Juvenile Arthritis: The Ultimate Teen Guide – A Review & Interview with Kelly Rouba
We’re doing something new on MyRACentral – this week, we launched an area on the site for teens and young adults living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (when I first got it 40+ years ago, it was called Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis). There isn’t a lot of information and meeting places for that age group out there…
Anything Can Be A Toy
After mor’s party last Sunday, Morgan and I played a game. She was a fire fighter, I was (no surprise) the firetruck and the balloon served as the hose. I don’t know which one I like best. This one, for the look on Morgan’s faceOr this one, for the sense of sheer abandon (Photos by…
Everything’s Blog Fodder
I’ve had a spectacular weekend. That was sarcasm. The unvarnished truth – and this is where the title of this post begins to make sense – is that I picked up a stomach bug. Ordinarily, one of the benefits of having limited shoulder, elbow and wrist movement is that you’d can’t touch things like door…
In Which Confusion Reigns
Two things have me confused this week. Thing the first is an article in the Wall Street Journal about President Obama ordering a change in regulations governing hospitals that participate in Medicaid/Medicare programs, requiring such hospitals to respect advanced directives and other legal documents designating people outside the immediate family for visitation rights. As well,…
A Moment of Danish Humour.
My mother recently purchased a kitchen knife. One of the really good ones, the super efficient scary looking kind of knife. So scary that I wouldn’t want to have one in my kitchen – just having it lurking in the drawer would make me nervous. You can see where this is going, can’t you? So…
75th Birthday Party
Mor’s birthday party was held yesterday with a fantastic turnout of almost 60 friends and family, ranging from 3 months to 90+ years. The Birthday Goddess was suitably attired in a tiara for the duration Stewart has a serious discussion with Morgan The youngest, Aryka And on the other side of the continuum, Edith Then…
Introducing Lucy
It’s all about the right cat at the right time. I’d expected it’d take longer before I was ready to share my life with another wee furball, but once Janet pointed me in the direction of Petharbor, things accelerated (OK, got a little obsessive – that site’s dangerous. Enter at your own risk). And last…
Staying Safe
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the US (in Canada, it’s in May), so my latest post is about staying safe when you live with physical limitations: “The official stats say that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives, but that just…
All or Nothing
The new season of Dancing with the Stars has started with what they call “the most talked-about celebrities ever!” and if you’re preparing to click right by this post because dear god, the woman is rabbiting on about reality shows again, please stick around, because DWS is incidental to this post. Much as I’m enjoying…
Forget About the Silly
I want to thank all of you for your comments on Wednesday’s post. They warmed at what is for various reasons a pretty bleak time. I’d like to email you all personally, but my blasted comment system won’t record your emails/URLs (I’m working on changing that, stay tuned), so this will have to do. Thank…
In the Midst of Learning
It’s been the kind of week that makes you crawl gibbering into a corner, rocking as it all finally catches up to you. And then, because you at last stop moving, are no longer barricaded against it all, what you need to know arrives and the learning starts again. Last week, there was a moment…