Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hello 50 - lol - I will hit it in September. I think I am a very lucky person to have received a diagnosis before any major deformities set it. I love to sew and quilt. I use my hands every day to some extent to do this. The women in my Remicade group can not believe that I still hand sew my quilts. I tell them I won't give in to this disease. yes, it is hard. My stitches aren't as tiny as they once were and it worries me but I still do it. I will probably never win an award for my hand quilts but the people I make them for love them all and don't care that they are blue ribbon winners for hand work but they are made with a lot of love. Sometimes I don't work on anything for weeks but I always go back to it and plug away. I simply refuse to give up. I find that if I soak my hands in hot water that they do much better. I soak my body in our hot tub - something I highly recommend too. I also garden in the spring and summertime. No my gardens aren't award winning either and definetely not weed free but they are colorful and give me lots of different flowers to smell each year. I do what I can and don't what I can't. I just plug along... Some days are rougher then others but if I let guard down I think I would fall apart like humpty dumpty and no one could put him back together again so if I spill some milk - I'll just clean it up... I can tell SPRING is coming because my spirits are lifting with the new buds coming out. I wouldn't have been talking like this at the beginning of the winter...that is my toughest time. God bless, Althea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Althea, I hit 50 in Oct. and feel like you do. I am lucky to be on Enbrel which should help keep the deformities away. You have a great attitude and are a great asset to this group. blueroses11 <blueroses11@...> wrote: Hello 50 - lol - I will hit it in September. I think I am a very lucky person to have received a diagnosis before any major deformities set it. I love to sew and quilt. I use my hands every day to some extent to do this. The women in my Remicade group can not believe that I still hand sew my quilts. I tell them I won't give in to this disease. yes, it is hard. My stitches aren't as tiny as they once were and it worries me but I still do it. I will probably never win an award for my hand quilts but the people I make them for love them all and don't care that they are blue ribbon winners for hand work but they are made with a lot of love. Sometimes I don't work on anything for weeks but I always go back to it and plug away. I simply refuse to give up. I find that if I soak my hands in hot water that they do much better. I soak my body in our hot tub - something I highly recommend too. I also garden in the spring and summertime. No my gardens aren't award winning either and definetely not weed free but they are colorful and give me lots of different flowers to smell each year. I do what I can and don't what I can't. I just plug along... Some days are rougher then others but if I let guard down I think I would fall apart like humpty dumpty and no one could put him back together again so if I spill some milk - I'll just clean it up... I can tell SPRING is coming because my spirits are lifting with the new buds coming out. I wouldn't have been talking like this at the beginning of the winter...that is my toughest time. God bless, Althea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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