tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.comments2023-06-22T04:43:10.033-07:00The Lady in PredThe Lady in Predhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-32347216972787049022013-05-10T10:23:19.563-07:002013-05-10T10:23:19.563-07:00Cathy, Priorities are the hardest part aren't ...Cathy, Priorities are the hardest part aren't they? And figuring out what works individually? Thank you so much for reading, and thank you for commenting and encouraging. I know you know how much it means! The Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-25654312489114845872013-05-10T10:10:57.805-07:002013-05-10T10:10:57.805-07:00Joan, I hope you begin to feel better soon. I'...Joan, I hope you begin to feel better soon. I'm sure you do so much more than I do--teaching is hard work. But the Oklahoma summer is coming! Maybe some rest beside the pool? I'm nowhere near perfect, just better. I really wish I could go back on a biologic, but I don't think that's in my immediate future. Thank you, thank you for your good thoughts.The Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-51156815840482681042013-05-03T02:18:01.176-07:002013-05-03T02:18:01.176-07:00I love the changes you have made. I think my natu...I love the changes you have made. I think my naturopath puts everyone on magnesium right away. :) I love too that you are experiencing some relief. Woo-hoo! Best of all, I love that you always make your family a priority, but also take care of yourself. Thanks for sharing your update. It's good to hear how you are doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076282329093508289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-81973615070967165512013-04-29T16:50:06.837-07:002013-04-29T16:50:06.837-07:00I'm glad you have found some relief. I was on ...I'm glad you have found some relief. I was on fish oil for awhile, but bruised terribly. It looked like I'd been beaten! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-4189710270120788042013-01-21T11:40:51.495-08:002013-01-21T11:40:51.495-08:00I just read this now - a long time after you wrote...I just read this now - a long time after you wrote it - but it blessed me. Thanks for sharing your heart, friend!<br />Angi LovejoyANGIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278397065237069253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-83650053638801689262012-08-06T13:29:59.617-07:002012-08-06T13:29:59.617-07:00Glad to hear that you're doing well. Hope you...Glad to hear that you're doing well. Hope you're enjoying your summer :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-76229425141830280912012-07-24T19:28:02.507-07:002012-07-24T19:28:02.507-07:00Sounds like busy fun times! Glad you are doing we...Sounds like busy fun times! Glad you are doing well!Wa Wa Waughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102681149252488947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-40038505928480721682012-07-20T16:17:27.247-07:002012-07-20T16:17:27.247-07:00I"m so glad you have been able to enjoy the s...I"m so glad you have been able to enjoy the summer. I am on just mtx now and doing well. 15mg made me pretty sick, so we reduce to 10mg and I tolerate that well. I'm finding that weight training and cardio works wonders for my body and my mind. <br /><br />Hope you continue to feel good off the meds. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-7801989935624200802012-05-03T13:11:48.372-07:002012-05-03T13:11:48.372-07:00Hello Sherry! With World Autoimmune Arthritis Day ...Hello Sherry! With World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (WAAD) just around the corner on May 20th, we are going to do something special leading into it for IAAM's 1st birthday! We would love if you would be part of it! Please send me your e-mail so I can send you the letter about how you can get involved. We would love for you to help us out with this. It is so exciting!<br /><br />Thanks, Dana Morningstar (IAAM Volunteer, Blog Leader, WAAD Presenter)<br />danalm_iaam@yahoo.comDana Asmara Morningstar-Martonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825644957086048495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-30390206625422754412012-04-25T14:28:35.064-07:002012-04-25T14:28:35.064-07:00sounds like a totally perfect weekend!sounds like a totally perfect weekend!Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087885495936228193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-70765332944626995482012-04-06T04:55:25.482-07:002012-04-06T04:55:25.482-07:00Funny thing you mentioned this because I have a bl...Funny thing you mentioned this because I have a blog post of a similar nature brewing in my head. As an introvert I don't need many friends. I have one really good friend who is also an introvert and most of our relationship happens online. For both of us it is better to have time to think through what we want to say and to have our individual space. <br /><br />As far as friendships and RA, it depends. Generally if I am in a flare, I don't want to talk about it. Friend that are extroverts and really need to talk about it drive me crazy. The more they push the further back I move into my little space alone. When the flare is over, I can talk about it but generally everyone has moved on. That is the tough part about being an introvert for me. I can't talk about things as they are happening. I need to let them sit alone with me while I figure them out. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this post and for sharing a part of yourself with us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076282329093508289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-26933317804942479472012-04-05T20:03:37.413-07:002012-04-05T20:03:37.413-07:00Love your post. How would we make it without frin...Love your post. How would we make it without frinds? I need to someone to laugh with me when I do something stupid or cry with me when I get some sad news. Someone to watch my kids so I can go to the doctor. Someone that will drop whatever they are doing and go on one of my adventures. I cling to my friends of old too. And I'm thankful for my new friends as well. :)Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087885495936228193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-78268314536863115042012-04-05T19:13:30.756-07:002012-04-05T19:13:30.756-07:00I have different kinds of friends. I have friends ...I have different kinds of friends. I have friends from years gone by that I talk with, visit with and share memories of years gone by while creating new ones. I don't talk much ra talk with them though. I have neighbor friends that on occasion we lift a glass of wine to celebrate the growth of new flowers or share a new found recipe. I don't talk much ra talk with them. I have online communities that i chat with regularly and share my soul about ra. I am not sure why this is the way it is with me but it works. Each group fills a different need for me and I think me for them. But in the end, they are all a friend and yes, I need them all. We all do need friends.Deb aka AbcsOfrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619087592028571941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-21784781654310968642012-03-05T10:13:04.811-08:002012-03-05T10:13:04.811-08:00It's so fun learning and experiencing things t...It's so fun learning and experiencing things through our children, huh?Wa Wa Waughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102681149252488947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-62985261889118395962012-03-05T07:14:59.344-08:002012-03-05T07:14:59.344-08:00Great post! I've been missing what is going o...Great post! I've been missing what is going on in blog world. We love Spring Sing too!Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087885495936228193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-75705494454330214612012-03-04T12:31:27.866-08:002012-03-04T12:31:27.866-08:00Cathy, You have the kindest heart. This is somethi...Cathy, You have the kindest heart. This is something I just needed to say--it nagged at me until I did it. Unless you've been through something like we have, there's just no way of knowing how much an illness can take in the way of energy. I can so identify with your story about the loan! Thank you for your empathy. It it so much appreciated.<br />SherryThe Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-13639376875544143142012-03-04T01:49:51.194-08:002012-03-04T01:49:51.194-08:00Oh my, this broke my heart. Reading this post rem...Oh my, this broke my heart. Reading this post reminded me of where I once was. I was in so much pain that every thing in life took energy, even opening the mail. I had a huge pile of things I planned to open but never did. One was about a home improvement loan we have that was closed because I didn't respond to any of their letters. We didn't want it closed. :( I still often look back and think, how could I have let so many letters from the same company go unopened? I kept telling myself they were probably junk. I just didn't have the energy to deal with any of it - talking on the phone, filling out papers, etc. I kept thinking next week I would have the energy to go through the box of letters. When I realized what I had done, I felt like such a failure. I still feel a little embarrassed and mad at myself, but I also have to accept that my body is only able to take on so much and what RA was giving it was taking what it could do to the maximum. Be kind to yourself. You give lots of loving care to your family and that may be all you can do now. But, saying it must feel good. It gets it out of your system. I remember finally coming to terms with what I had done and admitting it to my husband.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076282329093508289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-68775931845766264072012-03-03T11:11:16.159-08:002012-03-03T11:11:16.159-08:00Deb, I've had this post on my mind for a while...Deb, I've had this post on my mind for a while. . .I prayed over it several times before I posted it. There are real apologies to be made--things I would like to take responsibility for. RA is hard. RA and 3 children and a job and a marriage are really hard. But that is not enough for me--and I really do owe some apologies--some things couldn't be helped. Brain fog was a biggie. And fatigue. And pain. And just being really overwhelmed. But at some point I also just stepped out and I need to step back in. Thank you for your kind words. Only someone who has been there will ever really understand--which is why I write this blog anyway--to connect with those understand. Thank you. God has forgiven me. So have my kids and my husband and if no one else does that is fine. But for myself, I had to go ahead and say it.<br />Blessings, blessings to you Deb.The Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-30495241818943634122012-03-03T10:59:08.679-08:002012-03-03T10:59:08.679-08:00I have no doubt that your real friends are still w...I have no doubt that your real friends are still with you...regardless of an unmailed Christmas card or thank you. This disease, when we are first diagnosed in particular, plays havoc on our lives and creates so much stress and add in the meds...well we all forget things. I did it myself during my early diagnoses. OK, I am fessing up, my daughter wound up with no one to pick her up from an early dismissal at the bus stop. Luckily I trained my kids for all kinds of scenerios and she knew exactly what to do. She was safe, had her key, called the contact backup and all was well. I commuted and did these practice runs over and over. And good think I did. Point here, we all have forgotten a person, thing or event. Don't beat yourself up over it. It is just part of this process. Forgive yourself.Deb aka AbcsOfrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619087592028571941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-61389407834433538522012-03-02T08:05:09.501-08:002012-03-02T08:05:09.501-08:00Oh no! This doesn't sound good at all. Keep ...Oh no! This doesn't sound good at all. Keep praying and keep appreciating that great family of yours. You have many good things in your life already, but I have a feeling more are on the way (and hopefully involve sugar sometime in the future!).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076282329093508289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-10413586975992287372012-03-01T06:18:30.439-08:002012-03-01T06:18:30.439-08:00Oh you poor thing. My daughter had the shingles......Oh you poor thing. My daughter had the shingles...get this...just 19 at the time and they can be brutal. It sounds like you won't be able to take alot of the "tradtional" ra meds. Have you thought about maybe seeing a nontraditional doc? These aren't usually covered by insurance though. They guide you on diet, vitamins, and such for different illnesses and stuff. I have always wanted to go to one but they can get to be expensive. Some other bloggers have tried them and are tending toward more of the holistic or natural way of doing things. In your case, it sounds like you don't have much of a choice with the traditional way...so why not try the non traditional? I understand you are already doing a better diet which is great! Just want you to know you are in my prayers and in my thoughts.Deb aka AbcsOfrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619087592028571941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-52084896706294328412012-02-29T19:05:32.359-08:002012-02-29T19:05:32.359-08:00One of your best posts yet. If I were Johnny Cas...One of your best posts yet. If I were Johnny Cash, I might respond with "You know you're fine...I walk the line (with you)... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-22974098932755688902012-02-14T08:23:00.413-08:002012-02-14T08:23:00.413-08:00Deb--I seem to travel less and less, but I'm s...Deb--I seem to travel less and less, but I'm so glad my kids are getting to do these things right now! Thanks for reading and commenting. I've been thinking about you--you've had a tough go lately. Hope you are feeling better.<br />SherryThe Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-37582927949005957502012-02-14T08:21:19.223-08:002012-02-14T08:21:19.223-08:00Alyssa, She had such a great experience! I think w...Alyssa, She had such a great experience! I think with planning Jackson will be able to go and do whatever he wants to do! I'm so proud of you for all of your hard work for him.<br />SherryThe Lady in Predhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162720993020455794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135489745049741950.post-84825459495964081082012-02-13T13:50:29.702-08:002012-02-13T13:50:29.702-08:00These memories will be with her for a lifetime. Th...These memories will be with her for a lifetime. That is why I love to travel as much as I can. Course Australia has always been on my to-do list. But with limited funds I get to travel through blog posts like this one :-)Deb aka AbcsOfrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619087592028571941noreply@blogger.com