49ers and new RA medication

the 49ers lost to the seahawks....I wasn't ready to give up.  I wanted kaep to call a timeout, he had 2 left with about 22 seconds left on the clock...but he didn't and his pass was intercepted.  you could hear the air escape from everyone in the room (there was about 15 of us at the house) followed by grunts and sighs.  thus endeth football season for the 49ers.  my husband and I were on a self-imposed media blackout for the next couple of days.  we didn't watch the news, we didn't read the news. our time on social media was also cut to a minimum.  yesterday I read that kaep's already training for next season.  good for him.  I hope he hones his skills more and makes better play decisions.  still love and support kaep and our san Francisco 49ers!

I went to see my rheummy (rheumatologist) yesterday to go over my thyroid test and to get new medication for me.  she said my thyroid is normal now (a result of taking my medication) but she still noticed that my Free T4 is on the high/normal side of the spectrum.  i'll have to do some blood work again in 2 months just to make sure that the Free T4 is not going up. 

for my new medication, she prescribed sulfasalazine to go along with the diclofenac that I am taking.  she also told me to take the diclofenac in the evening since my mornings have just been TERRIBLE to the point of being unbearable!    I hope this new drug combination will get rid of the inflammation and help me live a normal life.  I think I've already mentioned it but I was sooooo looking forward to skiing this winter and even bought new skis!  oh well!  so off to Tahoe we go tomorrow but no skiing for me. 

sorry to bore you with all these medical stuff that's going on in my body.  I want other people out there who have RA to have somewhere to go just to read up on other people's progress.  once you have RA, it can feel very isolating.  you look so normal and yet you are not able to function the way you expect to function.  there will be people who think you're not really sick because you don't look like it, but more people will be understanding of your situation.  I hope to get more involved with the arthritis foundation and help in whatever little way I can to find a cause and a cure for RA.