The frustrations and simple pleasures of daily life living with chronic disease
Have you seen this commercial? It shows two individuals talking about their struggles with arthritis. Then, they use Capzasin-HP and their pain goes away. The woman can garden again and the man can open jars. Wait a minute! He used capsaicin on his hands? I don’t doubt that it would work. It is very effective. […]
I am plagued with neck stiffness. Sometimes I get stabbing pain in my left shoulder or the muscles feels tight on the right side of my neck. It can be difficult to turn my neck some days. This started years ago when I used a computer mouse exclusively with my right hand. Arthritis has added […]
Week three’s theme is windows…to be interpretated in many ways. One could take a photo of a window, looking out a window, or looking in. Though, that last one might get you in trouble with the law if it’s not your window. LOL In the first photographs, I decided to see if I could be […]
Is your pain worse in a specific season? Some people say that the colder the temperatures in winter worsen their pain and stiffness. Some say that rain affects them. They will have trouble in a joint before a storm arrives. I don’t see any difference in my pain level in winter nor when it’s cold […]
This is the second week of the photography challenge. The theme for this week is books, shelves, and reading spots. The first photography is my honor shelves. Of course, the book shelf holds books! But, these shelves hold recent gifts, cards, photographs, and stuff that I want to remember. The cat card is from my […]
As always, my blogging gets thin around the holidays. The extra activity and stress does me in. This year I had a prolonged recovery. As previously noted, my lower back went out at Christmas so I had a few stiff days because of that. On top of that, my dog was having health issues throughout […]
I am participating in a weekly photography challenge on a website forum I visit regularly. I thought it would be fun to cross post the photos here. Photography is the one thing I can still do even with this crappy arthritis. The first week’s theme, Pets, was an easy one to get us rolling. These […]
We were inundated with rain in December. A welcome sight for a drought weary region. However, it meant the return of my nemesis, the mushrooms. We had at least five varieties growing in the back lawn. As my dog tends to get into everything, I had to dig them up. And, I did, almost every […]
So, I got my new Darco shoes. They fit. They look almost like the old shoes. They seem to be working out okay. I am having one problem. Though these are made better than the Darco blue surgical shoe, they don’t have the upturned toe like the Walkwell shoes. Evidently, this matters to my feet. […]
If you have a disability and need special things like braces, shoes, wraps, then you know what I am going through. It took my 5 years after diagnosis to find a pair of shoes I could wear. I tried tennis shoes, orthopedic shoes, orthopedic sandals, and a whole host of shoes especially made for sore […]