Since I live in Seattle and my family is in Philadelphia... I've been no stranger to long flights the last four years. I just got back from two weeks on the east coast... and flying seemed to really kick my ass. I also felt pretty sick (dizzy, nauseated, nerve pain shooting up my leg like electrical shocks) during the flights. I've never had ( Read more... )

 So begins my weekends of traveling up north every weekend until the end of the year.  My mom called me at a little after 6 am this morning.  Katey is sick today and isn't going to school.  She was just wondering when I was going to be up there.  Katey is with grandpa for now.  I have a chiropractor appointment at 9, so will be on the road by 9:30 ( Read more... )

I have had the week from hell.  So I have decided that I need to start writing again and seeing if I can get some good comments about how to deal with everything.
Let me give you a run down on my week.  Tuesday I found out that my friend that died in the house fire last week, was actually a suicide.  Her family decided to have a family only funeral ( Read more... )

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A New Study ( Read more... )

 I get a lot of pressure and pain in my neck and shoulders during flares - which are seemingly non-stop this summer, but I also get constant popping as if nothing want to go in place, or stay in place ( Read more... )

So I’ve covered the background about my tumor (On my journal page) and the reason I do not trust doctors these days. Now I think I should write about the symptoms I have had for many years that have been ruled out being linked to my tumor.

*Hair loss- thinning (Not in patches)

*Battles with anemia

*Fatigue and feeling ill

*Aches in my feet, hands ( ( Read more... )