Elbow Revision –Part II

January 13th, after 5 days in the hospital, while awaiting my new elbow components, my poor body had had enough!

Hands

My hands have been hurting — a lot! So, I took a breather from class for a couple of weeks to rest my wrists and hands. X-rays reveled, to no surprise, the cartilage is gone and my wrist bones are all smooshed together. My elbows are also in bad shape! Come to think of it, […]

Lost and Found

The next few years would prove to be a very difficult time both physically and emotionally. I had two growing, busy, little boys and my arthritis was rearing its ugly head once again. I was having a lot of trouble with my lower back and the nerve block injections I’d been receiving for two years weren’t working […]