Acceptance?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately (although writing very little!) about what ‘acceptance’ of RA means, and also about redefining my idea of ‘normal’. I hadn’t managed, and still haven’t managed in fact, to get my thoughts into words, but I think this afternoon I came as close to ‘acceptance’ as perhaps I ever will. …

Happy Word Arthritis Day everyone!

Is that an oxymoron? I think it might be! Anyway, the folk over at IAAM have asked us to write about the onset of our RA, so here goes. Well ... erm ... actually ... I don't really know when it started. I know when I got diagnosed, but that's not entirely the same thing. …