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Another thing that I have found with the heat around us, is the fact of pain.

My fingers hurt, my back, toes, ankles, my back, it seems to be every where. Cold is a hazard to someone with Arthritis, so is a change in the weather. It seems that I get used to one type of weather, then it changes, and I have all of the aches again while my system adjusts to the change in the weather, I adjust to the change in the amount of pain.

Pain killers will only go so far in relieving the aches. The stiffness makes it harder to adjust at the same time. I am not whining, just stating a fact of life. When I was younger, I used to hear adults talking about kids having growing pains. I used to think that that was what was bothering me in my joints. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized that not everyone had pain all of the time. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I had a name to put to what was bothering me - osteoarthritis. It has been with me all of my life. Most of the time I just ignore it, but there are some times that I can’t. The absence of pain is a wonderful thing, I’ve said that before. That is another reason to avoid the extreme heat outside. However, I do have bills to pay, and some of them make it necessary to go outside and around town to get it done. If the pain left and didn’t come back, I honestly do not think that I would miss it, do you?

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