I recently took a road trip to Florida (I reside in Northern Virginia). The first day I drove to the Georgia/Florida line and I was very stiff and sore that night. Let me tell you that 9 hours behind the wheel even with hourly stops is just too much for someone with RA and Fibro. A good night’s rest, and some meds, and I was off in the morning to drive the last 5 hours to my mom’s house.

I had a great time visiting Mom and my step-dad, and their little dog, got to see some of Florida before it was time to head back and make the long painful drive again.

The very last day was just a few hours behind the wheel, but it was the most painful yet. I was exhausted and my knees, hips, hands, elbows, and shoulders along with my neck were in so much pain.

The worst part was the last day, I started to notice that I had an upper respiratory thing going on, and in a world of COVID, that is not something you take lightly. I had a doctor’s appointment and it was “stop the Enbrel and take these antibiotics and steroids for a week.  I appreciate the thoroughness of this, but I so miss my Enbrel. It is actually working for me and now I’m going to be so sore again until I can get it back into my system.

Here are a few pics from my trip.