Staggering

Exene's going to the rheumo today; her ankles are more swollen than ever, and her hips were hurting her so badly yesterday that she could barely walk. It was excruciating to see that. I mean, we're going our separate ways, but I still don't want to see suffering like that. For somebody as active as she is, to be hobbled by this whatever-it-is (and, again, I suspect some kind of auto-immune reaction gone haywire, although nobody's giving clear answers), it has to be really frustrating for her. And painful, as she said it really hurt.