Re: Grocery shopping with RA and hubby -- THANKS Kathe

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Hi Kathe,

Thanks for writing back. My daughter will be able to drive in about

6-12 months at least with a permit so that should help things out a

lot. I just need him to be patient until then, yeah right!

Tracie

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> > Hello all,

> >

> > I know I have not been on the board forever, but I

> > do read once in

> > awhile. Does anyone else find it impossible to

> > grocery shop? I

> > just cannot do it, especially alone. We have a

> > large family of five

> > with two older children who eat a lot now, LOL, so

> > we buy a lot of

> > cases and bulk items. We don't live near the

> > grocery store so I

> > cannot make several trips it has to be one huge

> > weekly run cause we

> > live in the middle of nowhere basically. It is a

> > good 35-40 miles

> > to the nearest decent grocery store and that drive

> > alone tuckers me

> > out plus all the walking in the store. I cannot

> > push the cart once

> > it becomes too full. I have a lot of trouble with

> > RA in my hands,

> > hips and spine as well as my feet. Hubby has been

> > taking this chore

> > over for the last several weeks, but he hates it or

> > seems to as he

> > just seems so disgusted with me like I am going to

> > just jump up one

> > day and miraculously be healed. I know he means

> > well, but I feel so

> > useless in his eyes. Does this make sense to anyone

> > else or am I

> > just a big fool? I am trying to do better with

> > other chores around

> > the house like bathing our smallest daughter who is

> > 5 and washing

> > her hair which is very, very difficult for me, but I

> > am really

> > trying and have been pretty successful with it. It

> > is hard to braid

> > her hair etc with these hands, but I am managing

> > somehow. My 14-

> > year-old daughter is a blessing and once she can

> > drive I know she

> > will go get the groceries just to get out of the

> > house bless her

> > heart. I hate going to the grocery store with our

> > youngest so one

> > of us has to stay home with her. She is not a good

> > grocery shopper,

> > she wants something on every isle like all small

> > children.

> >

> > What do you all do? Feel free to email me at

> > tracierae143@y...

> > or post here, whichever is easier. I would

> > appreciate any of your

> > thoughts on this matter.

> >

> > Thanks so much and my prayers go out to you all as

> > always,

> >

> > Tracie in Maine

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> Kathe

>

> " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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