Posted 4/3/2014 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
When the clothes don't fit and all you can wear is sweatshirts and leggings or other elastic waist bottoms. When the chipmunks look at you like you've just stolen their food that they've stored. Remember that in time it will pass. If it is a daily dose of steroids think about your options. Is vanity worth the pain? I am serious here. Would you prefer the swelling and pain over the swelling face and weight gain? There are so many holistic and natural forms of pain items. talk it over with your doctor. My RA is extremely open minded and even suggests different herbs that have been known to help. Look in the mirror and don't see the person on the outside, it is the person inside that counts, the heart, the compassion for others, the love for family and friends. They are the ones that count! Those are the same people who don't care about your looks but care that you are feeling better and are pain free ( ha ha ha okay, pain lessened for some of you). I am stuck in bed most of the time from this and other health hurdles. I am happy to befriend people online. I don't see them but it truly doesn't matter what they look like. Try to remember that as much as we women want to look like Gisela Bundchen or Kate Moss others look at those women as beautiful but many times the first thought is, "They are probably shallow", "Yeah, but what is their personality like", my favorite, "Sure but they don't have the love and appreciation for their being alive as much as you do" Always wake up in the morning and say, "I am beautiful inside and out, I love me and I'm special!" I don't want to break any rules but you are loved by God, no matter what name you know Him by. Be proud of you! I think you are all beautiful and look forward to meeting many of you that I may see the beauty inside too!!!!