THIS IS A LONG POST BUT I GOT SOME FIBRO TIPS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. (of course, please always check with your Doctor on his recommendations).
I STARTED WEARING JEANS WHEN I WAS LIKE 15 OR 16 BECAUSE JEANS JUST DIDN’T FIT. BACK THEN I REMEMBER JEANS WERE BASIC SIZES. I WAS SKINNY AND TALL AND I WAS TALLER THAN SOME OF MY BOYFRIENDS, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT?
I NEVER FORGET MY FIRST PAIR OF JEANS I WAS ABLE TO WEAR 🙂 WEIRD, I WAS SO EXCITED.
MY MOM TOOK ME TO THE DR TO INCREASE MY APPETITE, HOPING I WOULD GAIN WEIGHT. I HAD ALSO STARTED BUYING A PRODUCT (SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BY THE NAME OF WEIGHT-ON) 💪
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY GOOD THINGS DON’T LAST FOREVER.
I WAS YOUNG AND IN MY BEST SHAPE. ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT. AND I WAS EATING ANYTHING I WANTED BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF LOSING WEIGHT. MY LATE SISTER USED TO SAY “I GAIN WEIGHT JUST BY LOOKING AT THE TOP OF YOUR FRIDGE” 🙂 WHERE I HAD ALL THE GOODIES)🍩🍪🍰
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I WAS EATING ALL THE WRONG THINGS. MY IDEA OF A DIET WAS ONLY FOR LOSING WEIGHT, I DIDNT KNOW WHAT A HEALTHY DIET WAS.
ANYWAY, YOU COULD IMAGINE MY EXCITEMENT. I MEAN,
I HAD BEEN THRU CHILD EPILEPSY AND ASTHMA WHICH CAME WHEN I WAS IN MY YOUNG TEEN YEARS, ALSO BEING BULLIED ABOUT MY WEIGHT AND MY SISTER BEING THE PRETTY ONE. SO YES, I WAS EXCITED AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE IN YOUR TEENS(+) YRS YOU’RE NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT MUCH ( NUTRITION WAS THE LAST THING ON MY MIND) I THOUGHT “I’M SKINNY SO IT WON’T HURT ME TO EAT LIKE THIS.”
NEVER THINKING THAT I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER KIND OF GENES.
REALITY STARTED HITTING, AS I GOT INTO MY 40’S.
I STARTED EATING HEALTHY-ER BUT NOT HEALTHY ENOUGH. THE OLDER I GOT THE MORE I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE AREN’T ALL BUILD WITH THE SAME PHYSICAL STRUCTURE. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
NOW MY OTHER GENES ARE A GREAT CONCERN. GETTING OLDER IS NOT A CHOICE IT’S A JOURNEY WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT JOURNEY.
LOOK AT YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS FACES, DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THEIR LIVES AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ENJOY THEM? MAKE FUN MEMORIES, TAKE FAMILY VACATIONS?
YOU PROBABLY DON’T THINK ABOUT IT MUCH, I KNOW I DIDN’T.
ESPECIALLY BEING A BUSY MOM WITH LIMITED TIME TO YOURSELF OR BUSY WITH YOUR JOB PLUS HOUSE MOM/WIFE DUTIES. AS PARENTS WE SHOULD SET GOOD EXAMPLES FOR OUR KIDS TO FOLLOW. I WAS TOLD ONCE “CHILDREN ARE THE CAMERAS AND WE ARE THE PICTURE THEY’RE TAKING”. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT WE’RE SETTING THE EXAMPLE AND THEY’RE PICKING UP ON THEM.
AS TIME GOES BY WE SEEM TO GET BUSIER, UNAWARE, WE
GRAB THE BOX DINNERS OR FAST FOODS AND OUR KIDS LEARN TO DO THE SAME INSTEAD OF INSTILLING AWARENESS OF
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HEALTHY EATING HABITS FOR THEIR FUTURE HEALTH.
I WANT TO BE IN THEIR LIVES AND DO ALL THE FUN THINGS I COULDN’T ENJOY WITH MY KIDS.
“IF ONLY I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW” I WOULD BE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER. GROWING OLDER GRACEFULLY IS A CHOICE. ONE WHICH YOU HAVE CONTROL OF.
WHEN I STARTED GETTING MY SYMPTOMS THE MOST FRUSTRATION I WENT THROUGH WAS THAT I FELT I WAS LOSING CONTROL SO DEPRESSION SET IN. NO ONE LIKES THE FEELING OF LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH. AND NOT KNOWING OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU IS THE WORSE FEELING.
YOU CANT DO WHAT YOU USED TO DO AND THAT’S VERY FRUSTRATING.
MANY OF YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE BECAUSE ITS MORE COMMON TODAY. IF YOU HAVE CHRONIC PAIN YOU HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PAINS JUST AS I DID. YOU AREN’T ALONE AND THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS EDUCATE YOURSELF AND LEARN TO MANAGE IT WITH MEDICATION, NUTRITIONAL THERAPY, EXERCISE AND PLENTY OF REST. ( THE HARDEST FOR ME IS THE LAST TWO, BUT IM TRYING 🙂 THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO ENJOY OUR LIFE AGAIN.
FIBROMYALGIA IS NOT EASY TO DIAGNOSE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS, IM SURE THAT’S WHY IT’S DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE.
DR’S SAY ITS NOT A NERVE DISEASE AND NEUROTHOPY DOESNT CAUSE FIBRO, BUT YET I HAVE NEUROTHOPY. APPARENTLY ITS A SYNDROME OF FIBRO. THE CENTRAL NERVE SYSTEM BECOMES HYPERSENSITIVE AND CAUSES WIDESPREAD PAIN. BUT IT’S NOT NEUROLOGICAL. RECEPTORS IN OUR LIGAMENTS, MUSCLES, SKIN AND JOINTS DETECT TISSUE DAMAGE AND THAT DAMAGE CAN BE FROM INFLAMMATION, INJURY OR DISEASE. TAKING SUPPLEMENTS AND VITAMINS DOES ALLEVIATE THE LEVEL OF MUSCLE AND NERVE PAIN AND NUTRITIONIST TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE, YOGA AND
STRETCHING EVEN IF YOU ARE IN A BIT OF PAIN BECAUSE IT WILL ALLEVIATE THE PAIN. LEMON WATER HELPS THE INFLAMMATION AND IT HAS BECOME MY SODA AND I LOVE MY COCONUT WATER. SLICED FRESH GINGER IN HOT WATER IS ALSO GOOD FOR INFLAMMATION AND A NORMAL IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND I FIND IT PRETTY CALMING. AND THE NUMBER ONE SUPERFOOD INFLAMMATION REDUCER, BERRIES ALL BERRIES.
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A NICE HOT SHOWER/BATH IS SOOTHING FOR THOSE BACK PAINS AND I FIND TAKING POTTASIUM HELPS WITH RLS (RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME) WHAT I CALL LAZY LEG SYNDROME LOL.
(EXERCISING ISNT RECOMMENDED WHEN YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE RLS OF COURSE) THANK GOODNESS THE NEUROTHOPY SYMPTOMS DONT COME AS OFTEN AS THE RLS SYMPTOMS.
APPARENTLY NERVE DISORDERS ARE HEREDITARY AND I CAN SEE THE EFFECTS IT’S HAVING ON SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS SO I WANT TO CONTROL MY HEALTH AND HELP THEM AND ANYONE THAT MAY BE GOING THRU THE SAME. THANK GOD FIBRO ISNT TERMINAL BUT IT IS DEBILITATING PAIN.
SOME DR’S DEBATE ON WHETHER FM IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER LIKE LUPUS, MS AND OTHER DISORDERS, BUT WHEN MANY OF THEM HAVE ALL THE SAME DESCRIBED SYMPTOMS OF AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO WONDER.
DR’S SAY LISTEN TO YOUR BODY RIGHT?
THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE DEBILITATING AND WHEN I HAVE TO PARK MY CAR FAR I KNOW THE EXTRA WALK IS GOOD EXERCISE BUT SOME DAYS YOU JUST CAN’T FIND A WAY TO DO THAT WALK AND SOME DAYS I FORCE MYSELF TO DO THAT WALK.
THEN THERE’S THE OTHER LIFE FACTOR THAT COMPLETES THE CYCLE OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND THAT IS TO BE AS HAPPY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT FOR YOURSELF, A VACATION OR SHORT GETAWAY, YOUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT. STRESS LEVELS COMMUNICATE AND OFTEN EFFECTS OUR HEALTH.
HAPPY, HEALTHY, FIT = THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DON’T YOU AGREE? IT’S NOT SURPRISING THAT WE ALSO SHOW SIGNS OF THE BENEFITS IN OUR SKIN. I SOMETIMES BREAKOUT IN RASHES AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT STRESS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.
DR.JOSH AXE.COM HAS A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE ON 23ANDME. THIS COMPANY DOES A GENETIC TEST ON 10 DISEASES THAT YOU CAN BE TESTED FOR TO SEE WHAT YOUR RISKS ARE FOR YOU TO GET THEM. NOT SAYING THAT YOU WILL OR WILL NOT BECAUSE LIKE HE SAYS, THE OUTCOME ALSO DEPENDS ON YOUR LIFESTYLE AND SURROUNDINGS. BUT NON THE LESS, VERY IMPORTANT STUFF FOR YOU TO KNOW.
WE CANT CHANGE OUR GENES BUT WE CAN BECOME GOOD MANAGERS OF OUR HEALTH. AND USING OUR FAMILY TREE IS A GOOD RESOURCE TOOL
TO YOUR BEST LIFE AND TILL NEXT TIME. GOD BLESS.