Who else feels that the more flares you have, the harder they are to recoup from?!!🙋🏻‍♀️ So this last flare kicked my butt, literally. With work, my daughter, and being sick, I couldn’t handle anything else. I took 3 days off of work and didn’t move from my bed. I couldn’t keep my eyes open….
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PET Scan Results
My whole family was on edge and all I could do was sleep. I was so tired. I didn’t have the energy to move. Monday came, I went to work with the idea when I got the call I would leave to call them back at home. I got the call at 10 am and…
PET Scan Day
PET scan day: My anxiety is at an all-time high. Tears, yelling, shaking, and racing, and whatever else I can think of. I didn’t sleep and have the worst shoulder back pain ever. Prep work; Thankfully, there is little prep for this procedure. 12 hours before, don’t eat any sugars or carbs. The other big…
Finding Out I Need a PET Scan
Since late December, I have been dealing with my throat issues. I had this horrible pain and sore throat feeling. I ended up having this inflamed abscess on my tonsil, so they thought. I ended up in the er, thinking it needed to be drained. When they did a CT scan, they told me it…
Shape of you! My feelings on food!
I have said this OVER and OVER again, cooking is a huge passion of mine. I love expressing myself in my meals. Living with a chronic illness, I have developed this love/ hate relationship with food. Cooking used to seem like a chore to keep me from getting sick. I think the moment I stopped…
Update on Pill Cam Test
Update on Pill Cam Test- The pill cam was nothing like I had imagined it. It had this glowing light and was very hard to swallow! Once I got it down, they strapped this belt all around me. It had this blue flickering light and vibrated from time to time! I worked all day while…
Fistula, Fistula, Wherefore Art Thou Fistula!
Possible small bowl issues/ fistula— is the new story of my life! Well not really new, its been almost TWO years of this! So, I did a few stool test and they came back okay- all within normal markers but I am still feeling sick and my local GI agreed with my Mississippi GI, to…
In Other Health News….
This was a lot easier to share in a video then it has been to write down. I feel like every time I put I tried to put it into words I started to cry or my anxiety got worse. During this time, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how unfair life…
COVID-19 Vaccine Allergic Reaction
Just wanted to share a quick update. On day 13 of getting my 1st COVID vaccine, I developed an allergic reaction on my arm. At first it looked like hives then my arm got hot and SUPER itchy! *if you watch the video I have pictures of my arm! I called the doctor and was…
Labor of Love
Valentine’s Day is the day of LOVE right?!! Well I am finally able to share what I have been working on! It’s my own labor of love. I will be sharing my favorite Paleo, autoimmune protocol, and specific carbohydrate, diet hacks! Food has changed my life. Eating clean has given me years without biological drugs…
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day I am not a fan of this “Hallmark Holiday”! For starters I can’t really eat out and don’t like these fancy date night spots! I had this boyfriend that took me to a fancy french restaurant and I remember looking at the menu and DYING seeing ESCARGO!!!!! The menu was selected by the…
COVID Vaccine Feelings
Just a quick video about my feelings on getting the vaccine tomorrow on Friday, February 5th! XO,
My Gut Reaction 