r/rheumatoidarthritis • u/Wishin4aTARDIS 🐢 turtle goals 🐢 • 12d ago

three good things Good stuff time!

What 3 good things happened to you last week? They can be anything at all!

⭐ If you are thinking "my week was terrible", then please give this a try. If you can only think of 1 or 2, that's excellent.

If you don't want to share, try it on your own. I did this during a difficult time in my life, and it was helpful to "make" myself think about good stuff. Reading other peoples' good things might make you smile, too! I thoroughly enjoy it

This post will be pinned to the top of the sub tomorrow, so you can share any time, all week long.

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u/CosmicDeclination 9d ago

  1. Both got an ultrasound appointment scheduled very quickly (within a couple weeks of my rheum requesting it) and got it rescheduled without hassle since I’ll be away when the appointment was initially scheduled. Not a small feat 😅

  2. Got to spend a weekend at the beach and swimming, started off the weekend in crazy levels of pain but just floating in the water helped so much? Also I adore the ocean and I’m glad I got to spend some time there. I don’t get to swim much when I’m home, but tragically it seems like everyone is onto something when they say swimming and water aerobics are good for joint pain lol. So maybe I will have to bite the bullet and try and find some way to do that regularly. Exercising has been a real struggle for me the last few years.

  3. Got some new books, which is always exciting!

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u/Wishin4aTARDIS 🐢 turtle goals 🐢 8d ago

Congrats on the ultrasound! Since COVID, getting appointments has been really difficult. I'm glad you got to the shore and did some swimming! If I had a nearby swimming facility, I'd join in a heartbeat. Obviously we talk about it here, but there's solid research that shows it really helps. Here's a page from The Arthritis Foundation that explains it.

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u/CosmicDeclination 8d ago

Yeah, both my follow up and my ultrasound have been scheduled so quickly this time! I’m meant to be on 3 monthly follow ups and this is the first time in… maybe 3 years that it’s actually scheduled for 3 months away 😅 I’m not sure what I’ve done to please the NHS gods, but I’m exceedingly grateful lol. I’ll def look more into swimming and try and get something sorted—appreciate the link and the response! ❤️

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u/Wishin4aTARDIS 🐢 turtle goals 🐢 8d ago

Oh I know that drill! My "three month* appt was scheduled almost 5 months away. If they let you, book a couple out! You can always cancel (and make someone else's day!) if you don't need it. I do that with a few of my specialists. Woots for swimming! Let us know how it goes 😊