Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
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This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it!
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
1y ago
Yes, I’m having another flare. The last one ran from the end of January to mid-March, and started systemic, finally settling, as they always do, in my knees (mostly left). I ended up with steroids the day before my birthday – lovely … but they worked. This one started about a week ago – out ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
1y ago
Obviously the past tense gives away the ‘but’ that comes next! Last Friday hubby and I decided to go for a little walk in one of the local villages. The weather was pretty horrid but I felt very virtuous going out anyway, fully suited and booted for the weather. Unfortunately the boots were what caused ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
1y ago
Well, it’s been over two years since I had a serious flare, which is why I’ve pretty much abandoned this blog, and I don’t suppose anyone is now reading it, but it’s a useful diary for me to look back on, so I’ll update it! That all changed about three weeks ago, when the minimal ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
3y ago
Well, I’ve had my vaccine. Hurrah! As usual the surgery messed up. A few weeks ago, realising that they might phone me to try to sort the vaccine out, I thought ‘Gosh, I rarely answer the home phone – better make sure they use my mobile’ so I filled in their online form to update ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
3y ago
OK, I’m exaggerating. The flare is real, the existential crisis not so much, but I am wondering whether to continue this blog, as all I do these days is post occasionally to say, ‘Hi guys I’m flaring’ and then not post for months because I have nothing to say about RA, thanks to being pretty ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
3y ago
Next week is RA Awareness Week in the UK and the busy bees at the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society have created a series of wellbeing sessions under the banner #ourmindsRApriority – I do like RApriority … ? You can sign up for free sessions here. I’m feeling pretty lucky at the moment – I’m OK ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
4y ago
Since I started the steroids a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been ticking of little milestones: today I can bend the leg a bit, today I managed to walk round the garden … and bigger ones, today I stopped using my stick, today I made it onto my favorite local footpath … but today’s milestone ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
4y ago
Well, if you read this blog much you’ll have an idea I’ve been flaring, semi-flaring, recovering from flares and going into new flares, for a wee while now. (Or not – ’cause I realise I’ve failed to actually post about most of it!) I was quite shocked to find, when I did a little history ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
4y ago
There’s just one problem with the top notice on the side door of my GP surgery, below: Did you guess? No, I wasn’t picking up on anything grammatical – although I could… This door IS the different entrance you’ll be using. I think they meant to stick the notice on the main door instead. <Insert ..read more
Pollyanna Penguin’s RA Blog
4y ago
This is that rare thing, Pollyanna Penguin trying to stay calm, measured and reasonable, and not ‘fly off the handle’ at the GP, since I don’t particularly want to get thrown off the practice register. (Although if the practice up the road with the much better reputation would take me, that would be a blessing ..read more