The Spoon Theory

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I don’t know exactly when I first read “the spoon theory” – but WHEN I did, I knew “that’s me.” I hope it’s okay to repost this here, it was originally posted at But you don’t look Sick. Last I looked I wasn’t able find the writeup on the butyoudontlooksick.com site. (Although I did find a fun list of the top 10 worst suggestions given to someone with a chronic illness. I’m sure most everyone can relate.

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Another Spin, More Joint Pain and Possibly Rheumatoid Arthritis

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What a fun winter it’s been! (Slight sarcasm.) I enjoy snow and we’ve had it in spades this year in a way we haven’t seen for many years. I haven’t really been able to enjoy it much though for the joint aches and pains which seem to be worse in the cold. After my last post I had another vertigo attack on January 6th. How do I remember the date? It’s funny – I usually have a hard time remembering what I had for lunch yesterday but I can recall the dates of my attacks for quite some time. I remember it was a Wednesday and I had to cancel the afternoon portion of my schedule to get to the house and crash. Thursday was a wash as well. I started a round of prednasone that day as well. My joint aches seemed better over that following weekend. Which unfortunately has made me suspect that this may be Rheumatoid Arthritis coming on.

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