Normality resumes and RA Guy’s project

Finally, the kids are back at school and the husband is back to work, normal scheduling can now resume.  This week has been tough on the kids, they were getting to used to their late nights and late mornings, so getting up at 7:15am while it’s still dark outside has been a shock to the system.  Now on Thursday, the grumpiness has settled into them

We started training again on Monday, if you are a regular follower of my blog you will know both myself and the kids partake in Taekwondo….this is something my rheumatologist has advised I give up….if you are regular follower of my blog, you will know I am a stubborn biaotch who refuses point-blank to give that up! (*disclaimer* I am however very sensible, if I have a flare I will not do the kickboxing side )

My TKD instructors’ partner has just launched her new fitness classes and asked that I join her on Tuesday morning to give her a bit of moral support. It was bad enough going back to TKD/Kickboxing on Monday night having not trained for 2wks, and man, did I pay, I had to literally roll myself out of bed the next morning, to get myself to her class. I thought, being relatively fit anyway her class would be ok…yesterday,I walked around looking as I have just lost a horse…I am in pain, and it’s not a Lupus pain, I have been told it’s a good pain…since when has pain ever been good?!

Needless to say, TKD was given a miss last night.

Work has also commenced this week, have been busy designing the new website for the company, have secured the domain name so hopefully get it up and running shortly.  Since my Lupus diagnosis, not sure if it’s the illness, medication or just age, I find my memory is not as good as it is, also wonder if its down to the fact my brain was not being used to its full potential since I have been at home for the kids for 9 years, so this is something I am interested to see if there is a change.  I am very very lucky to have a boss that is very understanding of my illness, he has outlined that my health is priority then my family, work should be the bottom of my ‘life list’ It helps that he has known me for 2 yrs now and has seen what this illness can do to me so understands if I can not go into the office due to fatigue or flares, those kinds of people are very hard to come by.

I also FINALLY got my 2nd Rheumatologist appointment, which has come in 2 months late! I was supposed to have received my appointment in November, *rolleyes* I am going to see him next week, be interesting to see what he has to say, as I have been flare free for 2 months now.

Just want to sign of by sharing an awesome project with you.  I have been a follower of R.A Guy since my diagnosis last year, he has always had valuable advice, and it’s not just about Rheumatoid Arthritis, as you know there are many  AutoImmune diseases under one umbrella.  Anyway, he has launched a fabulous project, called Show Us Your Hands, which showcases the many beautiful hands in various states of flare and even hands that are not flared, the only thing these hands have, is they belong to people who have an auto-immune disease, check it out

If you want to take part with the project, you can share your image with RA guy at his Facebook page or on his Show us Your Hands FB page  My hands are there

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