I have been dealing with a major flare this week, and since I've been pretty much in remission for the past year I am having trouble with coping with the pain, I had forgotten just how hard AS can bite I think it's because I went off Arava for a few weeks while waiting to find out if I had cancer, didn't want to be on an immune suppressant if I did, and nope, didn't check with the rheumy, just pig headedly did it -- and also had those nerve conductivity tests where they stick needles in your back to see how many seconds it takes you to hit the ceiling. So am crab walking again, it's getting a bit better day by day, but doing the AS roll out of bed, and can't stand up straight for a couple of hours. Yesterday I was finally able to take the dogs for a walk around the block, hurt some but as we all know, if you don't use it you fuse it. My mom has been bringing food by -- you'd think by my age she wouldn't have to be looking out for me -- and I also did some pool therapy at my local arthritis support group, don't know if it helped but the heated pool feld good. So anyway, in a way this is not totally a bad thing, because it reminds me of just how much most people who come here hurt on a daily basis, and how lucky I was to get relief with Arava -- and hopefully it will kick back in and give me my "normal" life back.

Cheryl

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