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  • About Me

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    barefootsoul

    Female, 46
    Traverse City, MI, USA
    Member since March 28, 2008

    • About Me

      I love graphic arts, computers, animals, nature, water, beaches, yard sales, shopping, theatre, dining, arts, jewelry making, writing, poetry, photography, scrapbooks, plants, reading, gardening, intellectual conversation, traveling, collecting and using candles, aroma therapy, spiritual living, family, camping, flying, taking naps, laughing my rear off, stay up late, no rules no schedules, learning new things, sound therapy, christian music, dancing, watching people, helping others, finding resources to heal, collecting doves, smiling, little children bring me so much joy!

      I love graphic arts, computers, animals, nature, water, beaches, yard sales, shopping, theatre, dining, arts, jewelry making, writing, poetry, photography, scrapbooks, plants, reading, gardening, intellectual conversation, traveling, collecting and using candles, aroma therapy, spiritual living, family, camping, flying, taking naps, laughing my rear off, stay up late, no rules no schedules, learning new things, sound therapy, christian music, dancing, watching people, helping others, finding resources

    • Interests

      My physical body is failing me fast, it betrays me with pain and I either give in or fight it back and never win. Inside is this dynamic soul ready to burst forth but she only does very briefly. I feel lately that somehow I am on the verge of meeting someone in my life that will bring all of this out in me naturally without even trying. Whether its a friend a man or woman only time will tell. I am usually not wrong with these things but its hard to hope and believe when I have nearly lost everything in my life. I just want to be whole, to know I can be and maybe in the end that person that I will meet will be myself and I pray it is so, if you read my poem, Watching Watching Listening you might agree but somehow I feel someone special is going to come flying into my life and yet I am weary of believing it at the same time. I was meant for so much more than I am living. My interests involve having people around me, this is what true love and life is meant for. Though we must work and do to survive these things are not the essence of living or love. In the end the memories that you make, yes you must choose to make them now, in the end they are all you will have when death comes to take a loved home home. The time is now because you never know. Funny how youth waste the years thinking everyone around them is invincible namely themselves but even more adults to busy in the daily grind to stop and make a memory, say I love you, do something as simple as, hey lets play cards tonight or hey I'll meet you at the park tonight just for ten minutes and we'll sit or walk. So many people walk past someone who has given up inside and they never take the chance to reach out and just say hi or hug them, yes a total stranger. One tiny statement of faith on a check can make a girl at the check out cry. The impact is tremendous when we dare. Everyone you see around your will be your family in Heaven, can you realize that? They are your family now and if your own refuse to be family find others who will. This has been my goal but thus far well.....I fight my own losses right now. I have a huge heart for humanity if only I could get past this body of pain and or get help with it. I'm a super sensitive and I guess that is the curse that comes with it.

      My physical body is failing me fast, it betrays me with pain and I either give in or fight it back and

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  • Journal

    • AMERICA IS THE CAUSE OF IMMUNE DIS-EASE...I'M FED UP WITH NOT GETTING THE HELP I NEED

      Mood May 4, 2008 3:30am

      YES I AM YELLING IN THIS....... AMERICANS ARE BEING KILLED BY AMERICA'S NEED TO MAKE MONEY AND THEN WE HAVE THE NERVE TO CONDEMN IRAQ WHILE WE …

    • I'm Doin It!!

      Mood April 4, 2008 2:37am

      I can't believe it but I've broken the barrier of consistancy. I'm working out at least every other day. My muscles seem to respond …
    • Journal Entry for April 4, 2008

      Mood April 4, 2008 2:16am

    • Dear Mommy

      Mood March 28, 2008 5:33am

      Life is so damn short so short it scares me. I feel like I need to fit everything in still but not as urgent as I did this entire past year.  …

    • Read My Poetry

      Mood March 28, 2008 4:30am

      you would really make my day if you visited me at allpoetry.com/barefootsoul

       

      I've not been able to write much since my mothers passing last …

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    • Hug

      From Stephano January 9

      It appears your body and mine are about as sound as the economy.

    • Hug

      From DixieBlue November 14, 2008

      Still here! Hope your absence is a positive one.

    • Hug

      From perfectwings October 19, 2008

      just thought u could use a hug

    • Hug

      From DixieBlue October 15, 2008

      Come back!!! Please! I miss you!!

    • Hug

      From Stephano September 25, 2008

      Keep your powder dry.

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  • Goals

    Progress

    5 %

    Goal End Date is May 28, 08 547 days ago.
  • Support Groups

    • Close Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Partner/Spouse

      Treatments

      Crying Somewhat Helpful
      Getting Angry Too Soon to Tell
      Grief Counseling Too Soon to Tell
      Helping Others Somewhat Helpful
      Pets Working / Worked
      Poetry Somewhat Helpful
      Reading Somewhat Helpful
      Support from Friends & Family Not Working
    • Close Fibromyalgia

      Ive had fms for 25 years each year getting worse. my mom was my employer she passed last month and my fibro has gone through the roof.

      Treatments

      Acupuncture Considering
      IF ONLY I COULD AFFORD THIS, WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR SOMETHING WHEN THEY CANT WORK.
      Aqua Therapy Not Working
      I used a warm pool above 90 degrees I believe, it made me worse. I felt like led getting out and it increased disk pressure in low back. However hot tubs have helped , none available I can afford.
      Cyclobenzaprine Working / Worked
      This is the only drug that has stopped spasms in its track, no other relaxer has. Unforunately it also makes me crazy the next day, I go into intense mood swings, anger bouts.
      Cymbalta Working / Worked
      Was working until I lost my mother last month. Saps all sexual desire.
      Duragesic Patch Not Working
      Way way to strong to be awake to talk let alone carry on a normal life.
      Elavil Somewhat Helpful
      Weight gain!
      Guaifenesin Not Working
      What a practical joke
      Heat Somewhat Helpful
      Moist special gel bead
      Lyrica Working / Worked
      has helped me lesson the Norco some but the weight gain is not pretty on my moods or the pain
      Morphine Not Working
      tried three different types they had no effect on me at all like eating candy.
      Neurontin Not Working
      nadda, not a thing
      TENS Not Working
      tried regular plus one made for fms patients suppose to have 90 percent success rate, it made no difference with me at times worse.
      Ultram Not Working
      not a bit difference
      Zanaflex Not Working
      Nothing!
    • Open High Blood Pressure

      I was battling breathing issues like anxiety attacks for half a year until they got so bad I couldnt breath and eat at the same time. Also intense hot spells doing any activity. Turns out my heart beat was all over the place. My mom made me go in this christmas when I just wanted to be with family. We managed to do both, mom died a month later unexpectedly. I miss her so much.

      Treatments

      Atenolol Somewhat Helpful
    • Open Arthritis

      I have psoriatic arthritis and typing this is hurting too much lol. I'm addicted to Norco and I take Enbrel and Methotrexate which does cut down on pain. I am very weak much of the time and have little family support. I also have chronic fatigue and fibro.

      Treatments

      Daypro Not Working
      Glucosamine/Chondroitin Not Working
      Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful
      Naproxen Not Working
      Pain Management Clinic Somewhat Helpful
      Relafen Not Working
      Swimming Somewhat Helpful
      Tylenol Not Working
      Voltaren Not Working
      Enbrel Working / Worked
      Methotrexate Working / Worked
    • Open Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      barefootsoul hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Empty Nests

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Writing Working / Worked
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      barefootsoul hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Breakups & Divorce

      barefootsoul hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      barefootsoul hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Panic Attacks

      Panic attacks hit me after a surgery I had. I've had a life long fear of throwing up since a bad episode as a teen and it finally caught up with me. They went 24/7 without stopping. I finally had to see a specialist and praise God for Klonopin. At first it didn't work all the time. I also had to learn a put it out of my head distraction techinique. I also found that if I got really mad that I was going into one it countered the fear I was having. Burning off the adren...also helped.

      Treatments

      Ativan Somewhat Helpful
      Klonopin Working / Worked
      still takes work in self talk but this med has allowed me not have one in over 3 years! Knock on wood, my mothers passing is hitting me hard!
      Patience Somewhat Helpful
      Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
    • Open Depression

      Treatments

      Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
      I'm an expert on this coping skill but it runs its ability to help if one does not have the enthusiasim to use it. Neg parental influence is hard to get past, a virtual tape recorder
      Cymbalta Working / Worked
      excellent with little side effects except one thing. ABSOLUTELY NO LIBIDO
      Elavil Somewhat Helpful
      good sleep, way too much weight gain
      Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
      helps some but at other times I feel like its nothing more than a play reherasal of pretending to acknowledge reality
      Prozac Working / Worked
      After 15 yrs it seemed to run its course and didnt help even after upping the doses. Did not affect sexual function
      Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
      When I have it, the biggest help unfortunately this is what I have the least of since my mother past
      Wellbutrin Not Working
      Never did...like eating candy no effect
      Writing Working / Worked
      writing and allpoetry.com helped alot. As well as talking to others who relate.
      Zoloft Not Working
      Seizures
      MSIR Not Working
      Horrid dreams both drug like dream state of alien life and nightmares. Anxiety Inability to withold rage anger in stressfilled situations.
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