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I am getting over strep throat. It's awful. I was seriously out of commission a few days and am back to work but taking it easy now for a few days. My knees don't hurt so much when I am not on them for 10 hours. The aches from the strep virus made every joint in my body miserable instead.

I got a call today from my mail order pharmacy. The hyloronic acid I am due for in both knees will cost me $270.00. I need this every 6 months. It hurts to inject. They do it 5 weeks in a row. Recovery from each injection takes a few days. Oh what fun.

I have to complain to someone, may as well be you.

What on earth are we all going to do when swine flu blossoms this summer. I feel for all of the parents out there (including me) who are thinking about it. If your child is exposed or gets sick this year at school, they will ask you to keep your child home for a week. Working parents are facing rough economies right now,imagine this fall. I think it will hurt economically as well.

Hang on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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I'm in a rut. I feel I am doing all of the right things but my status just doesn't change. I am due to have hyloronic acid injections again (every 6 months). They are helpful but soooo awful. They hurt going in and feel rotten for the whole 5 weeks of them. I keep working the long hours. I'm sure that's not helping but in this economy I have no choice. I will blog every day until I fel something changing. Am beginning Alida Brill's book "Dancing at the River's Edge" about handling life with chronic illness. I look forward to it's message.

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Wow, it's been a while. Ok, so I've been avoiding this. I have been working a lot of hours and have been in pain and feeling sorry for myself.

I have been taking my supplements but have not been eating the best foods. I admit to Chocolate Trinity ice cram!

I do this blog as a way to answer to myself though, and pull myself in when I know i need to be pulled in.

I still am feeling the healing even though I haven't been eating as well as I should. Considering these past few weeks I have averaged 60 hours per week. Considering those are hours on my feet and on my knees, whch feel like knives are going through them. I am tolerating this abuse better than I used to tolerate it.

I stumbled on a lady named Alida Brill on the Bonnie Hunt show. She wrote a book about living with chronic illness. I am anxious to read it as soon as it arrives in my mail. I ordered a used copy.

I just read something on Facebook she wrote about how to handle having chronic pain. It smacked me in the face just enough to make me get on here and do a blog entry. Thanks, Alida, I needed that.

Back on track..... Sharon