The Best Blogs I've read this Week...6/11/11

Today I am starting with a blog that is very informative yet very personal. When I first heard the words Fibromyalgia I took it like another wrong diagnosis. I was not going to start researching what this was, until it was confirmed that this was in fact what I had! On March 3rd. 2010 I was sick with a cold and had just finished eating. I remember standing in front of the refrigerator door and feeling as though I would pass out. I sat down at the dinning room table and started to feel like my sugar was dropping fast! I told my 16yr. old how I was feeling and she tried to get me something to drink as this was happening my body started to shake un-controlably and I passed out. My daughter tells me that I continued to shake and scream as I was unconscious. I was taken to the hospital and all the normal test done and was sent home with no answers. After this episode I was not the same. I couldn't put words together to form my thoughts. I started to stutter, and my hands and legs would shake and at times I could barely walk because of my body aches. I went from doctor to doctor and no one had answers for me. I went to a Natural doctor that told me that my Adrenal glands were not working correctly just by looking at me and not doing any test! I believed him and started to take supplements that made me feel better for a while but that were killing us financially! When I tried talking to the doctor about it, he answered by saying, he was the only one that had been able to diagnose me with my problem and if I needed to sell my car to be able to buy the supplements he was giving me then I should do it! He had ordered this saliva test to confirm this "Adrenal gland" problem I had and he never gave me the results. When I called his office to ask for the results, I was told I had to pay for a phone consultation. I never went back... My health problems continued and I got worse. The symptoms changed and I started to have these "episodes" where I would have so much pain that my muscles would tense up so much and then all of a sudden just give out and start shaking out of control! At first the doctor's thought I was having a seizure. After doing all the test they ruled it out. I had so many other symptoms that I was left either to think I was a crazy woman in need of a Psychiatrist or to stay as I was, not knowing what I had.

As all this was happening I had mentioned to my Neurologist that I couldn't handle the body aches I was having and she referred me to a  rheumatologist. He heard my symptoms and assumed I had epilepsy, but that I also had Fibromyalgia.  He told me there was not test to diagnose it and it was going to be a process of elimination. We went through all of the test one by one and it was confirmed. As Fibromyalgia was being confirmed Epilepsy was being ruled out! Over a year of being house bound, in pain, cables connected to my head and other parts of my body, over 25 pills a day for something I didn't have,  I had the answer...I had fibromyalgia. 

The Chronicles of Fibromyalgia, chronicles the daily struggles we have. The ups and downs that people don't understand and how we feel about it. If you know anyone with Fibromyalgia, this is a very helpful blog. It doesn't have all the answers, but it does give you a glimpse to our daily lives. "The Drugs are Making Me Fat" is just one of the many things we struggle with.

If you have been reading my blog you know I love organization and lists and all that comes along those lines. Well, have I got a treat for you!!!!! I have found an awesome blog! This lady has blessed my life this week. Her name is Hallee and she loves what she does and has it all laid out for us. We all have our way of doing things and I am one of those that likes to try new ways to motivate myself and my family. Hallee has motivated me and I love reading her blog!  When you visit her blog you will find, recipes, charts, prayer request, their diet, etc.

Hallee the Homemaker will teach you how to cook "Food fast without Fast food".  

Summer is here and Yard Sales are everywhere, but do you know how to plan for a Yard Sale?  

Organize Your Stuff Now, will take your hand and step by step will tell you what you should do if you plan to have a successful Yard Sale with their Yard Sale 101!

I love it when I go to a special ladies party and they set up their table all pretty, I feel special, don't you? I always leave feeling like I want to do the same, but knowing I probably can't because it is probably too expensive!

The Thrifty Groove is just the blog for me and you! They have started a Thrifty Tablescape Party and it makes it possible for me and anyone else to set up a table at a very affordable way!

Since I've been home so much (because of my Fibromyalgia)  I have started to work on my back yard. My husband has always said, that if there was a way for me to kill plastic plants...I would do it! It's true. I do have to admit that I have found an interest in plants lately and I have found a blog that is helping me :)

Tootsie Time is the name and this Flower Tower is a great starter for me. I will let you know if I kill it or keep it!

I hope you enjoyed my finds and let me know if you have anything you want to show off!

Till next time!