‭2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV‬
[9] But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Rheumatoid Arthritis can be a bear.

It started affecting me last spring, a little more than a year ago. As the disease took hold it made me an effective cripple. My low point was a morning when I could not get up out of the chair to go to the bathroom. It is an awful disease and it kicked my butt for sure.

It takes months to get an appointment with a Rheumatologist, but through the utter persistence of my wife, she got me in in a week.

I had to undergo a lot of tests. I had studies done on my heart, Liver, and Kidneys. Some of those studies involved minor surgery. I confess starting last May until late this past fall, I was pretty miserable.

The Rheumatologist started dosing me with Hydroxychloroquine, two times a day. The thing about treating RQ is that they are aggressive or else you could suffer permanent joint damage.

I discovered I could take a small dose of prednisone and get 2-3 days of relief. The long-term drugs take at least six months to start to become effective. Luckily, I think I am a little past that point now and hopeful of finding a cure.

I am writing this here because as soon as I started gaining mobility, I started working out, but it has been a slow road. At first, I could only do 10-15 minutes of walking on a treadmill. I could not reach down to the floor or even effectively bathe myself. Yea, it was a bit_h.

As I started getting a little better and then a little bit more, I started walking more. I could not bend my wrist to do even a single pushup! By comparison, I used to do 100!

Well, today, I completed a 4-mile hike, and just yesterday I did a hike up and down 500-foot elevation changes at a place called Benger Mountain. It has been a real struggle, but I am fighting it with everything I have.

At the moment the pain from today's hike is under control after taking three Tylenol, but I am making headway.

I will not give up and hope to fully recover from this crippling disease.

I bet is the post office who dictated the com box.

Bad weld on bad metal.

Finished up the electrical at the yard light. It’s an auto dusk to dawn unit and I wired in a couple outlets and a switch to turn off the light if / when the better half puts Christmas lights out there on the driveway island.

This post mount setup will get a package pickup shed on top of the short post. Our el hoa presidente decided we needed a community cbu for our mail versus mail boxes at our driveways, dumb and why I dislike her she doesn’t ask for opinions ever.

Being that I have a daily pickup and I don’t want my mail lady to have to get out of her jeep to pickup we decided to build a package shed. I’m sure the el presidente will not approve but rules are rules and it doesn’t say I can’t do this……. lol


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Thank you Matt, I look forward to reading your posts each and every  morning.