http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Rheumatoid-Arthritis-blog.html Tips on everyday living and Gardening Tips when living with Rheumatoid Arthritis en-us Rheumatoid Arthritis Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:14:35 GMT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:14:35 GMT livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Garden-schedule-July2008.html A garden schedule used since ancient times based on the moon cycles Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:41:40 GMT http://www.LivingWithRheumatoidArthritis.com/Rheumatoid-Arthritis-blog.html Diary of progress on 2 week detox diet... Uneventful day, foot is still feeling better than at the beginning of the detox diet, but not totally pain free yet. Disappointed because my tongue still has a slight white coating in the morning which I expected to be gone by now from my past experiences. Energy is good, spent the entire day cleaning house, my least favorite chore. Still having cravings but noticed today that food has so much more flavor than before the detox. Bit into a strawberry and it was like an explosion of flavor, almost overwhelming. Watching my nails to see improvement but that won't show for weeks after the diet is done. Presently have some type of fungus (yeast is the likely cause) on three finger nails and one toe nail. Food cravings continue but I am being very good at resisting. Remind myself often to eat often as this is the best way to keep to the diet. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:50:27 GMT http://www.LivingWithRheumatoidArthritis.com/Rheumatoid-Arthritis-blog.html Well I had intended to journal my entire detox but missed the first 4 days, which were uneventful. No changes during the first 4 days. I started the detox on Thursday. Reason I picked this time to begin was I had a tooth pulled and with the product I'm using for the detox, I thought it would be a great way to pull all the toxins out of my system from the infected tooth and perhaps avoid dry socket. I also have fungus on my nails again (common for me) and this detox is supposed to kill that, so we'll see how it works. Day 5 today and I have cravings all day long. The cravings started on day 3, I wanted something with flavor to drink. Today I just want SOMETHING, ANYTHING that I'm not allowed. I did notice today that the pain I've been feeling in my right foot has started to ease up. (the pain is from way too much walking on rough ground and standing on concrete prepainting boards for siding on the barn), combined with poor eating habits over the winter. It's my hope that another few days and I won't remember the pain because it will feel so good. So far no bad signs of detoxing, although for 2 weeks prior I cleaned up my diet and did suffer from sugar withdrawal. (headaches) Will try to post each day. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:52:47 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/my-battle-with-ra.html Well I am a 31 year old woman with an 11 year old son. A year and a half ago I under went a total right hip replacement. After surgery I started Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:43:52 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Rheumatoid-Arthritis-blog.html To anyone who has ever asked me a question through the submission form I need to appologize. I always reply to any question, even if I can't answer the question, I then find someone that can. Sadly, tonight I realized that my replies were going to my own webmail rather than to the person they were intended for. Another case of my lack of experience with being a website host. As I am now aware, this will not happen again. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:15:25 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Whats-stopping-you.html A story that may inspire some, annoy others but so true it hurts Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:16:18 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Garden-schedule-June2008.html I have prepared the June Gardening Calendar for your use. Hope this helps others as much as it is helping me and that you enjoy your gardens more as a result. Sat, 31 May 2008 00:30:35 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Garden-schedule-June2008.html A garden schedule used since ancient times based on the moon cycles Fri, 30 May 2008 19:59:41 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Rheumatoid-Arthritis-blog.html Interesting experience in the last few days and something that I thought might help others realize something about stress. I sent my vehicle in for repairs. It wouldn't run so I had it towed into the shop at 6pm. At 8am the next morning I get a call saying that my vehicle has been broken into and extensive damage as a result. Now,this is my older truck that I need to keep just because we live on acreage and need a truck. It doesn't have comprehensive insurance because I didn't believe anyone would ever try to steal the vehicle.....However, that's exactly what they were trying to do. I felt, immediately Violated and angry because of the senseless destruction. Of course they couldn't steal the vehicle, it was in because it wouldn't start. They tore it apart, destroying the steering column, the dash, the passenger door. Took me about 20 minutes to realize, it doesn't matter. It wasn't one of my children or my husband or any other person I love, it is a vehicle. I asked myself, will this affect my life 1 year from today, or 5 years from today. The answer, NO. My husband went to rant and beat himself up because he took the insurance off it. I said, will that change anything, lets forget it. I will get it fixed the cheapest way possible and close my eyes as I sign the visa. Everything happens for a reason, maybe the truck would have been fixed and on the way home I would have crashed and this incident prevented that.......that's my story and I'm sticking to it but meanwhile I didn't allow this incident to cause me the stress I would have years ago....before I learned to value HEALTH Thu, 15 May 2008 23:44:02 GMT http://www.livingwithrheumatoidarthritis.com/Garden-schedule-May2008.html A garden schedule used since ancient times based on the moon cycles Thu, 08 May 2008 19:32:19 GMT http://www.LivingWithRheumatoidArthritis.com/Garden-schedule-May2008.html I have been working on the garden schedule to post here in the blog, with many problems. Sadly I am a more experienced gardener than I am a site builder so I ran into technical difficulties. This page is not the format I would choose but I don't have the luxury of the time I would like to put into makiing it more user friendly as it is now gardening season and getting the garden planted has to come first. With this in mind, I hope you enjoy the information and that it is as helpful to you as it is to me. I hope to get pictures of my gardens posted for you to see, and, of course June's schedule will be posted before the start of the month. HAPPY GARDENING! Thu, 08 May 2008 17:16:34 GMT