<- THE SKIN ON MY BODY IS so paper thin and delicate, that the slightest bump turns into what you see in these pictures of my forearms- i cant believe how its getting worse,its the prednisone,imsure,,right? im pleased we all are analyzing and this crazy RA and all... my issue is atophy and how i want to exersize but afraid of damage? to my hip area that is falling apart.... i weigh 112 pounds,,my NORMAL weight is 120,,b/c I'm 5'5" tall,, but shrinking now that i am getting older haha,,(46-ALMOST 50)
~THIS RA has been w/me for 6 full years now,, i know it by heart,,i can say this with most experenced confidence= heres the scoop on RA.... ITS a mystery,,its unpredictible-thats IT!
~ its unpredictible ~ and no telling what will trigger on a flare,,
ME= personally ive been in a flare with the diagnose,,, i mean,,i never ever had a unpainful day- (except ONE day in 6 yrs) i am always getting attacked every nite at sleep,,i do have very very active RA and im as "hyper"active as they come-i love to exercise and move and be limber,,but all i do is sleep / its all i feel like doing- ~i only have enuff energy to do about 4 hours of things then i have to lay down from -elbows -hips and -feet and -hands hurting and -spine (the occipital all down to shoulderblades area) ~i cant grip too tight on anything or my knuckles in my hands feel like they are getting squished ,OUCHY! ~i also must say,,this is the third month now w/out a DOT-come ON now!!! i'm way to young for menopause,, but i do believe thats whats going on here ..my moods are so delicate,,i cry over a commercial - or barack's speech's ,,sad but GLAD, no more tampons -they cost a fortune anyways,,and OH da pain of alllll those years of cramps,,,,,,gone,,bye bye,OK!. i think its why ive been real anxiious and weird lately- I AGREE w/the post/comment about needing to exercise-,i have a gazelle exerciser,,thats just propped up against the wall,,damn it,,im gonna have kelly help me get it standing up and by the TV and i will at least do the gazelle,,,its pretty safe,, (borrowed from friend jennifer when she offered cuz shes not using it) its actully pretty fun. i stay so buzy when i can-then i sleep so i can get going again,,,
i am sleeping 16 hours eery 24,,thats bad, but i cannot helpit or control it,,i just lay down and sleep,no matter what,,its unstoppible at 10.-11.00 am i shut down and i just have to go lay down untill about 3.00pm-so then i go thru all that pain again, waking up so i can run downtown to pickup kell,