Stiff But Still Standing is not another dry medical lecture on rheumatoid arthritis, it's the fierce, tender, no-BS friend who grabs your aching hand and says, "I've been exactly where you are, and I'm still here moving, laughing, living." "This book didn't just give me recipes; it gave me my life back. After years of barely being able to hold a coffee cup, I'm gardening again." - Early reader If you're waking up feeling 90 years old at 40, cancelling plans because of flare-ups, or lying awake wondering if you'll ever open a jar again without crying this book was written for you.Velma Goodwin was diagnosed with severe RA at 38. Doctors told her to "prepare for disability paperwork" and that she'd likely need a wheelchair by 50. Instead, she fired the doom-and-gloom narrative, went full detective on inflammation, and put her disease into remission using food as medicine. In Stiff But Still Standing she hands you the exact blueprint that saved her: 57 ridiculously delicious anti-inflammatory recipes (yes, including chocolate mousse and crispy tacos that actually fight pain)A done-for-you 4-week meal plan that drops inflammation fast-most readers report looser joints and less morning stiffness within 10-14 days This book doesn't promise you'll throw away your meds tomorrow.It promises you'll wake up one day very soon and realize you just made it through the morning without wincing-and that you did that. You.