My joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments – the whole kit & caboodle had gotten pretty bad. I was using a walker bc I couldn’t hold myself up & had to use a shower chair for the same reason. Then my rheumatologist put me on hydrochloriquine & omg am I glad that TFG didn’t run us out if supply bc it IS WORKING!
I’m still in a lot of this pain a lot of the time, but I barely even need to use my cane anymore, I just walk hella stiffly. and my rheumatologist, god bless him, made sure I knew it wouldn’t protect me from Covid but we laughed about how I was safe from malaria (bc although I love travel I’m afraid of most malarial places bc they have scary spiders. I’m a real little bitch about spiders. My mother once told me when I was a kid & she went through a white wine lady Ouija board & reincarnation phase, that I was probably killed my spiders in a previous life. Which was super helpful)
I’m not ready to commit yet bc I both don’t trust my body yet & I’m not 100% sure how much time I’ll have once school starts, but I think I’ll start looking for a senior dog to adopt once I’ve moved into my new elevator building. My cat will be pissed but she’s getting up there, I think she needs a companion that will piss her off enough to stay young.
I’ve also been able to start swimming laps again, which is bittersweet bc I used to be completely unbeatable with just legs, but I still enjoy hobbling into the pool (you should hear me scream getting out) in all my middle aged croneness & blowing everyone out of the water.
I’m not back in fighter shape yet, but I’m back up fighting.
Glad to hear you’re safe from malaria. Thankfully those idiots moved on to horse tranquilizer enemas or whatever.
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