I'm back! I am completely jet-lagged, as evidenced by the fact that I am writing this post at 6.30am, which is not a time I am ordinarily up, let alone putting sentences together. The trip was, in a word, amazing. It was intense, beautiful, awesome, serene and frenetic depending on the day and the place. Thanks to all of you who offered encouraging comments on my Facebook page along the way!
Over the next few weeks I'll write up a detailed account of my (second) trip of a lifetime, but overall, I did really well! I definitely had moments where a hip, a wrist, a knee, a foot or all of the above were feeling unhappy and appalled by what I was asking them to do, but for the most part, the pain didn't last too long and didn't prohibit me from doing anything I wanted to do, and I didn't have to take my fallback prednisone! The relaxing lie-on-the-beach portions of the trip were well placed to offer recovery time from what was literally the hike from hell (climbing Mt. Sinai in the dark at midnight beat the pants off what I did in Peru) and scrambling around arches and big rocks in Wadi Rum and Petra. All I can say is, thank god for the Dead Sea Spa!
While I was away, the first of four segments I shot for WebMD's RA TV went up! I watched it from a small internet cafe in Luxor, Egypt that didn't have any sound, so I was quite relieved to finally watch it with sound yesterday; I feel pretty good about how it turned out, and excited for the next one that will air tomorrow! You can check them out here, under the My Life with RA series. Please help me spread the word about the segments by sharing this link on Facebook, Twitter, or plain old word of mouth.
OK. I'm off to figure out what living in this new city is all about! Next big task: dealing with switching my car over to Maryland. eek.
Sounds like you had a great time. Good luck getting settled.
Posted by: warmsocks.wordpress.com | September 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Welcome home. Love the photo, can't wait for more.
WebMD segment is awesome. You're prime time!
Jeff
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=728922186 | September 16, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Glad you had a great time on your trip. It sounded wonderful. The WebMD segment was great. You are really doing a good job.
Posted by: Becky | September 16, 2009 at 08:35 PM
Welcome back!!! Sounds like you had a great time, and I love the picture!
Posted by: Remicade Dream | September 17, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Now this is a picture that I would like to see on the Arthritis Today Magazine! Awesome!
Posted by: Michelle | September 18, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Thanks, y'all! I'll let you know the update on the latest segment...guess they switched stuff around without updating the program schedule!
More soon....
s
Posted by: sara | September 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM
I like the idea of posting that pic in Arthritis Day Magazine! lol Someone from the AFoundation headquarters flew out to meet with me this week for BMU and I asked about the Arthritis Today magazine and mentioned RAGuys point of no men on the cover AND how many of us have talked about some of the misleading articles, such as always showing the older ladies doing aqua aerobics. He told me that while the AFoundation owns the magazine, it is run mostly without AF influence and the magazine is more open about pushing the envelope with awareness than the AF is. SO, who knows? We are now the faces of RA, let's aim for pics like this on the cover and one of the Men of RA in 2010! :)
Posted by: Tiffany Westrich | September 20, 2009 at 03:57 PM
absolutely!!!!
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM, wrote:
Posted by: Sara | September 20, 2009 at 04:23 PM
thanks!
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM, wrote:
Posted by: Sara | September 20, 2009 at 04:25 PM