Hello everyone and my apologies for being away so long. I love this group
but have been so busy have had very little time to participate.
First of all, I (although retired from teaching) have begun teaching
Computer classes 2 days a week at a school in my area, grades K through 8. I
am loving it! It keeps me very busy,not only preparing, but also maintaining
a web site for the school. (The link is below in my signature.).  I have
also been taking online courses in Photography and painting.

I have been going along on 0.6 ml of the MTX once a week and don't have the
severe pain I had in the beginning although my hands are anything but good.
I have learned to be very careful about how I carry heavy things or find
that I suffer severe pain in my hands that keeps me awake nights for several
days after.  All I need do is remember the agony of that, makes me carry
things right!!!

Here is something strange, I think, but wonder what you all have
experienced:
Several times, a severe attack of pain gets into my shoulder (Left side, not
both) or elbow, so severe I cannot get clothes on or off with out some help
accompanied by some swelling. Lasts for 3 or 4 days and then goes away. I
recognize it as the RA type of pain that I have experienced. To be sure,
when my RA started, it began with that shoulder. Anyway, I will be seeing my
doctor on the 22nd and will ask him about it.

I hope all of you are as well as can be expected and I hope to check in more
often than I have and thank Squirrely Jo for getting me back here!