living – Page 10 – Alexandra Mars

How many lists of things to get to get done helps me to get back on track after dealing with a major infection and having a flare-up. Perhaps, my list of goals will help somebody else dealing with Rheumatoid arthritis.

Oct 13, 2021

Yesterday, I received my infusion, and the flare-up is over! I am feeling much better. Now, I need to get back into my schedule and start to exercise again. So, I will be working on that this week.

I am blessed to have found a biologic that works for me. There are others with RA that it takes trying different medications to find what works for them.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an nasty disease and it affects everyone differently.

Day 4 of the Flare-up of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Here’s a link if you would like to listen:

https://anchor.fm/alexandra-mars1/episodes/Day-4-of-the-Flare-up-of-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-e18jgt5/a-a6m6rkn

Yep, it is day four of the flare-up. And I am not feeling the greatest right now as I’m writing this post. Yesterday, I was up real late the night before, and it messed up my sleeping schedule. So, I just took it easy yesterday and didn’t do anything. Today, I just feel really lousy which is normal, dealing with a flare-up.

So yeah I am writing this post trying to decide what I want for breakfast. Do I wanna scramble some eggs or do I just wanna eat some cereal. So yeah. So I took a medication I have to wait about at least 30 minutes before I can eat. So I started thinking that you are wondering how do I prepare meals during a flareup. Which is a good question.

Well, I’ve always been a huge fan of leftovers. And I always like making extra food when I prepare a meal for the times when my energy levels are low or like times like this when I’m dealing with the RA. Which helps when it comes to having food prepared ahead of time. Last night I had leftovers; I had a hamburger, some macaroni salad, and macaroni and cheese that was my dinner. It was delicious.

Tonight‘s dinner is going to be something simple and easy to fix. I’m not spending a lot of time over the stove cooking a huge meal. I want to have some smoke sausage and probably a couple of cans of vegetables. That later this week, I’ll have different kinds of leftovers in my fridge. I like to have variety in my leftovers. And this helps me by taking off the pressure for what’s for dinner? Also, having a variety of leftovers helps with not getting bored eating the same thing over and over again. Still at the same time trying to have a healthy balanced diet as well, which can be hard at times when you’re dealing with a chronic illness like rheumatoid arthritis.

Having leftovers helps to reduce relying on eating fast food. And that’s what I am trying to cut down on. So I use leftovers to make sure I have meals when I need them and when I feel like it I also cook. So this is how I handle what’s for dinner when I have a flare-up.

Back Pain

Here’s the link if you would to listen:

https://anchor.fm/alexandra-mars1/episodes/Back-Pain-e13c8hi

Today, I woke with my lower back still aching and stiff, but I’m a lot better from last night. I’m counting down the days until I get my biologic medicine.

Keep moving—is burned into my mind. If I allow myself to stop moving, then my other joints will become stiff and swollen. I will lose my mobility.

If I lose my mobility, then I will lose my freedom, my independence, and I don’t want that.

There are other things that I want to do like finishing my manuscript, grow my podcast audience, play with my cat, and spend time with my family.

To live my best life.