Tonight I will tell y'all about GreatGrandmomInBed, all one word.
Pinning to remind me.
When my grandparents married my great-grandmother and my grandpop's younger brothers moved in with my grandparents.
Eventually the boys left, but my Great-Grandmom stayed.
My mom eventually got married and bought the house next to my grandparents.
By this time my Great-grandmother was almost completely disabled.
#ChronicPain
#Disability
#RA
#RheumatoidArthritis
My mom's cousins had kids.
Those are my cousins.
They are older than me, though.
On weekends my cousins' parents would tell them to get dressed to go see GreatGrandmomInBed.
My cousins heard it as one word.
This is why I am 51 and it's still GreatGrandmomInBed when we discuss my grandpop's mom.
#ChronicPain
#Disibility
#RA
#RheumatoidArthritis
I got to dress up and visit GreatGrandmomInBed exactly once.
I was a week old.
I was carried up to her and she held me.
A week later she passed away.
She was 90! In 1971 with an autoimmune disorder that was huge.
I am so far the only descendent that has RA.
#ChronicPain
#Disibility
#RA
#RheumatoidArthritis
Tuesday night when I had my first really bad RA fever I tried to figure out what else it could be.
Not Mono for the 3rd time. Not fatigued enough.
Covid negative.
No other symptoms except fever, severe joint pain throughout my entire body, and shaking chills.
Oh.
Oh.
I see.
#ChronicPain
#Disibility
#RA
#RheumatoidArthritis
@Shelter my mom had Lupus and her biggest complaint was the βinternal feverβ. Blessings.
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It's such a shit feeling.
I spent 5 hours the other night.
Usually it's like one or two.
@Shelter itβs so hard because its often never the same pattern. I watched my mom for a long time try to figure out triggers. Eventually she went into remission β€οΈ
@awesomelyteach
There's no real pattern.
The only factor that was different on Tuesday was Election Stress.
And at 10pm every joint inflamed badly and my body started vibrating with fever and chills.
Three Covid tests are now negative.
No symptoms except fever and severe joint pain.
@Shelter yes stress always affected her. Itβs hard to avoid bc adulting sucks.