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I am a slacker!

4/29/2018

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I cant believe how long it has been since I have updated this site. I want to let everyone know how things are going and where they are headed. In the last year I quit my hospital job and began travel nursing. This had always been a dream of mine but I had so many fears. What if I get a flare up while I am away, what if I cant handle it, what if no one likes me, what if I make a mistake, what if, what if, what if. Well, All of those things happened and I survived! So number 1# DON'T LET RA HOLD YOU BACK!

Next, I am on Arava now. I had stopped my meds after starting a plant based diet. I was doing well but slowly let unhealthy foods make their way back into my diet. This is a daily struggle for me. I have a real sugar problem and this is hard on my body. I also developed nodules on both Achilles. They are rarely painful and I can still go to spin class. But they are noticeable at times. 

I am getting married in June! Woo hoo!

I plan on updating this site over the summer when I am on school break and adding the many things I have learned over the years. 

I will soon be writing about cannabis and RA. I am working on my nursing cannabis certification over the summer. I want to share what I have learned. 

RA has changed my life and hardly changed it at all. I live pretty much how I did before RA and you can too. DON'T LOOSE HOPE!

Thank you all for writing to me. Your comments are funny, sad, hopeful, and inspiring. I have the best intentions to respond to everyone but life sometimes gets in the way. 

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