How Are You Doing?

UGH!!!
I'm beginning to hate that question- "How are you doing"? not specifically the words, but the delivery from other people since I've had RA. Whenever I see people who know I have RA, they ask "How are you doing"? I should be happy they care to know or even ask. However, this question is now asked in a way that assumes impending doom. The tone in people's voice is like they're already expecting the worst. If someone asks this question it usually has a light tone ending on a cheery note, but now this question is like hearing the last/left deepest chords on a piano- da da da doom. How awful! I must be doing awful by the way the person is asking. "I was doing ok until you asked that question". At least I thought I was ok.
How
are
you
doing?
It
just
keeps
getting
deeper
and
lower
like
I
have
to
dig
my
way
out
of
a
hole
just
to
answer..................
How am I doing today? I'll tell you the real version, which I don't share with most people. Well, my joints are really hurting. I tried tapering my Prednisone by just 2.5mg but I'm back to having too much pain. Too much pain for me is when my larger joints hurt too much to sleep well, like my hip or my knees. I can handle my hands hurting, my feet, or even my one bad elbow.
My daughter decided to get up early today because somehow the evil 2yr old in her knew mama was having joint problems and would have liked to sleep in. She got up 2 hours early- what are the chances? So I'm going to count the hours away and try to painfully entertain my daughter.