Just keep on keeping on!

I’m going to address the impact on families first. My husband feels rather helpless. He feels like he should be able to help me, but there is nothing he can do. He knows I need to keep moving or I won’t be able to, and he tells me it hurts him to watch me trying to do chores and often just getting around. I have grandchildren that know “you can’t play with Grandma because it hurts her.“ It has impacted my relationship with them. Now for my daily life. I have Remitting Relapsing MS, osteoarthritis, and inflammatory arthritis. I have constant pain in my spine and SI joints. I am waiting for a triple arthrodesis on my left foot, the right having been done two years ago. I also have arthritis In my ankle joints and other foot joints, in my hands and my knees are starting to become an issue too. MS causes nerve pain even when I am not flaring. I am on Tylenol arthritis, meloxicam and slow release low dose morphine, nortriptyline and pramipexole for pain, nerve pain and restless legs. I still hurt!