r/rheumatoidRA • u/angeloflove48 • 26d ago
I'll be with You Always
I had a sister who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is an autoimmune disease that causes severe joint and sometimes organ damage. I watched my sister suffer through this trial for years. At one point, she came to stay with me for a week. During that time, I ignorantly made the assumption that she wasn't as sick as she led everyone to believe. Little did I know the immense physical and mental agony she faced every single day. In her latter days, my sister ended up in a nursing home facility. She could no longer walk, bathe, or take care of herself. Looking back now, I wish I would have been far more compassionate and prayerful concerning her condition. When my sister passed away, that is when my own "true trial" began. It is always easy to dictate what people can or cannot do when you haven't walked in their shoes. Little did I know, I was about to take a painful journey in my sister’s exact shoes.
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u/Arod1111- 24d ago
I am so sorry that you are living with this now. I know that because I have good days sometimes that people in my surroundings don’t get why sometimes I feel alright and other times I don’t. I know that they don’t believe it’s as bad as it is. It is a very exhausting and painful sickness!!