This is what I have to put up with

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 …

Irritation cometh before a fall?

Perhaps it was karma, super-fast delivery thereof? I was waiting to go into the bank this morning and an elderly couple were coming down the steps, and taking up the full width so I couldn't get in. Of course I waited, but they were chatting and stopping to examine the handrail (which looked absolutely fine …

Knee update – on the mend

So it's been about three weeks since the latest knee flare-ette started and I think 'doing something radical' actually did the trick - OK, it's taken three weeks whereas if I go and squawk loudly enough at the doc it might mean I get steroids or an aspiration or whatever and it reduces it to …

Doing something radical!

So, instead of waiting until my knee flare goes from flarette to full-blown bad-ass flare, while doing absolutely nothing about it, and then saying, 'Oh gosh, I should really read my old blog posts, I always forget there are things I can do', I decided not to be the same ol' numpty this time, and …

Another flare – same ol’ numpty!

So ..I'm flaring again, since Monday, and it's the worst one I've had so far, although completely focused on the left knee, so I'm expecting them to brush it off as osteo. Maybe it is partly  it's swollen, warm to the touch and bends to about 120 degrees at best (worse in the morning) and …

Flare update

Today was my last day on the prednisolone and my knee is not 100% better, although it is hugely improved, so I thought I'd take a look through my blog and see how other flares went and how it compares. I had a look at my post-flare milestones post from last year and realised that …

Flare! Out of a clear blue sky …

I've been doing well for ages - hence the quietness on the blog - nothing much to say - and suddenly BAM, out of the blue, I woke up yesterday morning with my usual left knee flare. Actually weather-wise it wasn't such a clear blue sky - we'd had a few beautiful days and yesterday …

Good news and bad news … and good news …

Well the good news is that my poor, neglected blog has been poor and neglected since RA Blog Week in September of last year because I have been really well! I've had the odd hip pain but only when in bed, which means I never remember to ask the doc about it because when I'm …

Blinking knee again!

Sorry - not my most inspirational blog post title, but I'm not feeling very inspired! My knee has been playing up for a couple of weeks now - mostly the left one, as usual, with the occasional twinge in the right. At first I thought it had nothing to do with RA because the pain …

On the Third Day Before Christmas…

On the third day 'fore Christmas my Arthur gave to me, a bad pain in my left knee. On the second day 'fore Christmas my Arthur gave to me, two swollen ankles, and a bad pain in my left knee. Actually, to be strictly accurate, yesterday it was a bad right ankle, but that didn't …