This is a question I seem to hear a few times a week. Despite my best efforts to describe chronic fatigue and RA, people think if you "look well", you shouldn't be tired. I work full time, so I look forward to napping on the weekends. Sometimes I'll wake up from a nap, have lunch, then nap again. To me, I'm recharging. That's what my weekend is for. I know if I have too many days where fight through the fatigue, I flare. I have lost friends over this because they simply did not understand, or just did not want to take the time to understand. RA fatigue is real and cannot be controlled. I sometimes wish people could take turns and be in my shoes for 24 hours. I wonder if they would look at me differently?
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