Rheumatoid Arthritis

I'm sore today. My elbow is opening just a little more as I keep exercising it. I need to see a real physical therapist, but I'm waiting to see the Rheumatologist in February. Today we walked around thrift stores. Didn't buy much, but we enjoyed getting out and looking. It was rainy today so it was a great way to get out. Unfortunately, my right hip, send pains part down my right leg as I sit here with my feet up. I'm very concerned at how fast I blow through the detectable this year as I don't really have it all at once. I'm fully suspecting to not only blow right through the detectable but also meet my out of pocket cap in just a few months. Only a month more to go. I have lots of question and promise to not only ask them all, but share the answers as well.

Such a confusing place the insurance world is. I keep asking how much and get the reply we won't know until we submit it to insurance. The bills are piling up nicely and I don't see the Rheumatologist until February. The only good news about the insurance is there will be a cap of my out of pocket, so I'll be spending $3500 easy each year just for my medical. Not an easy defeat by a long shot to cover the expense, not to mention the month premium. My job is great and am I very lucky to have such good insurance, hopefully it will stay that way. I feel sorry for those that don't. Rheumatoid Arthritis is more then painful. Pain we can deal with, but sometime it affects life. My left arm won't open all the way. It did bother me too much until it started to hurt, so I went to the doctors. I got more predisone and pain medication. I ended up not taken the pain medication because I didn't like the fog it put me. I had a hard time thinking and just wanted to sleep.