I am an advocate for change. Sometimes I’m even an advocate for change just for change’s sake because it brings a new perspective to a situation.
However, I’ve realized that I’m also very much a disposer.
All of us have our own beliefs as to what comes after this life. Regardless of what my particular beliefs on the subject are, I do believe that I was given THIS life to do the best I can. So if I deal with a situation, and deal with a situation, and deal with a situation, and still can’t get it to work, I dispose of it and move on to some other solution. Hair styles, apartments, cars, jobs, even husbands have gone by the wayside because I have spent all the reasonable time and effort I can to resolve the situation.
I want disposable RA.
(Previously I only wanted travel-size RA, but I’ve even had it with that.)
I’ve had more pain and aggravation from this situation than I ever had from the aforementioned hairstyles, apartments, jobs, cars, and yes, even husbands, and I’m tired of it. I’m tired of being tired, waking up in pain, taking expensive drugs with heaven knows what side effects, and all the other baggage that comes with having this disease. I’m ready to make a change and go back to life BRA (before RA).
So any of you who have successfully figured out how to dispose of this situation (in an environmentally friendly way, of course), please leave a comment.
Thanks for checking in.
Oh, don’t I wish. But like the bumps on my big toes, my blond hair and wide, Scandinavian hip-bones, I’m stuck with RA unless modern medicine can help me “dispose” of it.
I’m not holding my breath. Instead, I’ve learned to live with it as gracefully and well as I can. Fortunately, there is more to life than RA. My aim is to enjoy all of it.
Remission is the closest we can come to disposing with RA. I hope, Carla, that your RA will go into a good, long remission sooner rather than later. Hugs for you …
I thought travel-size was a great idea. Disposable? That’s even better!
Combustible might work, but the fumes would probably be toxic. A different option: I’m picturing those styrofoam packing peanuts that take up so much space and make such a mess – I like the kind that will dissolve when put into water. Just like that, they disappear! Or maybe we could mix RA into a compost pile so that it can decompose into become something useful.
Carla, we all have times like this and I am so there with you. I like Warm Sock’s suggestions, but in the end we must move on as gracefully as we can as Wren says. But I am still oh so with ya there!
I can’t say that I have found a way to dispose of it, although I have definitely tried! But, I have learned to look at each day with RA and seek out something postive that it is giving me…..that something might be ever so small, but I have to find it. Maybe oneday it is forcing me to take a day off and just relax. Maybe it is forcing me to give up some control in my life to others so that I can value their empowerment. Some days it leads me to new friends. It leads me to learning more. It shows me how wonderful people truly are.
As I am feeling better after a two year flare, I find that I can appreciate my body and life more than ever before. We take so much for granted until it is gone. One thing I do love about RA is that we have days that we think are unbearable and then RA lets up a bit. It is then that we have to make the experiences and memories that will occupy our minds when it decides to hit us again.
I have sadly come to the realization that RA will always be a part of me. So for me, I have to see the good in it or else I will go crazy. I hope you feel better soon. I wonder if having time off for vacation finally gave your body permission and time to flare. You have been so busy. Be gentle with yourself. And as I tell my kids, “there is only one of you so be extra careful with yourself. You are too special to allow harm onto yourself”
I would like to suggest you visit http://www.roadback.org and look into low dose, long term antibiotic therapy.
There is also a book you can read on the subject. “The New Arthritis Breakthrough, Including Dr. Brown’s classic, The Road Back by Henry Scammell”
I can’t offer much in the way of info, since I am new to it myself, but I sure wish someone would’ve told me about it years ago.
Take care,
Gina