TOO MUCH VELCRO

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Hi Stilligans,

I hope this note finds each of you doing well, or doing your best to get

better. I saw my rheumy yesterday...just for a check up. I'm relatively stable

right now on my Kineret and Arava cocktail. I even successfully weaned off

Pred.....for now. Lol. Anyway, I had to show the doc my huge bruise.....he

called it hematoma, from a fall I took in the yard last week. My left ankle

folded over, and my left knee (5 surgeries) buckled and somehow my husband said

it looked like a cartwheel. I landed on my head, but the back of my thigh had a

pretty nasty impact with a wheelbarrow. Hence my huge and bloody red/purple

bruise. So the rheumy takes off my shoes and starts moving my ankles only to

tell me that they feel like " Gumby Ankles " and put me into ankle splints. Now,

I'm a good sport, and I have been for seven years now, but I have decided I have

WAY TOO MUCH VELCRO in my life. I now have Wrist Splints, Ankle Splints, Knee

braces and immobilizers....too many to

mention. I mean, I need a closet just for the splints. And the velcro is

supposed to be easy but it makes me crazy. They all stick together (or to

anthing else nearby...carpet, sweaters, bedspreads) and each one seems to have

at lest three straps that intertwine and wrap around in some intricate plan to

keep my joints together. I swear, if I wear them all (like I am supposed to) I

look like I am going bowling and cross county skiing at the same time.

I know it is for my own good. I know I should be thankful that I have good

medical care and the technology to keep me somewhat mobile....but I just had to

vent.

Thanks for listening.

Stay Healthy

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