When you get into a tight place and
everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang
on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and
time that the tide will turn.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Psoriatic Arthrits - A Review
When I was still in high school, I began have a lot of pain in my hands and feet. What began as an every once in a while pain soon morphed into a constant, stabbing pain whenever I would be on the move for more than a few hours. Being under 20, I just thought that I had done way too much and kept pushing myself through the pain. That worked well until the day that my brother was diagnosed with a disease called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The entire family was tested with my results coming out as inconclusive. From that moment, my life became a series of doctor visits, pills and pain.
Not a lot of information was available about Psoriatic Arthritis when I was diagnosed years later in the late 1990s. Luckily, times have changed. There's been an increase in information as well as medications used to treat the illness since then. Receiving a diagnosis of PsA doesn't have to be a life changer. Working hand in hand with your doctors to discover what works for you can make a huge difference in your quality of life when it comes to living with the disease.
For more thorough information on Psoriatic Arthritis, please click the link below to take you to a post I wrote when I first began this blog.
http://survivingpa.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-pa.html
Until next time,
Kay
Not a lot of information was available about Psoriatic Arthritis when I was diagnosed years later in the late 1990s. Luckily, times have changed. There's been an increase in information as well as medications used to treat the illness since then. Receiving a diagnosis of PsA doesn't have to be a life changer. Working hand in hand with your doctors to discover what works for you can make a huge difference in your quality of life when it comes to living with the disease.
For more thorough information on Psoriatic Arthritis, please click the link below to take you to a post I wrote when I first began this blog.
http://survivingpa.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-pa.html
Until next time,
Kay
Quote of the Day
Twenty
years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover.
~ Mark Twain
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Long weekend, short workweek
As I mentioned on Saturday, this weekend was Memorial Day weekend. The actual holiday was on Monday and it was the designated day to honor those fallen armed service members. It's my hope that they be remembered more often than one day by everyone.
It was unseasonably cold over the weekend. That didn't bode well for my PsA and Fibro. On Friday, the weather was so beautiful outside. Sunny and slightly breezy, I so wished that I was able to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, my lovely little pup decided to keep me up all night Friday and most of the day on Saturday. I wasn't able to get all of the restorative sleep that I need to reset the pain and stiffness. When I did get to fall asleep, I woke up around midnight and simply stayed awake to work on some of the crochet projects that I need to get finished by the end of October. I wanted to create a community project in order to help others somehow. Since I am okay with crocheting, the opportunity to make hat/scarf sets for the children of our local behavioral center presented itself. My next project is to create lap blankets for the elderly in area nursing homes.
Sunday was low-key even though everyone else was crazy about the Indianapolis 500 that happened. If I am to be honest, I didn't even bother with a lot of it. I spent the day catching up on reading that I had fallen behind in and made some headway toward finishing at least two books by Wednesday when I do my currently reading post on my other blog. Afterwards, I attempted to do some cleaning. I can often do some general straightening up but deep cleaning alludes me. No matter how hard I want to tear apart a room and clean from corner to corner, I can't anymore. It's just the plain true. The only thing I can do is whatever I can each and every day.
Monday was spent catching up on the blog posts both here and my reading blog. I managed to finish the 30th of 75 hat and scarf sets. I'm about halfway on the 31st scarf. I have given myself until the end of the week to work as many sets as possible before I start revising that novel of mine. I'll post more information about that journey on my other blog. After the rain had moved through Sunday night, I was able to move a little better on Monday. I was able to help with the clearing out/reorganization of the office/craft room. My husband and I have to share a space and unfortunately, my craft items runneth over.
Today, I'm just going to keep working on the crochet and reading. I am also going to start up a small exercise program so that I can lose this weight to help with both my breathing and my arthritis. Until the organization is finished, I can't use the weight machine but I have a small incumbent bike that I think 10 minutes twice a week is a good start. I don't want to overdo anything and cause myself a huge setback. I have done that before and it didn't end well at all. With that, I'm off to get my list of things done. Or as much as I'm able, that is.
Until next time,
Kay
It was unseasonably cold over the weekend. That didn't bode well for my PsA and Fibro. On Friday, the weather was so beautiful outside. Sunny and slightly breezy, I so wished that I was able to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, my lovely little pup decided to keep me up all night Friday and most of the day on Saturday. I wasn't able to get all of the restorative sleep that I need to reset the pain and stiffness. When I did get to fall asleep, I woke up around midnight and simply stayed awake to work on some of the crochet projects that I need to get finished by the end of October. I wanted to create a community project in order to help others somehow. Since I am okay with crocheting, the opportunity to make hat/scarf sets for the children of our local behavioral center presented itself. My next project is to create lap blankets for the elderly in area nursing homes.
Sunday was low-key even though everyone else was crazy about the Indianapolis 500 that happened. If I am to be honest, I didn't even bother with a lot of it. I spent the day catching up on reading that I had fallen behind in and made some headway toward finishing at least two books by Wednesday when I do my currently reading post on my other blog. Afterwards, I attempted to do some cleaning. I can often do some general straightening up but deep cleaning alludes me. No matter how hard I want to tear apart a room and clean from corner to corner, I can't anymore. It's just the plain true. The only thing I can do is whatever I can each and every day.
Monday was spent catching up on the blog posts both here and my reading blog. I managed to finish the 30th of 75 hat and scarf sets. I'm about halfway on the 31st scarf. I have given myself until the end of the week to work as many sets as possible before I start revising that novel of mine. I'll post more information about that journey on my other blog. After the rain had moved through Sunday night, I was able to move a little better on Monday. I was able to help with the clearing out/reorganization of the office/craft room. My husband and I have to share a space and unfortunately, my craft items runneth over.
Today, I'm just going to keep working on the crochet and reading. I am also going to start up a small exercise program so that I can lose this weight to help with both my breathing and my arthritis. Until the organization is finished, I can't use the weight machine but I have a small incumbent bike that I think 10 minutes twice a week is a good start. I don't want to overdo anything and cause myself a huge setback. I have done that before and it didn't end well at all. With that, I'm off to get my list of things done. Or as much as I'm able, that is.
Until next time,
Kay
Quote of the Day
It is only when
we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and
that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to
live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Quote of the Day
True
friends want nothing from you except the joy of your presence. No matter
what you do, they will always be your friend.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
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