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RA positive and PMR

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andrea93419
andrea93419

Hi All, I mentioned a while back about a 'new Pain' in only one leg. My GP said its because I'm showing RA positive in my blood that the pain is related to that in the cold and wet weather!! Mmmm mmmm do you think that could be right? I'm not due to see my rheumatologist until March and I'm wondering whether I should challenge my GP, anyone else on here with similar circumstances?

many thanks Andrea 😀

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  • artfingers
    artfingers andrea93419

    Posted

    Ha ha ha, tipple - love that.  We just had our "thanksgiving" which this year I refused to do.  I just told everyone instead I am making a pot of chili, bought bread, had others bring salad, wine and my sons baked.  It was so easy peasy I loved it and it left me so much more time to visit with everyone.  Christmas my hubby and I just no longer "do" since the boys are in college.  Kind of makes us feel a tad smug or maybe bemused at how much goes on over that holiday. We make cookies for friends and family and that is that.  No fuss.  Love it.
    • EileenH
      EileenH artfingers

      Posted

      Something I learned in Germany was that it wasn't the massive effort of all that cooking that mattered when friends were there for a meal - you know, how the cook spends all their time in the kitchen and is totally fed up and frazzled by the time everything is ready. As you say, it is the being together and being able to chat - so it was always a simple meal that could be prepared ahead and just transferred from the cooker to the table and served. Lasagne, chili, raclette or fondue if you wanted to be a bit different.

      For anyone who doesn't know, raclette is melted cheese, originally done by setting a chunk of cheese in front of the fire until it started to melt and then you scraped the melted bit onto bread or baked potatoes. Every Alpine country claims they invented it!  Now you get tabletop devices - mine sits on the table most of the winter because all it needs is the sliced cheese and the "bits" that go with it to make an easy meal: ham, eggs, veggies, prawns, banana and you basically are making your own pizza toppings. Great for groups with veggies, fussy eaters and so on and very relaxed. 

    • artfingers
      artfingers EileenH

      Posted

      Love that idea with the melted cheese - I shall try it!  Sounds like fun too!

       

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy EileenH

      Posted

      I have a raclette grill thing gathering dust somewhere, I am not sure I am that fond of raclette cheese. I do love cheese fondu though and also have a fondu kit lying around also gathering dust. I remember in the seventies and eighties we used to have meat fondues too. They seem to have lost their popularity nowadays, perhaps because people kept knocking the boiling fat over themselves!
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga ptolemy

      Posted

      I remember fondue!  One of the things we did was use broth rather than hot fat.  In the end you had an even tastier broth which could be consuned or used later for soup.  Wish I'd rememnbered that before I decluttered the fondue pot out of my house last year....
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga

      Posted

      consumed.  When are they going to let us correct our posts?! rolleyes
    • EileenH
      EileenH ptolemy

      Posted

      In the UK maybe - still very popular over here! Chinese fondue with stock is great and far lighter. Best I've had was in summer in Barbados! 

      Doesn't have to be raclette cheese - in Germany we used most sorts as long as they melted well. Goats cheese is lovely, mozarella too.

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy EileenH

      Posted

      I agree Chinese type fondues are great and very tasty. 
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