I had a lovely surprise yesterday. A lady who had read some of my articles on The Mighty (which is a website for the chronically ill, comprised of essays written by people who struggle with constant illness). And my bio there led her to look at this blog of mine and she was compelled to email me. We were both delighted to discover each other. She also has PsA (Psoriatic Arthritis) and she has it as badly as I do!! Generally it is less destructive than RA is but in my case (and in hers) the disease is far worse and more destructive than RA is. (My rheumatologist told me that). She too, uses a wheelchair when she goes out and is extremely limited in what she can do. It is in her spine, as it is in mine. I don't think she has the arm issues I do, but I might be wrong about that.
Sometimes God delights me by shining a light into my darkness.
Pain is really bad for me right now. The worst place is in my feet/ankles. I am heavily reliant on my forearm crutches in the house and am exclusively using the transport chair when out. I plan on scheduling surgery on my left (fused) foot to remove the tons of hardware that are in there. I'm hoping that that will somewhat alleviate that pain. I am also hoping that if anything else is wrong there, the foot surgeon will see it and correct it. I don't know. The last time I saw her she said she thinks my pain is all due to the PsA...even though I had surgery that I thought was going to eliminate that. Why did no one tell me that that could happen? I wouldn't have gone through that hellish surgery!!
We (my dad and I) have to leave his house here by 8:30 AM to get to the foot MD's office by 10:15.
I hope the weather is better than it has been. I've been keeping a nervous eye on Florence although my "sources" say that there's no way she's going to make it to NE PA. Yes, God asked me if I trust him (this was before they knew anything about the track she would take.) and "Yes, Lord, you know I do." Then, WHY ARE YOU WORRYING? Well, Lord. I know that sometimes you lead through the flood and through the fire....and well. I really don't want to do either one of those...
The reason a flood terrifies me is that we have a partially finished basement and a LOT of stuff is stored down there. Now, it isn't that i don't want to lose that stuff...it's simply that I cannot go up and down those steps and there is no way on earth that I could get a dumpster and throw it all out! The last time the basement flooded (In hurricane Irene), we had a company come in and do it for us. If our insurance will pay for it again, that would be awesome....but getting them when there are that many people needing help is hard. And the longer you wait, the more mold sets in and the worse my asthma gets.
You know? The Lord knows all that and he will either bring me help or not let it flood in the first place....so really, Cyn," CHILL. And put all that 'worry-energy' into praying for those who really ARE in peril. "
Abashed face. Absolutely right.
Sometimes God delights me by shining a light into my darkness.
Pain is really bad for me right now. The worst place is in my feet/ankles. I am heavily reliant on my forearm crutches in the house and am exclusively using the transport chair when out. I plan on scheduling surgery on my left (fused) foot to remove the tons of hardware that are in there. I'm hoping that that will somewhat alleviate that pain. I am also hoping that if anything else is wrong there, the foot surgeon will see it and correct it. I don't know. The last time I saw her she said she thinks my pain is all due to the PsA...even though I had surgery that I thought was going to eliminate that. Why did no one tell me that that could happen? I wouldn't have gone through that hellish surgery!!
We (my dad and I) have to leave his house here by 8:30 AM to get to the foot MD's office by 10:15.
I hope the weather is better than it has been. I've been keeping a nervous eye on Florence although my "sources" say that there's no way she's going to make it to NE PA. Yes, God asked me if I trust him (this was before they knew anything about the track she would take.) and "Yes, Lord, you know I do." Then, WHY ARE YOU WORRYING? Well, Lord. I know that sometimes you lead through the flood and through the fire....and well. I really don't want to do either one of those...
The reason a flood terrifies me is that we have a partially finished basement and a LOT of stuff is stored down there. Now, it isn't that i don't want to lose that stuff...it's simply that I cannot go up and down those steps and there is no way on earth that I could get a dumpster and throw it all out! The last time the basement flooded (In hurricane Irene), we had a company come in and do it for us. If our insurance will pay for it again, that would be awesome....but getting them when there are that many people needing help is hard. And the longer you wait, the more mold sets in and the worse my asthma gets.
You know? The Lord knows all that and he will either bring me help or not let it flood in the first place....so really, Cyn," CHILL. And put all that 'worry-energy' into praying for those who really ARE in peril. "
Abashed face. Absolutely right.
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