Barbie's Journal
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February 18, 2010
Lyrica
I have been off of Lyrica for a few months now. My doctor decided that it was doing okay but I could actually do without too. That's fine with me because the stuff wasn't cheap!
Since being off of Lyrica, my doc upped some milligrams on the other meds I take and I have to say I am fine. I have lost ten pounds since I went off of Lyrica! Yay me!! So that made me real happy!!
I'm Catholic, so the Lenten season has started for me. If you don't know what that means, Catholics take this time before Easter to reflect on their lives and see how they can better themselves in preparation for the rise of Christ. They also look into themselves and take note that Christ has given himself up for us, to maybe in fact make some kind of real sacrifice on their part. Like maybe giving up beer if you like your beer. Chewing gum if you're a child. I have decided on doing both, bettering myself and giving something up.
For people who know me, I don't drink excessively or do illegal drugs, but I do however and unfortunately have a potty mouth. Yes people I cuss like a Sailor and really its here and there, but there is no release like it! So I've decided that every cuss word I say I have to pay a $1.00 to the Cuss Jar. And in two days I have to pay $8. It's driving in the car that really gets me! But to get to my point in all of this I plan to get my diet in shape!
When I say diet I don't mean to cut this and that out but to watch what I put in my mouth. To question, is it good for me? Will it hurt my muscles? Will this food increase the stress or will it help decrease it? I choose to eat healthier also. That will definitely benefit me and my condition. So say a prayer for me! The diet will be a cake walk, it's the cussing that's going to get me!! -
April 09, 2009
Just read some Books!
Oh my! Well since I can't do much of anything I have been reading lately and I got my hooks on the Twilight series! They are so good! What a great read!
I highly recommend them! I have already re-read the first and the second book again. Working on reading the third one now for the second time. Hee hee!! That's how good they are! I have to say that the movie Twilight is okay, it gives you faces to put with the names in the book. The girl playing Bella could have tweaked her acting just a little better. I'm so in love with the characters though! You have to read these books!!
I Gar-ron-tee you'll them! And they aren't just for women either!
Later-
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October 21, 2008
The weather and the turtle necks!
Oh the weather outside is frightful...it's only the start of Autumn and I'm hurting already.
I brought out the trusty ole turtle necks and noticed that they are looking a little frightful themselves. You have the colored ones of shades of reds down to your blues. Then you have the neutral colors like your tans and grays, don't forget your blacks. Some colors are faded and some are getting to fuzzy. So I decided its time to get some fresh new ones in this sad old woredrobe.
So I trotted off (ya right, in pain) to my local Wal-mart and started to rummage around the ladies area. I manage to drive my cart through the racks of clothes that are so tightly packed together. It's amazing how people come out alive after spending an hour in the maze of hell. Then suddenly I have zoned in on a shelf of rainbow turtle necks. I look through them and can't wait to get one home and to get one on, to feel the warmth it gives me, but I realize that after all that trouble of getting outta bed, going out into the cold with my muscles hurting, stirring the cart with a bad wheel through endless racks of clothes, they don't have my size. They have been all bought out. Figures...I should have stayed under the covers like I had planned in the first place.
Hope you have a better day than me! lol!
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October 01, 2008
To all my new friends!
Hello Everyone!
If you're wondering why I haven't sent any hellos to ya or any comments, it's because I'm still learning all about this site. I am a die hard MySpace gal and I found this site through MySpace. I really do love this site, but I am also still learning. So have some patients with me.
Thanks Babs! -
September 30, 2008
Ouch! I'm hurting bad!
Well today I have been hurting for over a whole week straight and I haven't had a good day in a while. I was reading some comments about the drug Lyrica. I take 75mg. suppose to be twice a day and I don't. I'm so fed up with taking pills..it seems like when I take the meds that help me I just want to throw them right back up. I feel like I have cement in my shoulders and my back and I swear sometimes I can feel it creeping down my arms. Two days ago my finger muscles even hurt. Can you believe that? The little fat pads inbetween the bendy parts of my fingers, all ached! No I don't have arthritis(?) either. I lay down and my back thumps..maybe I should take the four meds I am on for this fuck'n pain! And if you're like me, you put on this happy face so no one knows how bad it really hurts.
I'm presently in an English class and I'm working on an informative paper about Fibro. I have been reading up on the latest thing being said from doctors. How it just doesn't suddenly appear. The symptoms are gradual and a lot of the times misdiagnosed. Especially in men. Why you ask? Men don't like to go the doctor or to admit they're sick or hurting...must be a guy thing. Or they wait until the last moment when things are to far along to do treatment. It must be stubborness. Fibro is found mostly in women. You have to have three months of symptoms and 11 out of 18 body points in pain. I've learned about different types of vitamins and minerals that are suggested to help. I have read about excerises and the amount of sleep one must get. I have read about different drugs are relaxers and pain medications. I, myself, have tried over 33 different kinds of meds and found a combination that suits me. I know that people are can take so much pain and take pain differently. I have learned so much lately about this bullshit that I have, I'm so sick of being sick! Lately I haven't been focusing very well. That brain fog really sucks and hits me at the wrong times. I feel like a complete idiot sometimes. I went back to the tanning bed today. That's how bad I hurt! Ya take a look at me. I'm was born brown already and people look and give me the " Are you for real?" look. Hey people I don't go to get dark, I go for the heat to relax my cement filled muscles OKAY? Anyway the weather here is suppose to be in the 60's all week, nice and cool. So I'll be dying of another weather change. I got my turtle necks out. If I catch a chill I've got muscle spasms all day and night. So wish me luck! Maybe I will take those damn drugs after all.