The Great Flare Tale of 2010!!!
As some of you know...that read this blog, that I have struggled with Rheumatoid Arthritis for the past 19 years...but nothing could have ever prepared me for the terrible recent flare that I experienced. I realize...that this disease is very unpredictable...n ot knowing from one day to the next what to expect. That's why I get up early each morning...to deal with the unexpected. My right ankle had been bothering me for several weeks...but I just figured...it would get better in time just like anything else has, that had been hurting, etc. I went to work...but when I was walking on it, it hurt much more than usual. I finally took a little break to inspect it...and lo and behold it was red and swollen. I knew I had to attack this head on, so I contacted my nurse and left a message. I went home from work...to wait for her call. She called back later and said she could work me in...but it would be waiting. I didn't care. I was just happy...that I would be seen