Tag: friendships
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and making new friendships
I don’t have many friends. And the people whom I do consider friends, I don’t see very often. Why? Because I struggle to keep...
Why I don’t ask for help…people let you down
I haven't blogged for a while because I've been extremely sick. Potential Adrenal Crisis type sick. My immunologist fit me in for an 'emergency'...
People who make my illness about them
I have to call someone close to me, and I don’t want to. Because I know the conversation will bring me down. Why? Because...
Rheumatoid Arthritis is a serious disease
Someone told me recently that Rheumatoid Arthritis is NOT a serious disease anymore. Her logic? Because people rarely wind up in wheelchairs anymore.Oh. My....
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Friendships
When you think of the casualties of chronic disease, you don’t immediately think of friendships. Our relationships with others are built on a variety...