histórias de Rheumatoidarthritis

Life as a Spoonie described in Poems.

The memories we have make us the people we are today. These are my memories. A part of who I am. Enjoy ^^

High school senior Lacey Primmer appears to have it all--the supermodel blonde hair, big, mischievous brown eyes, the perfect sense of style (even if no one realizes it's secondhand), and the most coveted boyfriend--Driskell High's hockey star, Max Shipley. So she should be perfectly happy, and able to keep the demons from her childhood at bay, right? Her boyfriend's arch rival from Eden Hall Academy is Adam Banks, a quiet, focused guy who blazes a winning trail for the Ducks. Lacey remembers from childhood that he was once kind to her when she needed it. A random set of circumstances causes Lacey and Adam to collide again, and this time, Lacey wants a friendship. But as they grow even closer, can Adam handle her baggage? Will Max leave them alone, even after her dramatic breakup with him on Homecoming Night? And what about the secret Adam himself is carrying around, hiding from his parents, coach and teammates?

"When quiet strength meets patient tenderness, love blooms gently through pain." Nylah Morgan is a bright, loud-laughing, curve-filled hurricane of a woman who carries chronic pain like a shadow. On campus, she's unstoppable. At home, she's unraveling. Malik Thompson has noticed her for years; the limp she tries to hide, the way she massages her wrist after writing too long, how she always gets off the bus two stops before him. He never approaches. Never imposes. Until the day her pain betrays her on the bus stairs. Their worlds brush. Then collide. Then intertwine, through whispered conversations, long bus rides, shared silence, and the slow unraveling of defenses. This is a love story about vulnerability, resilience, invisibility, and the terrifying beauty of being seen. A slow burn that aches before it heals. A romance that moves like a soft tide. A girl learning she's worthy. A boy learning how to love out loud.

This is a summary of how I was diagnosed with RA in 1979 in South Africa and it also contains lot of explanations on what the disease is. What they used to treat me for it and what is happening today with RA. It describes the processes and pains you have to go through and my particular journey this year where I had 5 knee operations to finally get a second replacement on my left knee. This is written more with a medical term tone and I hope to help sufferers of Rheumatoid Arthritis to know that we are a community that knows exactly what a difficult life it is to live with this debilitating disease. If you enjoy this, feel free to my book I am writing about my life and journey with RA called "The road to a little piece of heaven."

An anthology of raw, emotional poetry.

Now that Lacey and Adam are officially together, his injuries are healing, and he's off to play college hockey on a scholarship that he hopes will bring him an NHL draft, what could possibly go wrong? But soon, a dream becomes an obsession, chronic illness becomes unbearable, and a relationship reaches its breaking point. Where will Adam end up? Headed for the Stanley Cup, or on a sure path of self-destruction? Does he ever come up with a Plan B? And, as the September 11th attacks rock his world just after the beginning of his senior year at NYU, will the emotional trauma follow him forever? A continuation of the tale of Adam and Lacey's romance, his rockey career path, and the difficult choices he must make.

When Adam, a bored immortal, meets Stella, a terminally-ill human girl, the frozen hands of his clock begin moving again. She makes him feel alive the way nothing else has for a long time. But as Adam watches Stella slowly succumb to her illness, he realizes a dreadful fact: Only one of them will survive. He has to make a decision between letting her die and sacrificing his own immortality quickly, before time runs out.