All posts tagged: Pain management

A Good Week

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Life has been good. I had a special treat recently. I had my youngest son all to my self for a day. Growing new memories. He has  returned  to his home in Texas. The weather has suddenly turned cooler. And I have suddenly settled into one of my worst flares of late.  It is amazing how that works. Doing fine. Then suddenly not doing  fine.  I took extra indica cannabis last night. I needed the extra help sleeping as I was on the front end of a flare. The night before I had taken extra Medrol. I still woke up this morning in total pain. My hands burned and ached. My shoulders hurt. All my joints  chirped in and I felt sick all over. I had to keep moving as I had a morning appointment with my primary. I poured water into the  coffee machine and added coffee. Next I let Francis out. The NYTimes and coffee were not enough to sort myself out. I went to the appointment holding on to my son. Audrey …

Book and cannabis report

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My new book, Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis   is available in Kindle Unlimited as well as available for purchase on Amazon. My old nursing school friend, Florence, read my book. She had so many kind words for me, I’m almost blushing as I write them. This is what she had to say:  “Just finished your amazing book. Not only are you one of the most courageous individuals I have ever known, but you are a gifted writer as well.   Your book is a valuable work of hope, courage, and very extensive information about a devastating disease; a gift to others suffering from RA.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I appreciate her kind words. I’m sure in her practice she saw what rheumatoid arthritis can do to a person. Medicine has changed and still has not changed. RA is still devastating for many. .

Rheumatoid arthritis Hands

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My feet were the first to become affected by rheumatoid arthritis, but my hands were right behind. They were painful and swollen as big as melons. My knuckles and wrists were affected. My fingers kicked in later. As time went by the tendons in my hands failed to work properly. First the left and then in a little while my right joined in. For a while I lost the use of both hands. I could use my pointer finger on my right hand. I was used to typing the whole keyboard (typing class in high school). So my one finger had difficulty finding the keyboard my brain knew well.  Eventually I gained the use of my left pointer, but not the use of my other fingers on the keyboard. So I peck away. The worst of it was accidentally knocking things over. I lost several cups of coffee that way. Glasses. Anything in the way of my poor hands. It was frustrating for me. That has improved. My grip was fine as long as I …