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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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ugghhh weather

MommaAshley
MommaAshley
I live in Virginia and the weather here has been crazy! Going from almost 70 degrees to 32 in a matter of hours, then bouncing back up to the 50s, then back down again. It is sunny and nice one minute and the next it is cloudy and windier than hell. Needless to say, with fibro and RA, I am miserable!!! If the weather would just settle on one temp range, it would be so much better. Sorry, I know I cant change it, but just had to vent.
deleted_user
deleted_user
NC here. Yes, yesterday storms came in -super black clouds. Went from 65 to 43 today. Then back up to 60 this weekend. Just glad we don't live up north in the snow. But my aching body is feeling it too. I can tell when storms are coming before they come. That probably explains my many strange aches today.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Georgia. And we're going through the same thing. It's nuts! Friday we were out enjoying warm weather. Yesterday it began to cool down, and today is freezing. My poor roses keep blooming, dying, blooming. Even my bulbs are confused. Is it winter or spring?
deleted_user
deleted_user
United Kingdom.... At least your getting some good weather try living here weather is absolutley grim... we have had wet weather most of christmas and temperatures of 40 degrees and we are expecting storms of snow and rain with winds between 60 and 80 mph with a drop in temperature to 20 degrees. One thing about british weather is its always cold and wet not great when you have RA.... Happy new year everyone......
Lifeis2short
Lifeis2short
Yea Ohio! It snowed a little last night and this morning. Nothing to freak out about but man its cold!! Momma...hope you get to feeling better soon!
deleted_user
deleted_user
We got three inches of lake effect snow today.
Which of course happened because we had to tear down an aquarium in record time today. I am so sore.
I felt crappy last night & into this morning because of the weather, but then add in hours of lifting, going up & down steps, etc.
I finally had to succumb to a nap. Woke up & could barely move. Went straight to the shower. Stretched while I was in there.
I hate being reminded that I just can't do what I used to. Even though I surprise myself with the strength I still have. My muscles & connective tissues quickly remind me that they are not "fit".
And to think I used to spend 10+ hours a week weight liftung, 6 hours of cardio and a very physically demanding job. **sigh**
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm touring sunny southern California. Just loving the weather. If you watched the Rose Bowl, you got a glimpse of my day. Not looking forward to going back home to winter, but I haven't noticed much difference in the joints, except the second day in Oregon when it was raining. But that might just have been weariness from driving 2000 kilometers.

Hope you feel better soon.
ncgranny62
ncgranny62
Piedmont NC - 37 degrees right now. It's been cold and windy all day. Took down the outside Christmas decorations this afternoon. Thought I would freeze my behind off out there in that wind.

Sniffling a little tonight...I am not (repeat not) getting my son's cold. I refuse.
basslure
basslure
Its a balmy 29 in Ohio with 5 inches of snow and its still snowing. Hope you get to feeling better Momma.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Chicago here and it's sunny and 13... I have been hurting since Saturday :O((

I asked my Rheumy if he would write me a script for a White Sand 85 degree beach, he smiled and said he would but that once I adjusted to that, the pain would come back.... CRAP......