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new meds...and a new disease

Seems I'm running thru the TNFs as fast as they get approved!  Having an autoimmune disease with no cure means a life long fight to LIVE.  I talked with someone the other day about being sick, and we both talked about how the "little things" aren't really little anymore.  Also, how we take things for granted--oh, boy do we.  It's always wanting more and more.  New clothes (when our closets are full) a bigger house, when the one we live in is basically empty--I know there's furniture, but the house itself sits empty.   I'm sure we could survive a zombie apocalypse with our "stuff" that's in our home!  See the thing is, when you are suffering daily with a disease that you know has no cure, you start to look at things a bit differently--oh, I'm not saying I'm better than anyone in my thinking or that I have given up the "stuff"--I'm still very guilty, but I have learned to appreciate the "simple" things.  For