Flare Up

 Unfortunately I'm going through a flare up right now. Worst part is I was hired back part time under at World Market. The flare up has been causing such bad pain that I cry at times. So, it's difficult to work under these circumstances, and had to resign from working. I went to my doctor and I'm adding a new medicine to my regimen, amitriptyline. I hope it helps my insomnia and pain because it's difficult dealing with it. It's hard because I want to be out and doing things, but my body hurts and I get exhausted when I have barely done anything. Today I was walking around a lot and now my feet are swollen. You can barely see the lines in my toes, and there are no lines or veins on the top of my feet. I am on a diuretic, but only every other day. I think it needs to be every day since it's not really helping.
 
On the optimistic side of life I am very hopeful in the success of my jewelry business. I am an independent consultant for a company called Paparazzi. I have had success with only having very little inventory. This next weekend I am going to vendor at a Craft Sale and I will have some new inventory to show. I hope this helps get my name more out there. There aren't any other consultants for the company in the tri-city area I live in. So, I don't have much competition! The company and the jewelry is great! It's five dollar jewelry that is super cute and trendy. I even sell little girls jewelry! It's fun to get to know new people through this. I just really hope to have the energy and excitement so people can really tell I love Paparazzi! I ordered some stuff for advertisement and promotion. I got a banner for my table at shows and what not, a t-shirt that says, "I heart Paparazzi!", and also some business cards. I plan on handing them out to everyone I meet. Good night, and have a fabulous day! :)

Here are some of the products from Paparazzi! Check out my Facebook page for more inventory, information about Paparazzi, and a fabulous contest!

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Explaining Fibromyalgia

My lovely wedding photographer, Jessica, wanted me to better explain what exactly Fibromyalgia is. Fibromyalgia is a pain filled disease. It causes fatigue, stiffness, pain, which then leads to depression.

How does it cause this? Well, the brain sends pain signals when not needed. So, say I get hit in the arm running into something, I'm using this example because it happened the other day. Instead of it just hurting for a day, it hurts for a lot longer. I didn't even get a bruise after I ran into a display peg at work, but it hurt so bad I was in tears off and on the next day. Also, you just get these pains randomly. You don't have to hurt yourself on something. You get a stiff thigh muscle and it just constantly hurts and then goes away. Sometimes its a couple hours, sometimes a day. I also get flare ups. This is when I get horrible pains that make me cry for a couple days, a week, two weeks. These pains are more persistent and painful than usual. The usual pains I have gotten used to and don't really take pain pills for, but when I have a flare up the only thing that takes away the pain is vicodin or something to that extreme. Don't think that just because I have gotten used to the daily pain that it doesn't hurt. It still does. I just can't take anything for it that helps. Like the flare up pain, ibuprofen, tylenol, advil, anything over the counter does not help.

The fatigue is pretty much annoying and ridiculous. Some days all I can do is laundry for thirty minutes and then I'm exhausted. Then there are others where I can go almost all day without being exhausted. Right now in my flare up I could sleep twenty hours during the day. Most other times when you sleep that long people say well you are only tired because you are sleeping so much. Unfortunately with Fibromyalgia if I don't sleep as much as I need then I get sick and more pains than normal. I also get insomnia. This is due to the pain. When I try and go to sleep I can't because all I can think about is the pain that I am having.

Unfortunately, as most pain diseases cause this, depression gets pretty bad with Fibromyalgia. It's hard to stay positive when you are dealing with a disease with no cure. Also, there are many things that help the symptoms, but nothing that cures it completely. The depression comes on more when you have bad days. Mainly because you want to get things done, and just can't because you feel so horrible and so much pain.

In conclusion I have found yoga is great because it stretches your muscles. Obviously I don't mean go out there and be as flexible as Gumby. Pace yourself and don't do anything that you think might hurt because it probably will. That is the only thing I have so far learned. If you have any advice please comment.