Okay - time to include the good as well as my whine.  Yesterday I spent most
of the day lounging in bed - actually didn't get out of bed and out of pj's
except to get meds until about 12:00 and was back in pj's reading in bed by
7:00.  Felt great this morning except for the stiffness.  Of course the
fatique is still there - darn RA fatique but the spirit felt better.  3 good
books in a row helped.

This morning I stayed in bed until about 11:00 reading until I got a call
from the realtor selling our house.  We have an offer coming any minute - of
course Pat is away until the 15th but he is waiting by a fax machine.  Bit
scary.  People keep coming up with reasons the house I have chosen isn't a
great one - my brother says it would be okay if I don't mind having golf
balls hit the house.  One of the holes on the development they are building
behind the house is behind the house - not sure how much of a green space
between the house and the hole and what will be in that green space.  hard
to tell the scale on the map.

Anyhow the good things - I can drive again although have to pick my times in
the day.  That is good.  The scooter is helping my mobility.  That is good.
Pat (my husband) is being incredibly supportive of all of this RA and neuro
garbage and has been selling off stocks etc. to fund all this ($50,000 and
raising quickly).  My RD and his nurse practitioner and my general
practitioner are incedible as is my pt and my pharmacist.  What would I do
without this team!  have to include the urologist with that.  those are
good.  I am having less drowsiness with the neurological drugs than I was -
good again.  And I have an incredible support group - so again good.

So despite all the tough times things are better.  sometimes I need to slow
down and smell the flowers so to speak.  Thanks everyone.  I appreciate the
support and sure am glad everyone here can hear the stuff behind the whine
or facts or whatever.  Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference when you
are close to something.

Kelly