[Jason Pilgrim]

My 2 dogs (Jack Russel X 2 of) are my family 4 sure. I live alone with them and I work part time driving for Uber so I come home late some nights and feel tired, sore and weak from my multi illnesses and my doggies are a fantastic welcome home. It takes a few minutes for them to finish their licking and running around me for pats. If I didn’t have them it’d be a bleak place to be (my home). If I’m very unwell which happens a fair bit, they sleep on my bed and sit up with me when I can’t sleep for coughing or whatever. They never seem to be bothered by my waking them and I get a nice hot water bottle effect once I settle down and they snuggle up again:-) I totally love my dogs and I have a fish tank with 2 big Angels and some Catfish and they give me a lot of joy also, watching them play. The catfish chase each other around the tank and the Angel Fish play Jousting believe it or not. They line up head to head and bump heads and one pushes the other right across the tank then they swap. Very entertaining and a great way to take the thoughts away from my failing health.

[Jason Pilgrim]

Hi

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart issues like most with it do and I now have PA which is giving me muscle and joint pains that are a bit different from the long term arthritis ones. When I drive (Uber driver) for a few hours I get very sore arms and riding my Motorcycle also causes my muscles to ache now whereas a few years ago I could go all day no problems. As I was already on Cortisone for the RA it must help with these new pains. I often wonder what they’d be like without it.