Question for anyone ......everyone.....

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Not sure how to put this..... I'm trying to find the fine line between

using the joints without overusing them. My hips are aching lately.

What I want to know is that if I push myself to walk through the pain I

initially do feel less pain but once I sit and rest again I regret it

because the pain is twice as bad. With normal joint injuries resting

is usually recomended but with RA what have you found to work best for

you? Am I causing more stress to my effected joints by trying to do my

daily activities? I was recently turned down for SS because they (I'm

assuming by my doctors reports) believe that I am fully capable of

working full time to support myself. If I could work I would be out

there working...... grrrrrrr....... If I suck it up (NTM take a few

more pain pills) and go back to my usual line of work I can guarantee

that I will drop dead before the year ends. But I have to DO something

to help myself financially. I will appeal the SS decision but that will

take a long time and I am at the edge of ruin. My husband feels that

if SS says I can work then I should be able to work. I feel like I

have blown past the denial stage and stuck in the anger stage. LOL