on hold.

It is discouraging. My biologic works about 20%. It doesn’t seem like much. I have tried going without. Twenty per cent  is significant. The gummy cannabis greatly reduces  the inflammation in my body. But the flares still come.

It is death by a thousand cuts. Life is being whittled away with pain. Life is being constantly interrupted. Frustrating..

Then it passes. I carry on with my novel. The bread gets made and the garden watered. Life is good again. Until the next time