tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964987824271441822.post8931774640458870965..comments2023-04-04T08:09:31.889-05:00Comments on A Change of Plans: Once a Flower Child ...The Rheuminator (Jackie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06065866384052529922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964987824271441822.post-57168607135669059192011-09-01T22:27:02.740-05:002011-09-01T22:27:02.740-05:00Linda - thanks for your comments. I've been o...Linda - thanks for your comments. I've been out-of-pocket this week with a minor RA crisis, so just catching up. I have to believe the first year is the hardest, because we have to find acceptance. Stay tuned - I'm going to try to post more next week after I get through a few dr's appts.The Rheuminator (Jackie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06065866384052529922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964987824271441822.post-43766458660353717852011-08-28T18:18:23.621-05:002011-08-28T18:18:23.621-05:00I'm a boomer diagnosed with RA about ten month...I'm a boomer diagnosed with RA about ten months ago. I wanted to thank you for the blog that expresses so many things I'm feeling as I struggle to accept the sudden and radical changes in my life. Perhaps your resolution pinpoints one task that we can still accomplish as we have to give up so many other abilities: we can still display through our actions that all deserve love and empathy. That is, maybe we can display those traits when the pain and fatigue don't make us earn the Type II rabies moniker that you mentioned in an earlier post, making me laugh for the first time in what's been a tough week.Linda P.noreply@blogger.com