Living with Arthritis

Since I am patient of RA for the past 8 years..i would like to share something about RA

People living with arthritis are often dismayed by how much the disease steals from their lives. If you have arthritis, physical limitations caused by chronic pain, chronic fatigue, stress and more can narrow your world and interrupt living a "normal life."
With arthritis, energy is consumed just trying to accomplish ordinary tasks and usual daily activities. Your focus may be limited to just "getting through the day." Arthritis starts to take control of your life, rather than you taking control of the disease. How can you better manage your illness? What modifications can you make to your lifestyle to make living with arthritis easier? What actions can you take to gain and maintain control over the limitations imposed by arthritis?

1 - Stay Positive
Arthritis is an unpredictable disease, as is the future. Accepting new realities and redefining life within the limitations imposed by disease is important for people with arthritis. Positivity can help you manage life with chronic arthritis.
2 - Trust Your Doctor
Doctors play an essential role in the treatment of arthritis. Choosing a doctor is one of the most critical decisions you make when it comes to your condition. It is imperative that your needs are being met. Find a compassionate, communicative doctor you can trust.
3 - Accept Your Situation
Don't fight the fact that you have arthritis or that your condition changes your life. Don't deny that you have the disease, nor underestimate its impact. Once you accept that you have a chronic illness and that it is a part of your life for the rest of your life, the decisions you make will be better for you and will ultimately improve your life. You must internalize the acceptance -- feel it, don't just say it.
4 - Set Realistic Goals
Set realistic goals for yourself. Through reflection and contemplation, you can assess what you are not happy with and work to change those circumstances. Be sensitive to your innermost feelings. You can focus and begin to make necessary changes in your life. If you have been diagnosed with arthritis, it's important to learn all that you can about the disease. The importance of knowledge and understanding your health condition cannot be overstated. Stay informed --
5 - Protect Your Joints
Joint protection can reduce stress on arthritic joints and decrease pain. There are several joint protection principles which, if followed, will help to conserve energy and preserve joint function.
6 - Manage Your Medications
When your doctor hands you a new prescription, it becomes your responsibility to know what the medication is for, how to take it, and what possible side effects might occur. Medication errors have many causes, but usually have one thing in common -- they could have been prevented.
7 - Keep Active
The benefits of exercise, as part of a treatment program for managing arthritis, are well-known and documented. Despite the known benefits, many people with arthritis avoid exercising regularly.
8 - Watch Your Weight
Being overweight, even moderately, impacts weight-bearing joints and can increase joint pain. As you walk, your hips, knees, and ankles bear three to five times your total body weight. For every pound you're overweight, the equivalent of three to five pounds worth of added pressure is added to each knee as you walk. The flip side of that is good news: losing just 10 pounds causes 30 to 50 pounds of extra stress to be relieved from the joints.
9 - Seek Mutual Support
Arthritis not only affects people who have the disease, it impacts the people around them -- especially family and friends. People living with arthritis and those who have loved ones with the disease can gain insight and draw inspiration from others facing similar challenges. You can share your advice and experiences, offer mutual support, ask questions, and encourage others in

Kudat Trip...

How I wish that I like other with good health in this time, there are many plans in my head now,I have a lot of dream of course went out far from my comfort zone (Home) to release tension, need some fresh air but once again I have to accept the fact that I am not like them.. For the time being myself having terrible disease RA...huh this makes me have a limited choice to do what I like. Here I just to share a simple family trip we made to Kudat recently.
No word can express the feeling…being out for so long...Thank you for my younger brother to plan this trip, of course the kids so happy and excited…Their thinking of the swimming pool of course. For me I must to do some preparation to make sure I can join the trip is taken a pain killer early is most important.Thanks GOD you make the things works even with not good condition I manage to go with them of course with my walking stick.

We start our journey around 1o.oo am with three of my brother kids. My dad cannot accompany with us due to nobody look after anything at home specially the animals. On our way to kudat we went to my brother last school before he left teacher profession to continue his PHD that is SMK Pinawantai, kudat, we manage to take a picture with big “Gong” in fort of the school .I believe his memory in this school almost 4 years teaching there was a sweet memory in life. We continue our journey to kudat town and was arrived there almost 1.00pm we taken lunch somewhere at town before we continue our way to Marina Resort where the place we stay overnight.
Actually this is my second time went to Kudat. I have been there for previous years for the working purpose and at the time, I never chance to look around due to pack time and tiredness. Now I am back here and hope that I can enjoy myself together with my family. We check in at Marina Resort that I think the most popular place in Kudat for some visitor around the world. I can see people use this raya and conjunction to school holiday to bring their family to take holiday here. It a small and simple place but what is makes it interesting I think the view in fort of the sea, the location of Marina resort given beautiful view especially late in the evening. We can see the a few ships around the island also the sunshine.
The kids never let the chance to get along with the swimming pool almost 2 hour ,they never feels boring ,I enjoyed looking after them with many people came in to pool, how I wish I can join with them..hu hu.actually my knee feels bad but we (mum and me) have to accompany the kids because their parents not arrived yet.

In the evening we taken our dinner at place call Esplanade, the place most popular in kudat which fresh sea food, the restaurant build under the sea, My brother ordered many of food the big of prawn, ketam, ikan garupa, tuntul ha ha (I don’t know to call it) but once again I can only ate the steam “ikan pisang” but it doesn’t matter most important their enjoy the foods, went to Kudat tidak sah if not trying the sea foods. After we taken dinner we back to resort and seems that everybody tired and take early slept, but the guys continue enjoyed “aramai it” with their friend around Kudat, I don’t know till what time. At the night the Bing Bong (due to tomorrow is Hari Raya) takes a place mercun Sana sini together with the raining but because of tiredness everybody gets well slept.

Early in the morning, I felt my right knee feel so bad, cant explain it but I hope once again the pain killer help me to going through all this matter, the kids once again went to swimming pool accompany by my mum. We ended our trip by taking breakfast before we moved out to back home, and today 31 August 2011…is was first day for Hari Raya…wishing all the Muslim friend..selamat Hari Raya.Even tired but I think all the members was enjoyed the trip, we manage to arrived home almost 2pm THANK YOU GOD

I WANT TO FLY

I want to Fly…with all I suffer now I feel want to fly to say to the word that 1 am so tired to face all these…no word can express my feeling..i lose my motivate..my everthing.i don’t know where I put myself now. Sometimes I asking why me to be choosen all this thing…I feel very dumb…do I make many mistake to other , nothing I can do to changes all this..i surrender to GOD what is the best for me…when people ask me how actually the pain..one word..i do not know to explain..is terrible things happened in my life…I wish I will like a bird can fly wherever they want to go..
Bird…pls bring me far away…fly with me………

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must,but don’t quit…..

Life is queer with its twist and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out,
Don’t give up though the peace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

So stick to the fight when you”re hardest hit
It’s when things seems worst,
That you must not QUIT.. …..CLINTON HOWELL…

p/s…when I was growing up..i never thought that one day I will face the hardest time in my life. When time passed by…I believed that what was happened to me now..got own reason…this poem inspire me a lot…for what circumstances I facing I never QUIT…I still hope that one day the bitter life will slowly gone and my life will be better,is the matter of time only….

miau....

Aku pencinta miau ::)))
Cant explain by any word tapi…sya mmg sayang and minat kuching…I treat them .like baby..

Cats comel
Cats cute

p/s To be with me,surely u love miau too he he..main –main ja ba..but tu satu advantages.:))))

My Nephew Full Month..IDEN

For the first time since last year I attend my nephew full month on 13 August 2011 at D Junction. Kalo ndak silap the last I was went out Feb 2010 bila my bro.Sius belanja makan di nelayan for Chop Goh Mei..wow that is so long, before I was collapse sick ..:))on Mac 2010.
This time I feel different with my condition not very well after done the operation I giving chance to myself to do my best, and I really hope I can make it. Early 12.00 pm on afternoon I take my first pain killer, quite terrible juga my condition my right knee and ankle give me trouble lately, I also don’t know why tapi mmg pun my right side legs not very well of course because of RA attacked. Until 4 pm I still felt that my legs can’t perform a bit ok, I am so worried and once again I take my pain killer for the second time for today…wow what I did for myself? silap haribulan I am dying terus..palis-palis…after I hour I felt better a bit…busy for attending my nephew full month in D Junction, Penampang.
Anyway whatever happened I manage to attend, Thank You GOD happy to see part of the family is around. It a simple celebration with closed family and friend my brother Nosius, but is moment nice to remembrance. For the last happy Birthday to my nephew Baby IDEN DIASIP LUARAN, it nice name actually:))) even the full month is 2 days early...iden was born on 17 July 2011...be a good son…cheers^^^^^

Apabila seseorang hadir dalam Hidup anda

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When which one is, you will know what to do for that t

his person....When someone is in your life for a reason, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. The have came to assist you through a difficulty,to provide you with guidance and support.
To aid you physically,emotionally or spritually. The may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, Without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time. This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die,sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realise is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled their work is done.
The prayer your sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into life for a season,because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They brings you an experience of peace or make you laugh
They may teach you something that you never done
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy
Belive it, it is real, but only for a reason
Lifetime relationship teach you lifetime lessons
Things you must build upon in order to have solid emotional foundation
Your job is to acceptt he lesson
Love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationship and areas of you life
It said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant
Thank you for being a part of my life
Whether you a reason, a season or a lifetime...

JANGAN SESEKALI MEMANDANG RENDAH TERHADAP HUBUNGAN YANG TIDAK BERPANJANGAN ATAU YANG BERKEKALAN BUAT HANYA SEKETIKA SAHAJA. MEREKA DITAKDIR KAN BEGITU. SEBALIKNYA ,FIKIRLAH BAGAIMANA HUBUNGAN ITU MENGAJAR ANDA TENTANG MANUSIA,HIDUP SERTA PILIHAN,ATAU FIKIRKAN TENTANG PENGALAMAN YANG DIBERI OLEH SESUATU HUBUNGAN ITU KEPADA DIRI KITA SENDIRI. PERSOALANNYA JAWAB SENDIRI ...TIDAKKAH KITA TELAH MEMPEROLEHI SESUATU DARI PERHUBUNGAN ITU???TEPUK DADA TANYA SENDIRI


SEPEKARA LAGI YANG INGIN SAYA KONGSIKAN..BIARLAH ORANG LAIN HADIR ATAU MUNCUL DALAM HIDUP ANDA DAN BIARLAH PERSAHABATAN ITU BERKEMBANG DENGAN SENDIRINYA SERTA MEMBAWA PENGAJARANNYA SENDIRI...

HEPPY BDAY...AIRIN

^^^^^My birthday suda lama berlalu…10 JUN 2011…I am spending my day in hospital..OMG..i never dream on it..pendek cerita tahun ni I done twice operation.
1) 16 Febuari 2011 – THR (Total Hip Replacment) RM11,500
2) 08 Jun 2011 _ TKR (Total Knee Replacment) RM9,000.00
BOTH ON LEFT SIDE

Apa yang boleh saya katakan melalui dua pembedahan yang saya lalui,ia mempunyai asam garam yang tersendiri yang tidak mampu saya ungkapkan dengan kata-kata..hanya tuhan yang mengetahui setiap detik yang saya lalui pada ketika itu..namun saya masih bersyukur mempunyai ibu yang begitu sabar menjaga saya sepanjang saya sakit hingga kini…

untuk DR dan nurse yang merawat saja hanya tuhan yang mampu membalas tangan2 anda yang indah dan mulia…untuk keluarga dan sahabat handai yang sentiasa memberi semangat dan doa..siapa pun kamu…kamu semua memang istimewa….who came visited me…u all care..luv u all…sinceRE from bottom of my heart..today I am hoping tat my life will come better each day….the sorrow will come to end..GOD BLESS..AMEN…AMEN..AND THE RECOVERY TAKE THEIR PART…

I am celebrating my birthday d hospital SMC…tq for my cousin Pyan & Tiah for came bring the cake and present..i truly appreciate it..for those sms,call and send wishes in fb also…tqvm** ^^^***

I sharing those memory tat I hv..during in hospital Queen 1 & 2

Baby Angkasawan Malaysia......2011

Saya memang peminat setia kepada angkwasan negara Dr Sheikh Muzaffar Shukor dan Dr Halina…bukan saja pasangan yang cantik dan tampan tetapi mempunyai latarbelakang pendidikan yang begitu menarik perhatian saya.
Perkhawinan mereka pada oktober 2010 telah di lengkapi dengan kehadiran bayi perempuan yang sangat comel…pstinya secantik ibunya apabila dewasa nanti…saya turut berkongsi kegembiraan pasangan ini menerima orang baru di dalam kehidupan mereka yang khabarnya Dr. Halina bersalin di dalam air yang saya sendiri tidak pasti tentang itu..apa pun kita kongsi anugerah tuhan yang tidak terhingga ini…baru beberapa hari lahir ke dunia tetapi kelihatan seperti sudah beberapa bulan….cumil kan

Nama : Sophea Isabella
Tarikh Lahir : 21hb Julai 2011
Berat : 3.6 kg

DAD

Well …June 2011 Father Days datang lagi… I don’t know how to say Thank You for everything you did for me that I cannot explain it by any suitable word…on this father days..hope u always in good health..


Bapa…I LOVE YOU tq for being wonderful dad that I ever had…AMEN

***PRAYER****

…kenapa kita harus berdoa…
*****Prayer is how we communicate with God and how He sometimes communicates with us.

****I prayed so hard that I started crying .Thingking back all my bad attitude . I have been praying ever since and I do believe that prayer and reading my scriptures helps me a lot. say you can pray anywhere. I find myself praying for speak out what I feel inside,guidance, seeking help, thanking Heavenly Father for my blessings. I believe in prayer and say this in the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.

****Prayer is our relationship with God. God knows everything before we ask, but He wants to hear our prayers.

GOD IS MY LIFE..ia adalah kehidupan ku
***Without God I am nothing. He made me and has guided me throughout my life. I have had my times when I was not faithful to God but GOD has ALWAYS been faithful to me. When I look back throughout my life he has ALWAYS been there. I pray each and every day even if it is just to ask for forgiveness and thank him for his Grace and Love. Without God I would be nothing. I see him every day and every minute. He is my savior, my protector and my life. Prayer brings me closer to God and my faith is STRONG! My faith will never falter. When things happen that are not so great, I know that God is protecting me from what COULD happen and knows that there is a better way for me. My faith is strong in God and I will follow him and pray ALWAYS! GOD BLESS!


**** I pray so that our heavenly Father can give me the strength and guidance to get through to all my harders time.

****I deal with anxiety and depression. In my darkest time prayer helps me over come them. Yet, when I have tried to deal with my inner problems without prayer there is no positive solution. God guides me :)


THANK YOU GOD ..FOR BEING WITH ME ALL THE TIME..GOD IS GOOD.

HE WILL MAKES A WAY SEEMS TO BE NO WAY..******

I AM A FIGHTER….

^^^^^MAYBE^^^^^

MAYBE…^^^^.Giving someone all u love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don’t expect love in return just wait for it to grow in their heart , but if it doesn’t be work lets is grew in yours…

MAYBE…^^^^^You should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet enough ..Trials to make you strong enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

LESSON IN LIFE

^^^ It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, But what is morepainful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.




^^^ A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.




^^^ It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.



^^^ It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
^^^Ayeen^^^

MY MAMA

To my mum….Anoh Mairin Danseh…u are great mom tat I ever had..u are my everything..my life,my soul…Thank you being good mom to me..I LOVE U MAMA
HAPPT MOTHER DAYS 2011
And to all mom around the world…

Marian Rivera @ MARIMAR TV3 FILIPINO ACTRESS

Marian Rivera (born Marian Rivera Gracia on August 12,1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Filipina actress and occasional singer-dancer.

Recently...I luv this drama...

Think of this...How RA works...hu hu

Arthritis
Classification and external resources

RA

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium (synovitis) secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development of pannus in the synovium. The pathology of the disease process often leads to the destruction of articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis can also produce diffuse inflammation in the lungs, pericardium, pleura, and sclera, and also nodular lesions, most common in subcutaneous tissue. Although the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown, autoimmunity plays a pivotal role in both its chronicity and progression, and RA is considered a systemic autoimmune disease.
About 1% of the world's population is afflicted by rheumatoid arthritis, women three times more often than men. Onset is most frequent between the ages of 40 and 50, but people of any age can be affected. It can be a disabling and painful condition, which can lead to substantial loss of functioning and mobility if not adequately treated. It is a clinical diagnosis made on the basis of symptoms, physical exam, radiographs (X-rays) and labs, although the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) publish diagnostic guidelines. Diagnosis and long-term management are typically performed by a rheumatologist, an expert in auto-immune diseases.^[1]

Various treatments are available. Non-pharmacological treatment includes physical therapy, orthoses, occupational therapy and nutritional therapy but do not stop progression of joint destruction. Analgesia (painkillers) and anti-inflammatory drugs, including steroids, are used to suppress the symptoms, while disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are required to inhibit or halt the underlying immune process and prevent long-term damage. In recent times, the newer group of biologics has increased treatment options.^[1]

My life as a RA patient

MY JOURNEY LIFE AS A RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) PATIENT

My journey begun in 2004, when I was diagnosed to be suffering as a positive RA patient, Ra is related with joint problem it is a chronic illness. This disease is unknown causes but as the world said it all about system immune itself. I was in pain most of the time although I did the necessary things like referring to specialist, taking non steroid pain killer, see physiotherapy, doing some nerve exercise but the pain did not abate, as far as I concern until now no medicine specific can cure the pain only the certain type of medicine can control and prevent the joint from early damage.

The years have been gone with many experience for me, that I cannot say or explain by any word looking many alternative that cannot count by number but all is about to find cure and still believed that every pain have pill to cure, I can said that this journey is not easy. As a government staff force me sometimes went out far from my comfort zone (sweet home) for attending seminar or any program related to job, going to Kuala Lumpur for quite sometimes in years, even still in pain I can still go out, thank you God because I can still manage to do it and return to home safely.

Almost Seven years gone without any good solution, during the time I only depend on medicine and of course the pain killer to continue my life. My life is not easy every morning I have problem to wake up because of swelling on my toe, all my finger became crams as well, I was flu...oh my GOD my knee, I cannot explain how pain it is. I continue my life with fullest of sadness, thank you g GOD even though is tough for me, you always give me strength to continue my life with supporter around me, sometimes I am down but my family there to support me in whatever situation .

Today, although I still suffer the hard condition, I have learned how to manage my lifestyle, being aware from stress level in order to minimize the effect. I rather say that I am hypocrite if I sad I am not down because of this terrible life, I always think why God choose me to facing all this, why me? But I promise whatever happened to me I must continue my life stay happily, continue my life as usual by refreshing back all my sweet memory in life, my life in campus with fullest of my good friend around me. Whatever happened I carry on my life and of course sometimes I need some space to breath. I do hope that have some solution of my problem health one day. I want to share everything to everyone because as you all know sharing is about caring each other.