Get the assistance you need without feeling helpless.
Everybody needs a helping hand from time to time, but when arthritis makes it difficult to accomplish things you used to do with ease, help may feel hard to accept – and even harder to ask for. These suggestions may make it easier to get the aid you need without the emotional toll.
Don’t assume others know you need help.
Your struggle is obvious to you, so you may wonder why people don’t offer to help. But they may not even realize you need assistance, especially because arthritis is generally invisible.
This story is from the July/August 2019 edition of Arthritis Today.
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