Welcome Cathy, from central part of Indiana :D
Sorry you lost your doggy they can be such a comfort.
Hope your disability goes through soon, that helps take some of the pressure off of you :-) You can have hours of reading on here and quilts to look at and you can even go on vacation here thanks to all the wonderful members that post pictures. You will like it here. I hope you are soon up and quilting and posting and joining in :D :D

Welcome, Cathy, from Roscoe, IL. I came from So. CA. You sound like a wonderfully determined lady. Losing our furbabies is so painful. It took me 3 years to adopt another cat. Time won't make you forget them, but it will make you open to giving another animal a loving home.

Hi Cathy,

Welcome from another Bay Area quilter!

I hope that you get to feeling better soon and that you and your husband find a new "quilting buddy" to keep you company. My big chocolate Lab is always nearby, making sure that I'm "doing it right!"

Take care, have fun looking at all the lovely pictures, and do what you can...
:D

Welcome from SW Iowa. Hope all goes well with SS and hope you get to feeling better soon.

So nice to meet you Cathy, and welcome! Wish you the best of luck getting your disability approved, and hope you're feeling better soon

Hi & Welcome.

Welcome from Ohio....wow you sure have been hit hard....I was watching a program with Cloris Lehman on it and she said she had crippiling RA when she truned 35 and she quit eating meat of any kind....her RA is gone she was the one on Dancing with Stars.....don't know if that would work for you.....I like my meat but might give this a try myself.....:-)....any way hope you find something that helps you....I have the onset of RA and oweee it hurts....bless you and keep sewing when you can we love seeing what everyone does.......:-)

Welcome! Skeat

gcathie... another famous actress with RA is Kathleen Turner. Remember when she gained weight? It was due to her medication. In an article, she said she never told anyone in the business about her RA and just let them think she was missing work etc because she was drinking. She said an actor can get work if that's the case, but not with a chronic medical condition! As far as the meat idea, fish is recommended, but meat doesn't hurt; it's an autoimmune disease, not a dietary one. Anyway, I only eat red meat about once a week. Thanks for your concern.

Quilting sure is a fun and satisfying diversion from life's challenges.