Rheumatoid Arthritis

One thing I have learned about living with rheumatoid arthritis is to keep moving when you can. I was amazed when I woke up this morning and my ankle felt much better, sore but totally walkable. On my way home from work, I called my husband and offered to stop by the store to pick up what we needed. I was able to walk the store, we only need a few items, but was getting sore and tired when I was checking out. I'll keep moving as long as can. It would be nice to get some yard work done tomorrow, just have to see how I feel. I took the health assessment for my insurance, I have reserved feeling about it. I scored 35 out of 100. They tried to suggest I should be worried about my lack of exercise. I think that is the least of my worries as I love to go walking in the mountains, at dollywood, and even window shopping. There were also questions about how many cups of vegetables and fruits do you eat a day. I honest have no clue and guessed. I'm assuming I underestimated. The he...

On the 18th I finally have insurance. Sadly I know I'll met my deductible fast, but I'm staying positive that this will give me much better care meaning less pain and more movement. My left arm won't extend open all the way. The elbow keeps swelling up taking up to 75% of the arm movement away. Thankfully this doesn't hurt unless try to force my arm to open more, which I do several times a day because I want it to move. I saw a doctor at the clinic about two weeks ago for the arm and he prescribed prednisone. The is a funny thing we mean a prednisone. Small doses once in a while help a great deal, too much and prednisone does more harm then good. For some reason when my body thinks it has had too much of prednisone it will swell up, make me dizzy, and/or cause my heart rate to up. This does ended up being too close to the dose I was just on a few weeks prior to this... I woke up on Saturday night with leg cramps. The cramps started in my right foot, so I pulled my l...