Thursday, January 12, 2006

Shudder


The scariest thing to come out of yesterday's Alito hearings: the image of Ted Kennedy and Arlen Specter working out together.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Just a quick note.

I've been in a pretty good mood these past few days. I had a really nice Christmas, though I was pretty stiff. New Year's was nice too--both holidays pretty low key, and we actually managed to clean up enough to invite people over. "We" is mostly Jed though, since I was pretty useless. Though on second thought, I did do some work--I can't tell if I'm just flogging myself or being realistic.

I should give credit to Mary Felstein in the amazing Out of Joint for putting into words and crystallizing the idea of arthritis as a disease of confusion of the self. For a while now I've been worried about losing whatever it is that is me in it, but the way she puts it is just brilliant.

It's unsettling how random it can be; I was feeling pretty ok all day yesterday, then, all of a sudden in the evening, I stood up from the couch and couldn't put any weight on my left foot; it felt like my ankle was made of toothpicks and was just waiting to break. So I used my cane for the first time, though it's very uncomfortable at best, because it forces me to put my weight on my wrist.

But anyway, pretty good mood. Trying to have an entry where I don't write about RA at length. So, on that note, I am absolutely addicted to lentil soup. My favorite right now is from a little Greek place near where we live called Kafe Neo; but Ryan also recommended instant cup things by Nile Spice (I think that's the name). So, have some soup, people, and don't think about the other stuff too much.