The RA rollercoaster

I can't help but wonder what the next day is going to be like when I go to bed at night. Am I going to be able to get out of bed? Am I going to feel great? Will I need to have someone help me do my hair?  I never know how I'm going to feel or what is going to set off a flare. It's like riding a rollercoaster.

There for awhile I felt good, the pain was still there's but it was pretty tolerable. I thought the needs were doing a good job. Then bam! It reared its ugly head again. I woke up this last Sunday running a fever and feeling yuck! I couldn't raise my arms above my head cause my shoulders felt like they were being pulled from their sockets. Fingers red and swollen. Wrists stiff and not wanting to move. Excruciating pain in my feet, knees and spine. I found myself so exhausted from doing nothing that I had trouble staying awake. Then at night I hurt so bad that if spend most of the night up tossing and turning trying not to wake anyone up with my crying. 

I liked to be surprised but I really wished that I could get a warning that a flare was coming so that I could be prepared. Though I don't think there's anything that could prepare anyone for this. 

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