Thank you so much for your prayers & encouraging e-mails that I have received since my h& surgery on November 4, 2009. I had the 4 knuckles that connect my fingers to my h& replaced with silicone joint replacements, due to their disintegration from rheumatoid arthritis which I have lived with for 16 years. This is my first joint replacement, & although I have taken the prescribed pain medication as necessary, & it has not been fun & games, thankfully the pain itself has not been unbearable. In the last two days, the pain has increased, but evidently this is a good thing since it means the tissues are connecting to the new joints & I am in phase 2 of the healing & recovery. As with any health challenge like all of you, living … [Read more...]