New Day

It's a new day and I'm feeling hopeful.  The sun is shining and it looks to be beautiful all day long.  I'm driving over for my MTX injection.  I used to dread those days, just staying awake for the trip was hard (and I'm driving!).  But now that I'm "retired/disabled" I am not so fatigued.It is funny.  When I quit work, I hurt so much and was so sad.  I expected to feel better, well, maybe not instantly, but soon!  That just didn't happen.  I kept having flares.  I kept having pain.  I wondered why I bothered to quit, if I was going to continue with the pain/flare cycle.  But, slowly, ever so slowly, I am making progress.  It has been hard to see, but it is there.  I can tell in my fatigue levels.  I can tell in an increase in my ability to exercise.  I haven't had a prednisone increase for a flare in 4 months!  This is a big change.So upward and onward.  Small baby steps.  But still forward.