Before this journey of dealing with RA started, I was pretty active. I loved rough housing with my kids. I enjoyed working out. The problem with RA is that you start to become afraid of the pain of doing the things that you love to do.
Keep up that fight to stay in motion.
I gained a bunch of weight, because I didn't want to hurt and working out just made everything hurt worse. It's a downward spiral. Finally, I started swimming laps with one of my boys. He's been fighting his own weight, since he was in second grade. I was shocked to find that he swims through the water like an eel... We're working our way up. Right now we're doing 10-12 laps in a 50 meter pool. Breast Stroke, Free Style, Back Stroke, etc.
Being in the water removes a lot of the strain from my joints and makes it a lot easier to want to exercise. Keep fighting for your motion.
Sorry I haven't been more prolific with writing... Still have to work to keep food on the table.
