RA and craft for sanity's sake

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Hi everyone. I post rarely if at all but am home on holidays presently and sadly

am sick with a cold or virus so was feeling flat and thought I'd put up a post.

I am from Australia and do not know many people with RA although I am told of

many people who have it but these people are well into their retirements years.

I am in my 50's and only had it diagnosed for 12 months.

I have suffered the hair fall out to the point that if I use one particular

bathroom at work I could see the top of my head shinning away. It is amazing

how we start to see things that we never noticed before.

What keeps me going is my work and my craft - patchwork. I enjoy patchwork

whilst I can still do it and when I am unable to do some things myself when my

hands are inflamed, I have some dear patchwork girlfriends who come to my rescue

and see me over the tough patches. Are there any others in the group that like

to do patchwork or other crafts? How do others keep their sanity with this

dreadful disease?

It would be nice to hear what others do.

Annie from Oz