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About Me
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About Me
I am a medical lab technician who was first diagnosed 21 years ago after my 6th child was born. I have continually worked at finding new ways to treat my symptoms as they have come up over the years. I have been blessed in the past with a support group where I lived, but when we moved 14 years ago , I found myself feeling isolated in my condition, and unable to explain to others why sometimes I seemed fine, and other times was very ill. . I have continued in my career till just 4 year ago when I went to occasional status because I felt I was no longer up to the long days .
I am a medical lab technician who was first diagnosed 21 years ago after my 6th child was born. I have continually worked at finding new ways to treat my symptoms as they have come up over the years. I have been blessed in the past with a support group where I lived, but when we moved 14 years ago , I found myself feeling isolated in my condition, and unable to explain to others why sometimes I seemed fine, and other times was very ill. . I have continued in my career till just 4 year ago when I
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Our farm, horse rescue operation, Jr High and High school Equestrian Teams, cats, prayer and bible study, computers, crocheting, sewing crafts, loving my 5 adult kids, and my grandkids, oh yes and my hard working loving husband of 36 years. This is our third year of empty nest- not as bad as I thought! I also Read to keep my mind away from how I feel. It has always been my constant...can't sleep without a good book, I highly recommend that everyone stay in the middle of a good story!
Our farm, horse rescue operation, Jr High and High school Equestrian Teams, cats, prayer and bible study,
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hoo boy, is God speaking to both of us about the same thing or what? Just last night as you were probably typing that bit about being angry with a pastor, I was reading a chapter in a book called "The pastor doesn't like me." hoo. About how we take the temptation bait and get offended and it can spread strife if we let it , or we can reject it and just worship. a hard lesson to make stick as it comes back at us again and again. For me, my issues with strife are with the members, who will always be there, not the pastor, who won't. It just doesn't feel like a spirit-filled church to me, so that helped me figure out what to do. God has me on the move right now so he can clean my house LOL.
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Hey. Life is treating me kind. You wouldn't believe this but we got an exterior job to paint a whole house! The weather has been super nice and this guy called and asked if he could still get his Ranch painted and Brian said Sure!! LOL We've had this business for 17 years and we've never painted in November!! He started it today and will have it done Thursday. All week it's supposed to be nice! So yeah, life is good ! Praise God! :) Cheryl
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Thank you for your prayers and encouragement, love. They keep me going - truly - on days like these. I think my pain IS contributing to my lack of sleep. Tricare has yet to get me assigned to a physician here so Idk how long my pain meds are going to last. I rly think that the patches need to be upped in strength, but Idk what to do about it, really.
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Hi Nan, stopping by in your page to say hello..I hope everything goes well with you.....take care always..lups
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Close Lupus
_I started with a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, then depression , sleep disorder, ostearthritis, diabetes, hypertension, strange antibodies, bleeding disorder, finally they called it Lupus, and cross over syndrome? Don't know what's next?
Treatments
Close Fibromyalgia
My first diagnosis was Fibromyalgia, way before osteo arthritis, Lupus, Diabetes, high blood pressure, ect... I just keep looking for a better solution than the one before and gradually over 20 years have come to grips with some of these problems, that are all interrelated.
Treatments
- Cyclobenzaprine Working / Worked
- taken at night to sleep more pain free
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- Only on my third week but it seems to be helping with the pain.
- Heat Working / Worked
- I use the disposable heat patches when going on long walking trip, football games ect.
- TENS Working / Worked
- This is the best item in my arsenal for fighting pain in specific places
- Vitamin B12 Working / Worked
- Taken sublingually along with my other vitamins
Open Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
I have had EDS my whole life, but was not diagnosed till 2 days ago. I have been trying to go to geneticist since January and will finally go in July.
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