Day 30 ~ My hands

I am way behind on posting my one photo per day. There is just not enough time in the day between work and going to school in the evening.  I can't say that this won't happen again.

Today's photo is of my hands. The reason why I decided to photograph my hands is because my hands and wrists were really hurting today. I have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I've only known that I've had it for a little over a year now.  It can be difficult to live with some days! Although most of my body is pain-free thanks to the medicine I have been taking, it seems that I can't really shake all the pain, especially in my hands/fingers and wrists.  The weather also plays a role. As the past few days have been in the 60's, I have had really no pain, but as the weather has changed today, I started feeling it last night, my hands hurt.  Luckily the pain subsides as the day goes on, but it's sometimes hard to even squeeze the tube of toothpaste in the morning!

I know that I don't have it as bad as some do, my hands are not disfigured as I have seen photos from other people who have RA.  I am thankful for that, and I hope that they never get that way.