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R A doesn't seem to follow that approach. It is more like riding a new horse that totally has a mind of its own. The situation is certainly not boring and is interesting like an unresolvable riddle. I think with the horse, there is a clear distinction. The horse is the horse, and I am the rider on the horse. Of course I have to be aware of what the horse will do, but there is no point in getting angry at the horse. There is no point in thinking I can change the horse. Maybe it went through some traumatic experience as a colt, and we simply can't go back and correct anything. Maybe with R A we are ourselves dealing with a condition that began years ago and now with what seems the coincidental alignment of certain things, is now becoming glaringly real. We might be wise to get off the idea that the horse has to be changed. The ride might not be that easy, but we can enjoy the natural surroundings along the trail. The ride isn't simply us on a horse. The unruly horse shouldn't spoil things in our minds any more than we can spoil things in the horse's mind.

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I am developing a very wobbly gait. I always thought it was the muscles that controlled the gate. It seems the nerves on the bottom of my feet are now not able to make the subtle adjustments with messages to the muscles in my legs that would make a smooth gait. Still I can walk. I am getting very pigeon-toed, but I do find keeping the laces in my boots very tight, that I am not as likely to fall.
Maybe we just have to accept we are far more complicated than the way our minds categorize and place things on various lists of priorities. Our minds as children no doubt had a very different way of prioritizing things, like what was under our bed at night. We may not be aware of them, but our autoimmune system may have very precise evaluations and its own conclusions. As with that unruly horse, we don't really know about that. It seems too risky to try to destroy anything, as we don't know the extent of the damage. our goal should be to negotiate and compromise, finding a workable solution.
I took a recipe for corn bread like my grandmother used to bake, and substituted flax seed and brown rice flour. It tasted very good to me. How long that will last I can't know, but I do know I can try some other combination. ( to be continued)