Back home after a long week..

Well I am back home after a very long week. Harrisburg was very interesting to say the least. While I was there I started some new symptoms that I never noticed before. When I get very tired and haven't had allot of sleep I start to feel very ill. Almost like flu like symptoms but after I get some rest I do get better. I have always heard from my on-line friends whom have the same disease that they have times where the "crash"  are unable to do anything and I am just hoping that I am not heading that same way. With David not being able to work and I am not able to just take off for days on end it would not be a good thing for us. Other then that and my normal pains it was a pretty good week.

I did get to do some exploring Monday afternoon after I arrived and then again on Wednesday afternoon. Monday I was able to tour the Hersey factory and let me tell you it was great!! They actually have a grocery store area where you can buy all of the candy they make. It was great!! Also on Wednesday I found time to explore some of Gettysburg and that was wild to see history in front of you and to know how many American men died during this time just to give us our freedom that we have today. It was very moving to say the least!! Here are some photo's from both visit.

Going into the Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center

You can actually sit here with Abe and get your photo taken!

One of the many monuments that you can find along the auto tour of the battlefield

Going into Hersey's Chocolate World. I would love to go back with my family and take more of a tour then I was able to on Monday. The smell in there was out of this world!!

Still in Chocolate World!! They have a deli and other food that you can purchase as well as ice cream with all the Hersey's Chocolate you can stand! It was great!!

Time for some positive blogging...

So I read back on some of my blogging the last few times and didn't care for all the negative and thought I would type something more positive, so here it goes...
I will be traveling to Harrisburg PA next week for work and as always when I go somewhere new I try to research where I am going and here are a few things I have learned..... It is the captial of Pennsylvania and next to Hershey PA and is known as Harrisburg-Hershey & Central Pennsylvania. Which means the Hershey factory is right next door, yum!! The Susquehanna River is there and they offer steamboat rides. Also this area is large on Civil War history and is not very far from Gettysburg ( I think about 45 min). Not that I will be able to do much with having to work but I will be giving it a big go to try and hit the spots I can after I finish my day. I hope to visit the Hershey factory and maybe travel around the Harrisburg area after the day is over and with the sun not going down till about 9 at night now I just may do that! I am not big on going out on my own at dark in strange cities but I will have my GPS with me so during the day all I will have to do is pop in an address and off I will go!! Of course these visits are always a little sad leaving my family behind but I reason this in my head by stating I see them on Monday and I am back on Friday so really this is not too many days! David is really good about keeping me up to date on what the kiddo's are doing and he is the best husband when it comes to me traveling because he takes care of everything while I am gone. With all this said I have to admit I am excited about traveling to a new area this year and I am looking forward to seeing some new sights! Oh and one more thing with my I Phone I should be able to update, if I have time too, next week while I am gone!! 

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

I could not let this day pass without posting. My wish for this day are several to be honest. The first thing is that the medical world would first and for most recognize this as a real disease. It is as real as diabetes, CHF, COPD or any other disease that is out there. Second that there is some type of management of this diseases. I  know that there will not be a cure, but there has to be a way to handle it better then there is now. Third would be that people who call you there friends, but in the end are not, would not be like oh you don't act like there is a problem most days so there is not one or that they make fun of you on days when you really can't walk by saying well you just need to walk it off. You can't walk this off, yes exercise is good for this disease but in moderation. You should never push yourself to do anything that you can't do when you are in pain because with this disease  trust me it can & will get worse. Sorry for the complaining but I just had to vent!

Weekend Getaway!!

David & I have finally made it to our alone time. We have had a blast and reconnected with each in ways that I didn't even know we needed too!! We visited the Titanic exhibit down in Pigeon Forge and although we are both exhausted from our journey we both had a blast! I learned more about the ship then I thought I would. Like the men in the boiler rooms never left there and some of the men were not paid! There pay was the voyage to America! Wow!! I am posting pics from our visit. They would not allow us to take pictures from inside the ship but here are some from the outside. Let me tell you it is well worth trip to come and see this.

Also today was Mothers day and I came home to a wonderful vase of flowers and a nice purse. I feel very blessed to have my kids in my life. Live is not always easy with them but I wake up every day thanking god for the blessing of them both!! I love them both very much and very proud to call them my kids!

Awareness Day

Long Week

It has been a very long tiring week! I am so glad it is behind me. I noticed something new this week about me. My shoulders are sore and in a knot. Even at the bottom of my neck where it meets my back is numb from the tension I suppose. So a friend of mine at work said hey I will give you a massage. Well let me just say this it hurt so bad!! She kept telling me to relax and enjoy it but I just didn't have the heart to tell her she was hurting me! I thought it was so kind of her to even offer to help me! Just one more reminder, that I didn't need by the way, as my life going forward will be like with Fibromyalgia. I also have found this week by the time I get home I am so sleepy it takes everything I have to stay awake. I just want to be "normal" again!!

As most of you know I am a huge Titanic fan, and they just opened up a new permanent exhibit in Pigeon Forge Tn so David & I are getting away for some alone time. Due to all my travels with work I have earned enough points to stay in a hotel free and we have a gift card to a restaurant so dinner will be free. So the only cost to us is the exhibit and the gas. The only problem is that when I planned this I didn't think about Mothers day and of course I booked on that weekend. I feel bad about this but I have to keep reminding myself I will be home with the kiddo's on Sunday afternoon. I will post pics when I get back next week.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and Happy Mothers Day to everyone!!

Wet Sunday

Well it has been very raining here lately and it is doing nothing for the pain. Since I last blogged I tried steroid injections, not a good ideal. Been told there is nothing anyone can do for me because to be honest every test that I have had proves out to be fine. So they see no reason for me to have this pain. I am becoming depressed more everyday because the pain is just to much to handle. I spend my weekends locked up in my house doing nothing but sleeping and using heating pads because I am so much pain I can't seem to do anything else. I look at women my age going to parks with there kids, participate in so many family activities that I just can't do and it just get's me more down. I have come to realize there is no help for me in the medical world and have now went into to just pain management. Not the hard drug kind but pain patches and Tramadol in low doses, which some day doesn't even begin to help with the pain. But I go on because I believe that sitting down and saying enough is not an option. My husband, David, has never done that with his 13 hip replacements and is a great motivation for me to keep going. He is also there when I hit my lows to pick me up and say keep going!

On to other news in the family my daughter Ashley had her Junior prom a few weeks ago and was beyond beautiful. She also this week applied for her first college and alothough all this also makes me sad I am a very proud mom! She has turned out to be a very talented young lady and I truly believe that if she doesn't let life get in the way she will be able to accomplish all of her dreams! Here photo from prom is above.