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. 

it's hard being colin kaepernick

after 16 years of living in america, only this year did my husband successfully win me over to football.  I mean, we sit together and watch it.  I read about it.  I discuss it with him.  wow!  I would never have expected to write a piece about football!

now, we here in san Francisco have a young, hot (in many, many ways), explosive quarterback - Colin Kaepernick.  he's good, but he could do better.  sometimes I watch him and he's soooo good and then there are days when I watch him and he looks confused.  I don't claim to know a lot about football so I'm not here to talk smack about what he can't do.

to me, he's eye candy.  my husband would actually call me when colin's on the screen for whatever reason.  I'd look at him and just smile.  he's not the most handsome qb in the nfl, but I find him so appealing. and don't get me started on that body.  have you seen him on the ESPN magazine?  woah! (enough said!)

i read about him, what people think about him, his personality, his style, his ability - and it's a mixed bag.  poor kid can't win.  there are the fans who still think he was the wrong choice over Alex Smith (who i think is also very handsome).  then there are guys who think he's really good but don't like his personality or his style. 

all i can say for now is i hope they win on sunday against the seahawks. 

how about those niners!!!!?!!?!?!?!

die hard fans will accuse me of being a bandwagon fan...but i always root for my home team. ALWAYS!


i never really watch football because i really don't understand it but on saturday, after a long drive from san francisco to los angeles, we sat in our hotel room waiting for the niners game against the popular favorite, new orleans saints to start.  it was the first game i watched from beginning to end and boy, did i pick a great game to watch!  it was AMAZING, UNBELIEVABLE!  made more awesome by the fact that my home team won!!!!  if you didn't see the game, and you're a football fan, i'm sure you saw the highlights all over the news...the last 4 minutes of the game was like a tug of war between teams.  but in the end, the san francisco giants prevailed!!!!  wooo hooo!!!  we are 1 win away from the superbowl (beat the ny giants!) and i actually understand football now.  ha!  i peppered paul with questions throughout the game and i learned a lot.  i am no longer clueless about football and can look forward to the super bowl not only for the half time show and the million dollar commercials, but to actually enjoy the game.  

the bay area will bleed red and gold this sunday.  go niners!