Good Morning!

This morning has started off a little rough. Pain in lower back, headache, aching hands. The usual. I feel exhausted. Two naps yesterday and I was still tired! I have to go into town today and get grocery shopping and dentist appt's done- yay.

I did forget to mention I was diagnosed with fibrocystic breast disease/condition last fall as well. That pain had become almost constant over the past couple of months and new large lumps were appearing. I was reading online and found some sites that claimed going bra-less could lessen the pain and discomfort from that, decrease the size and number of lumps and also reduces your risk of breast cancer. I was skeptical an had no idea as to the validity of the claims, but I decided to give it a try. I figured it was free to try and I had nothing to lose. I was pain free within 24 hours, and on the second night I woke up on my stomach- something I have not been able to do in ages. I had a lump the size of a river rock that has decreased a little in size already- though they do change with the monthly hormonal cycle so I need to give it a couple months. I call it success so far!! =) Nice to have one less pain to deal with.

My husband gives me a hard time with finding stuff on the Internet but what does he think dr's do when they are stumped? They pull out their books, medical journals and, yes, google. You have to be smart- you can't have every disease and you likely don't have a rare condition. But you never know and even dr's say "hmmm...the symptoms fit, let's check it out and run some tests." Before we found out about his spinal compression we thought he might have MS. All his symptoms fit perfectly. When he finally got in to the neurologist, guess what, she agreed it fit the symptoms and was worth checking out. The MRI showed no lesions (signs of MS) but revealed the spinal compression. It's the way it works- symptoms point to this, let's check it out. I saw that alot when working as a nurse too. ;)

Have a good day!!!


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