Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
Hello friends – how did you do last week? I had my doctors appointment Friday afternoon. While most things went great and the doctor was greatly impressed with most of my blood work, there were some things that concerned her. Therefore, I had more blood work done after my appointment. Hopefully, I will have those results back this week and we can discuss what is going on. Personally, I think my rheumatoid arthritis is getting worse. It feels like it is these days. I’ll let you know once I find out something.
Other than that, we got our last items purchased this past weekend for Christmas. The end of this week, we will begin the wrapping, bagging, boxing and torture of bringing things to the post office. This will be interesting for sure.
How is your shopping coming along? How was your week? Any plans this week? I know this is the holiday week and I can tell you that I might not be walking a straight line with some food…. I feel some pies coming along – 🙂
Piglove 
Pat
11/21/2016 at 1:24 pm
Good news joyfully accepted! Hope what ever else they find is minor, if anything.
Piglove
11/21/2016 at 1:59 pm
thanks my friend. I really appreciate that!
Genevieve Petrillo
11/21/2016 at 3:16 pm
RA is like that – at least with me it is. It flares up and settles down at will. The fact that I take my medicines religiously has nothing to do with it. It’s got a mind of its own. Hope your doctor has a good idea.
Piglove
11/21/2016 at 3:29 pm
Thanks sweet friend. We believe that is what’s going on right now. I’m in a major flare up. It stinks.
Nylabluesmum
11/21/2016 at 3:42 pm
I am sorry the RA feels like it is progressing…..with our up & down temps I am in virtual agony with the Osteoarthritis. And then I ate Doritos! And Sun Chips! And I feel UGH!!! And so I should….
I need to get back on track ASAP….
I hope the bloodwork comes back clear….I can hope right June??
(((hugs))) Sherri-Ellen
Piglove
11/21/2016 at 3:46 pm
aaww thanks sweet friend. We think that might be the issue of it getting worse. I hope not. I don’t have time for this! LOL. I’m walking like I’m 100 years old these days. It’s gotta get better, right? Love you.
Nylabluesmum
11/24/2016 at 10:24 am
Oh June I am hoping it gets better for you! My 3 combined & I am in a TOTAL flare-up! I can barely walk & am dragging my right leg….I am feeling about 100 yrs old also. I asked G-D for just 1 day ‘pain-free’…..today will NOT be THAT day 😦
Piglove
11/26/2016 at 11:42 am
I so know what you mean sweet friend. I don’t remember pain free days. It’s been going on that long. Shaking my head. But I’m trying to still adjust to living with it. Hogs and kisses sweets.
Nylabluesmum
11/26/2016 at 3:06 pm
Mee-you Lady June did you know LadyMum has had Fibro an Osteoarthritis since shee was 25??? An shee sayss her last pain-free day was back inn 1989!!! The bone disease came along durin thee late 90’ss an shee was diagnosed with Skeletal Hyperostosis inn 2001 an confirmed inn 2002. Shee was told shee wood bee inn wheelychair by 2010 butt shee has struggled thru it all to stay moe-bile!! Shee DOES use thee walker when shee has to…..
LadyMum an Mumma Mary-Ellen have mee-yowed about fingss an IF LadyMum fallss apart or ends uppy ‘inn a home’ (Buudha Kat forbid!) then Mumma wood take mee back…..
At leest there iss a back up plan….it iss scarey an sad tho’.
Mee hopess LadyMum will stay moebile so mee can live with her fur ever! An mee hopess an purrayss you get resultss an can find sum treetmint that will help you Lady June….
~~~head rubsss~~~ (gentull oness) Siddhartha Henry~~~
Piglove
11/28/2016 at 9:31 am
WOW sweet friend. Your Lady Mum has been put through the ringer as mom says. Bless her heart with all of this unwanted pain for sure. I hope both our Ladymum’s feel better soon for sure! Hogs and snout kisses. XOXO – Bacon
Nylabluesmum
11/28/2016 at 10:33 am
As you know Unccle, thee RA an OS nevurr leevess…so mee purray that both our Mumma’ss can have sum pain reeleif soon!!
With Ladymum fallin Katurday nite hsee iss back inn turribull pain again….
Piglove
11/28/2016 at 10:57 am
OH NO! She fell? OMP – I hope she is okay my nefkitty. And you are right, pain never goes away. It’s a matter of how much pain the day will bring. Give your Ladymum some hogs and snout kisses for me. XOXO – Bacon
Nylabluesmum
11/28/2016 at 11:01 am
Oy hes Bacon LadyMum’ss knee just gave out an shee went crashin to thee floor…..squeelin inn pain!!! Shee was down fur 1 1/2 hourss an mee brott her mee mousiess an sat with her. Shee iss inn a werld of hert an takin Codeene an tryin to rest. Shee said shee felt elecktrick shocks goin uppy her spine when shee was on thee floor…mee not fink that iss a good fing rite Unccle???? Poor LadyMum 😦
Piglove
11/28/2016 at 12:55 pm
No my sweet nefkitty – that is not a good sign at all. Your Ladymum needs lots of rest and relaxation now to heal. I know you will take care of her for sure! XOXO – Bacon
Nylabluesmum
11/28/2016 at 2:08 pm
Shee iss restin an pacin herself with choress….shee is one cranky hertin unit! 😦
jansfunnyfarm
11/21/2016 at 3:47 pm
Shopping coming along? You’re joking, right! Jan never remembers what day it is. We can prove that because she consistently forgets our special days. She’ll think of Christmas before New Years, we hope.
Sorry your RA seems to be getting worse. No fun!
easyweimaraner
11/22/2016 at 1:49 am
I hope the results bring good news and your dogtor can find a treatment for that evil and painful rheumatoid arthritis…. all paws and fingers are crossed.
We still are clueless on the christmas front and ponder abpout some ideas… it came too soon this year…
Piglove
11/22/2016 at 8:49 am
Thanks my friends. I’m hoping that all of the test results come back this week and we can put a plan into motion. It’s a royal pain wanting to do things and not being able to do them because of aches/pains. Christmas flew here so fast this year. But I think we are done – except for the packing and mailing. Now the nightmare begins, right?
Hailey and Zaphod
11/22/2016 at 6:25 am
POTP you get good results or at least results that end in a successful treatment. We have given up giving gifts to most of the people in our lives as we don’t need things, so we don’t have much shopping to do!
Piglove
11/22/2016 at 8:50 am
Thanks my sweet friends! That’s the way me and the hub unit do. We give each other things throughout the year.