3 weeks Without....

So it has been 3 weeks since I have had to stop taking Prexige... it has really sucked. I was given a new medication - Meloxicam - and meh... not as good. Oh well... what can you do, I guess my liver is a little more important.

I did manage to get out to a Belly dancing class last night, finally lol... actually didn't do too badly... even though it has been like 6 months. The craziness of it all... lots of fun and totally proof positive that I'm seriously out of shape - not that I needed anymore proof... :p

Anti-Inflammatory drug recall...

The drug, Prexige, I have been taking for the chronic inflammation in my hip has been pulled from the shelves by the FDA.... I fully understand why, it has been proven to be very dangerous including two liver transplants and 2 deaths associated with it. However, it actually worked for me, so this means I will have to start from scratch to find something that will give me the level of relief I have had for the last month... by no means has it been perfect, but it has been so much better than before. Ah well... maybe the next one will be even better.

New Temple Discovered in Mosque in Luxor!!!!!

The temple, dating to the reign of Ramsess II, was discovered within the walls of a mosque in Luxor after a fire. Here's the link if any of you are interested.... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070927-egypt-temple.html

They Have Found a Queen in Egypt!!!!!

While getting ready for work I was stunned to see an article saying that they had found the mummy of the great Queen Hatshepsut. Queen Hatshepsut was one of the greatest women in history, though most of her story was erased and she was vilivied as an usuper. She ruled Egypt for over 20 years, in the 18th Dynasty, and proclaimed herself Pharoah and ruled as a God King. Under her leadership Egypt flourished both internally and as an empire.

I can't wait for the TV show on Discovery Channel next month... I'm such a geek :p

CAMPING

YAY.... I'm going camping at the beach for a whole week....YAY Well it is not roughing it camping, we are borrowing a small trailer for the week. My mom does not think I should sleep on the ground anymore, and maybe she is right... oh well, doesn't matter I will be spending the week at the beach. My mom, foster brother and I are going... kinda too bad my foster brother is coming, but that's life and Jim needs a break and if worse comes to worse... we can send him home... All I want to do is hang out on the beach, swim and not have to think about much. I can't wait - 3 weeks until camping :)

New Blog

Again it has been awhile since I have posted... but today I decided that I would hopefully continue to post on this blog about the good fun things going on in my life and I have created a second blog - http://puttingafacetofibromyalgia.blogspot.com/

Where I can let loose about how crappy it is to have fibromyalgia and all the other health issues I am facing in my life. Hopefully it will not only be a place for me to bitch but also a place to explore, learn and teach others about this invisable disablity. So if any of you are ever interested, please feel free to check it out. But be forwarned, there will probably be alot of bitching going on :p

A few other updates: my grandmother passed away on April 20th as most of you will already know... thanks to everyone for their well wishes.

I am now working 8 am to 4 pm... which rocks... even though I have to get up abit earlier. But now I actually have time to walk Murphy again, feel like I actually have time to do things and not as stressful commute.

I'm getting back on track for losing weight... Have lost a couple of pounds and hoping to continue the trend... if anyone is interested in maybe some afternoon hikes - Toronto Island, along the Don, to the beach... that sort of thing on a Saturday or Sunday - Murphy would love the extra company, just let me know.

Hope all is well with all of you out there :)

Been Away for Awhile...

Well I haven't really been posting recently... I guess beacause all that has been going on has been fairly negative and I didn't want to burden or sound like I wanted pity for it. Since things are not really getting all that much better, I decided I needed to get it out and in the open.

For most of you, you already know that the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, ontop of the already exsiting chronic pain, is pretty much official. So if I have been noncommunicative etc. I'm sorry... but I have been living on barely 4 hours of sleep a night for the last year and a half and so achy all the time that I have started to withdraw and just want to stay home. I just don't have the energy. I'm still here and I miss you all, but when you barely have enough energy to get through a work day let alone anything else... even Murphy has suffered, as we don't get out to the park or for walks anymore. I keep telling myself... it's nice out and when I get home Murphy and I are going to go for a walk but by the time I actually get home.... doesn't happen.

Anyway.... the next bit of bad news that I got last night is pretty hard for me. My mom just told me that my grandma is dying of lung cancer. I have known for about a month or two that she had been unwell... but they could not figure out why. So she went for test after test, because she was having severe back pain, they finally did a chest x-ray and found cancer throughout her lungs. So my mom is taking her in tomorrow to see if there is anything they can do or if it is too far advanced for treatment... of course if treatment was an option we would have to get my grandma to do it... she is definitely my grandma... doesn't want to be in hospital... and she is STUBBORN... lol.... anyway... there ya go... an update.