Re: re: What do you do for work?

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Hi Bunny:

Did you just get diagnosed with RA? Are you on any meds yet? I remember my slow decline and how long it took to finally figure it out. I, too, am an extremely active person: full time work, mother, runner, etc. As the RA slowly cut into my ability to do things, I had to stop expecting so much from myself. That's the hardest part. Sometimes I felt like the harder I fought against it, the more tired I became. I had to learn to adjust my expectations of myself and my house and my job. But I got on meds and they work very well for me and for the most part have made it possible for me to do most of what I need and want to do. I still have a hard time "accepting" that I can't do what I used to do and that sometimes I just need to bug out to rest and recuperate, let the house go a bit and not work as hard. It's a daily struggle.

Good luck to you.

gloria