From Children and Plants Come Happiness and Healthiness
I told you I'm really bad at sticking with things. I told you! I have been thinking about posting for almost a week now, and my thoughts never turned into action. Instead, I've been keeping myself busy doing all kinds of things that make me happy, that I love. Bean tasks. Beansin' around. Lots and lots of mom stuff, like wrestling things and Letterman jacket construction. Text conversations with my kiddos, and plans for the future. Also, tons of plant things. I've got hundreds of seeds started for my summer gardens. That's exciting! Some of them have sprouted already, and that makes me smile.
Those are things I do to stay happy and make my days go by as quickly as possible because I spend my days at home alone. And that my friends, is very quiet and boring. I'm a social person, and I hate being alone all the time, but my body keeps me isolated with all of it's ridiculously rude drama. Have I mentioned how much I despise drama? Unfortunately, I'm riddled with it.
I have a very long list of really dumb health problems, including bipolar depression, PTSD, and severe anxiety. I try to ignore a lot of them, and I don't let a lot of things rule my life, but some of these things are really hard to live with. I have chronic inflammatory diseases, some autoimmune. To be exact, Tendinitis all over, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Celiac Disease, and some sort of Inflammatory Bowel disease....just not sure which one because I don't get a lot of typical symptoms. I also have other conditions which play a huge part in my inflammatory response, such as some type of hypermobility disorder, osteo-arthritis, degenerative disc disease, IBS, and GERD. Those things together create even more things, which we wont get too far into because it's a long and annoying list. They say I also have Fibromyalgia, but I have never claimed that one. Because of all of these things and the fact that they play off of each other, my last five years have been pretty miserable. That's when they all decided to play games together.
I spend a very large portion of my time in some sort of medical facility having tests of sorts done, and I have a pretty long list of regular specialists of all kinds that I see. Up until about a month and a half ago, I was on so many medications that I couldn't keep track of them. I have medications for anxiety, nausea, stomach acid, bile dumping, constipation, diarrhea (go figure!), stomach cramping, stomach pain, anti-inflammatories, migraines, rheumatoid conditions, opioid pain medication, and even a biologic. A lot of times I have had to take medication to kill off some of the bacteria in my digestive system. I also have to get regular iron infusions and occasional vitamin infusions because my digestive lining doesn't absorb anything anymore. And I don't have a gallbladder, so that makes breaking a lot of things down even harder. But, I keep on doing what I can to live my life the best I am able.
About two months ago, I saw a post about HempWorx on a friend's facebook page. I read the testimonial and went to her website. I signed up for the one week free tour so that I could take some time to look into the company and the products. I snooped around in all the info I could find. Then I googled the company and did a bunch more research. Not finding anything bad about the company anywhere, I asked her more about it. She added me to their facebook testimonials page so I could read what others had to say about HempWorx. This page is made up of the general public, not a bunch of people that work for the company, so I was amazed at every single testimonial I read. People were getting off of pain meds, regular meds, seizure meds, blood pressure meds, insulin, ADHD meds, and the list goes on and on. I wanted to get off of some of these meds too. Life would be nice to not have to worry about forgetting so many different medications and then suffering through my days. So, I waited a few weeks and I ordered a bottle of the 500mg CBD oil. I received it within a few days and started using it right away. Because I use a biologic (Humira) I keep a journal of a lot of my symptoms to try to track what causes them so I can prevent having them, and then summarize the middle and ends of each month that I am miserable....because not being able to move really sucks, and I'm fed up with the chronic pain and the side effects that go along with all of my meds. I mean seriously....if you look at the list of drug types.....if you actually got a list of the names of all of the medications I am prescribed and looked them up, a lot of them really play off of each other and cause more symptoms than what anyone needs. But, my body doesn't work properly without them.
Anywhoo.... my journal. This is what I wrote for my end of January summary: "I have been very sore and can barely move. One week has passed since my last injection and I am still in so much pain. I am very tired, stiff and sore. My SI joints have been constantly aching with sharp, shooting pains through the day and night. My left knee has been horrible and keeping me up at night. Sometimes it wakes me out of a dead sleep with the burning, stabbing pain I have along the inner side of my thigh and knee. Sometimes it travels halfway down my lower leg, and other times my skin on that leg is numb. My neck and shoulders have been so tight that I have been having daily migraines. My stomach has also been really shitty every day. Most days, I am ready for bed by 3pm."
My mid-February summary was done on the 12th, the day after an injection. " Last night I did my most recent injection. I am noticing that my pain greatly intensifies 3-4 days before the two week mark. My pelvis and legs feel very tight and are very difficult to move and bend. My SI joints are excruciating. My hands really hurt - writing sucks. My neck and head have been grinding a lot. My left knee is hard to bend - stairs are near impossible. My inside left leg from mid thigh to mid calf feels like it's on fire and being stabbed at the same time. My stomach, killing me as usual. I have been very crampy, constipated, and bloated, and my reflux is the worst it's been in a while. And, I've been SOOO tired!"
That afternoon, February 12th, I got my first HempWorx shipment and started using it right away. A few hours later, this is what I wrote to the person that got me started (yes, she can and will verify that I sent this to her) "I wanted to share with you... I have been mostly down for days. I am severely anemic, so Ive been super tired, but my joints and tendons have been killing me to the point that I haven't been able to get up to do much. My tendon on the inside of my knee...which is really shot...has been burning for days and there's a constant stabbing pain. It keeps me up at night, and it makes it really hard to walk. Well... I got the 500mg drops. I wanted to start small, as suggested, so I took 5 drops at 12:45 right after I ripped the package open like it was Christmas. I sat on the couch for a few hours, yawning away, and then took five more drops a little while ago. I am now up, cleaning the kitchen, and I feel nothing in my knee, my SI joints, my hands....no pain anywhere. That's very rare. I don't believe in miracles, but just after a few hours with this oil, I believe it just may be a miracle!"
Guess what Ladies and Gents.....that was the last day I wrote in my pain journal. The only two medications I am still on, after a month and a half of using CBD oil are my PPI for my acid reflux and the Humira. My rheumatologist took me off of the anti-rheumatic, and I havent needed any of the other things so I stopped taking them. I occasionally have to take tylenol for minor headaches, which actually works for me for the first time in years. I have used one opioid pain pill in the entire month and a half since I started using HempWorx, and that was on a day after I was doing a lot more physical activity than I should have. Ok, I'm not gonna lie, I was dancing around my husband like a fool, but not the typical dancing. I was uncontrollably flailing, and it was hilarious. I felt so good that day, that I kept doing it all day long because it was making both of us laugh. The very next day was rough, but I learned my lesson and try to refrain from acting like a hyper 12 year old now.
These days, the only pain I still have on a somewhat consistent basis is from my SI joints, which are pretty deteriorated. No amount of CBD will make them regrow, but the pain I have is a very mild ache, and it doesn't stop me from doing anything. It's just a little annoying. On top of that, I haven't felt depressed or overly anxious about anything since I started using it either. It's been an absolutely amazing ride so far, and I don't plan to ever stop it. Because of how great I felt, I became an affiliate so I can share the products with other people in hopes of helping them live the way they're meant to. I started using our lotions, our pain rub, and our pet products as well. I can honestly say I haven't been disappointed in any of the products yet.
I suppose, I better get my ass off of the computer and find something constructive to do. From the sounds of it, the dogs are up from their naps and into shenanigans or wrastlin' in the house. I should probably regulate before something naughty happens and I have to scold them. Scolded doggos are sad doggos. Until next time....I don't have a cool line yet, but I'm sure I'll come up with one eventually (if I can keep up with having a blog! HAHAHA). Read, Share, Repeat 😉
Those are things I do to stay happy and make my days go by as quickly as possible because I spend my days at home alone. And that my friends, is very quiet and boring. I'm a social person, and I hate being alone all the time, but my body keeps me isolated with all of it's ridiculously rude drama. Have I mentioned how much I despise drama? Unfortunately, I'm riddled with it.
I have a very long list of really dumb health problems, including bipolar depression, PTSD, and severe anxiety. I try to ignore a lot of them, and I don't let a lot of things rule my life, but some of these things are really hard to live with. I have chronic inflammatory diseases, some autoimmune. To be exact, Tendinitis all over, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Celiac Disease, and some sort of Inflammatory Bowel disease....just not sure which one because I don't get a lot of typical symptoms. I also have other conditions which play a huge part in my inflammatory response, such as some type of hypermobility disorder, osteo-arthritis, degenerative disc disease, IBS, and GERD. Those things together create even more things, which we wont get too far into because it's a long and annoying list. They say I also have Fibromyalgia, but I have never claimed that one. Because of all of these things and the fact that they play off of each other, my last five years have been pretty miserable. That's when they all decided to play games together.
I spend a very large portion of my time in some sort of medical facility having tests of sorts done, and I have a pretty long list of regular specialists of all kinds that I see. Up until about a month and a half ago, I was on so many medications that I couldn't keep track of them. I have medications for anxiety, nausea, stomach acid, bile dumping, constipation, diarrhea (go figure!), stomach cramping, stomach pain, anti-inflammatories, migraines, rheumatoid conditions, opioid pain medication, and even a biologic. A lot of times I have had to take medication to kill off some of the bacteria in my digestive system. I also have to get regular iron infusions and occasional vitamin infusions because my digestive lining doesn't absorb anything anymore. And I don't have a gallbladder, so that makes breaking a lot of things down even harder. But, I keep on doing what I can to live my life the best I am able.
About two months ago, I saw a post about HempWorx on a friend's facebook page. I read the testimonial and went to her website. I signed up for the one week free tour so that I could take some time to look into the company and the products. I snooped around in all the info I could find. Then I googled the company and did a bunch more research. Not finding anything bad about the company anywhere, I asked her more about it. She added me to their facebook testimonials page so I could read what others had to say about HempWorx. This page is made up of the general public, not a bunch of people that work for the company, so I was amazed at every single testimonial I read. People were getting off of pain meds, regular meds, seizure meds, blood pressure meds, insulin, ADHD meds, and the list goes on and on. I wanted to get off of some of these meds too. Life would be nice to not have to worry about forgetting so many different medications and then suffering through my days. So, I waited a few weeks and I ordered a bottle of the 500mg CBD oil. I received it within a few days and started using it right away. Because I use a biologic (Humira) I keep a journal of a lot of my symptoms to try to track what causes them so I can prevent having them, and then summarize the middle and ends of each month that I am miserable....because not being able to move really sucks, and I'm fed up with the chronic pain and the side effects that go along with all of my meds. I mean seriously....if you look at the list of drug types.....if you actually got a list of the names of all of the medications I am prescribed and looked them up, a lot of them really play off of each other and cause more symptoms than what anyone needs. But, my body doesn't work properly without them.
Anywhoo.... my journal. This is what I wrote for my end of January summary: "I have been very sore and can barely move. One week has passed since my last injection and I am still in so much pain. I am very tired, stiff and sore. My SI joints have been constantly aching with sharp, shooting pains through the day and night. My left knee has been horrible and keeping me up at night. Sometimes it wakes me out of a dead sleep with the burning, stabbing pain I have along the inner side of my thigh and knee. Sometimes it travels halfway down my lower leg, and other times my skin on that leg is numb. My neck and shoulders have been so tight that I have been having daily migraines. My stomach has also been really shitty every day. Most days, I am ready for bed by 3pm."
My mid-February summary was done on the 12th, the day after an injection. " Last night I did my most recent injection. I am noticing that my pain greatly intensifies 3-4 days before the two week mark. My pelvis and legs feel very tight and are very difficult to move and bend. My SI joints are excruciating. My hands really hurt - writing sucks. My neck and head have been grinding a lot. My left knee is hard to bend - stairs are near impossible. My inside left leg from mid thigh to mid calf feels like it's on fire and being stabbed at the same time. My stomach, killing me as usual. I have been very crampy, constipated, and bloated, and my reflux is the worst it's been in a while. And, I've been SOOO tired!"
That afternoon, February 12th, I got my first HempWorx shipment and started using it right away. A few hours later, this is what I wrote to the person that got me started (yes, she can and will verify that I sent this to her) "I wanted to share with you... I have been mostly down for days. I am severely anemic, so Ive been super tired, but my joints and tendons have been killing me to the point that I haven't been able to get up to do much. My tendon on the inside of my knee...which is really shot...has been burning for days and there's a constant stabbing pain. It keeps me up at night, and it makes it really hard to walk. Well... I got the 500mg drops. I wanted to start small, as suggested, so I took 5 drops at 12:45 right after I ripped the package open like it was Christmas. I sat on the couch for a few hours, yawning away, and then took five more drops a little while ago. I am now up, cleaning the kitchen, and I feel nothing in my knee, my SI joints, my hands....no pain anywhere. That's very rare. I don't believe in miracles, but just after a few hours with this oil, I believe it just may be a miracle!"
Guess what Ladies and Gents.....that was the last day I wrote in my pain journal. The only two medications I am still on, after a month and a half of using CBD oil are my PPI for my acid reflux and the Humira. My rheumatologist took me off of the anti-rheumatic, and I havent needed any of the other things so I stopped taking them. I occasionally have to take tylenol for minor headaches, which actually works for me for the first time in years. I have used one opioid pain pill in the entire month and a half since I started using HempWorx, and that was on a day after I was doing a lot more physical activity than I should have. Ok, I'm not gonna lie, I was dancing around my husband like a fool, but not the typical dancing. I was uncontrollably flailing, and it was hilarious. I felt so good that day, that I kept doing it all day long because it was making both of us laugh. The very next day was rough, but I learned my lesson and try to refrain from acting like a hyper 12 year old now.
These days, the only pain I still have on a somewhat consistent basis is from my SI joints, which are pretty deteriorated. No amount of CBD will make them regrow, but the pain I have is a very mild ache, and it doesn't stop me from doing anything. It's just a little annoying. On top of that, I haven't felt depressed or overly anxious about anything since I started using it either. It's been an absolutely amazing ride so far, and I don't plan to ever stop it. Because of how great I felt, I became an affiliate so I can share the products with other people in hopes of helping them live the way they're meant to. I started using our lotions, our pain rub, and our pet products as well. I can honestly say I haven't been disappointed in any of the products yet.
I suppose, I better get my ass off of the computer and find something constructive to do. From the sounds of it, the dogs are up from their naps and into shenanigans or wrastlin' in the house. I should probably regulate before something naughty happens and I have to scold them. Scolded doggos are sad doggos. Until next time....I don't have a cool line yet, but I'm sure I'll come up with one eventually (if I can keep up with having a blog! HAHAHA). Read, Share, Repeat 😉
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