Today me & my hubs and my brother and his beloved,went to 'Bloom in the park' which is Irelands equivalent to Chelsea flower show, though not so posh! I had a fabulous time including lush strawberries & cream. We walked from my brothers house which is beside Dublin Phoenix park to Bloom, we walked around all the show gardens, including a fabulous one made by 'Aware' the depression society, and another created by homeless people. There was also the usual aray of German & Japanese inputs. Must say some German people skipped a queue I was in, for free low fat yoghurt & pineapple (very cheeky) but then my hubs skipped then too, so I just gave up!
Must get back to point of this blog, oh yeah I remember, last year I wanted to go, but was daunted by all the walking I would have to do, and knew I would ruin it or make myself miserable. I was fantastic this year, and only got sore ankles & feet walking home after four hours to my brothers house! I said to Dan is'nt it remarkable the improvement, he actually has very sore hip & was limping all afternoon & quite crankly, I have to say and I know it was mean, but I said 'now you know how I feel with RA' . Well, that remark set off a right hissy fit! Anyway suffice to say after 32 years together, I finally accept Gardens & flowers & crafts are not his thing!!!! Especially as the poor love was in pain!
Anyway, Donal my bro also had sore feet, he has psoriasis and asked me a lot about MTX & Humira. they made us a lovely dinner, and then took out a Bong type thing they got in Istanbul and we all tried some apple/cinnamon smoke - apparently its the big thing in Turkey!
My daughter then rang to say our little pug Milly had come into season , so I had to rush home & deal with all that entails!!!
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GLad you are doing so well. WHat a coincidence my pug Lola came into season yesterday too so she is now running round with her little knickers and sanitary towel on lol.
I was going to investigate the possibility of them in pet shop tmoro, should I really, I have never had an un neutered female arg help!
like the cute dog in the picture.xx. Gina im sRue you know RAand psorasis are linked>>? and psoraris can lead to psoratic arthtiis both can be treated with methotrexate and enbrel.. got a girl at work with psorisis and she was using enbrel for it. !grr woulf love it or humira for my RA.. she got it a couple of years ago before spending cuts.. not on it now just UV therapy and tars/ creams etc as she is trying for a baby/// im off to bed now chat soon. we still might get chance to meet up!! x
Gina they may look silly but stop all the mess and stop our male her brother getting at her a bit like a chastity belt lol however we just use standard pads trimmed down or folded as the petshop pads are around £6 a box ebay is cheapest for the knickers.
ps get them neutered unless you want to breed from cos accidents easily happen with dogs.. xx
Hi Gina
I am so glad for you. I love flower shows, but like you RH isn't into that sort of thing. I go to all his war and ancient history films and dos and stuff, but anything girlie... he makes such a fuss. But it must have been lovely for you to enjoy it without worrying about the RA too much. Well done.
Take care Julie xxxx
Love the doggie, bless her....
Well done Gina, That's fab progress and you should feel very proud that you have come so far. Long may it continue
Take care
Lyn x
Hi Gina, it's great to get your life back isn't it, this time last year you probably didn't now what the future held for you. Having a positive attitude as helped you enormously, keep it up Gina.
Thanks all, as you know I have bad days still, and struggle with fatigue by times especially the week I am working! I know I'm not cured, but hopefully am in good place at the moment so doing best to enjoy! Just finished some re potting in garden, shoulder a bit sore, but again a year ago it was out of the question, better be careful not to overdo! Am sure I will be moaning again by Thurs as back to work on Wed, am sure the extra couple of hours in morning going slowly is the key!
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One day of enjoyment then its looking like a week of pain.
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Had my one year rheumiversary and didn't even notice!!
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