New beginnings
31 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in BJD, Knitting, Life, School
To begin with, I recently married my fiancée of 7 years! It was a quick and painless thing ten days ago. It is weird calling him my husband, but it is nice. I worried about it there for a while, but everything is working out now.
I have altered my doll family…again! I currently have Melesande, a Minifee Shushu; Gracie, a Pukifee Bonnie; and October, a PukiPuki Ante. I love all three for various reasons, but I especially love the posing that Fairyland dolls have! I want to get a Littlefee at some point, I am constantly drooling over them. In the MP on DOA and on eBay. I am fighting the urge to start knitting and sewing clothes for the doll I do not have yet!
I sold Odin and Augustin. Boys do not work in my family nor do super happy dolls. I like the slight pout that my three girls have. It helps to make them more versatile when posing them.
I also saw an ad for a camera the other day that I think I need! The Nikon1 V1 looks awesome. It has interchangeable lens and accessories like a DSLR, but it is small like a point and shoot. It also has the ability to switch between manual and automatic focus, AND it takes video in HD as well as let’s you take stills during the filming! It is expensive, but it is now on the must have list.
I scheduled my LSAT yesterday, so I will be taking the test the first weekend in December. I am hoping I do well because it is an expensive test and I don’t want to have to redo it. I have study books, I just have to dedicate time each day to it until the 3rd. I am actually more worried about getting things right in the application than I am the test!
I have had a flurry of knitting happen lately, mostly Pukifee dresses for my Etsy store, but it is fun to do. They have almost become mindless knitting now. I need to change up my repertoire a bit, but it is still fun. I have made two lace weight sweaters for Mel lately, but I am not sure either is really “her”. She seems disappointed at them when I try to make her wear them. I may have to list them on Etsy if she continues being a pain about it.
The two little dolls are dressed for Halloween, Gracie has on a skeleton outfit and Tobey is wearing a cat outfit. Mel is just in a hoodie and an awesome skirt and socks by CaseCreates. I love her stuff, I really should put Mel back in her corset that Case made!
Anyway I just wanted to post partly to give my iPad app a try and partly to update anyone who cares about this stuff lol. Off to get kids from school shortly…TTFN!
Driver side
26 May 2011 Leave a Comment
My new car! She is a 2003 PT Cruiser and I named her Roxie. Peter helped me put the down payment on her and I am so glad! She was my dream car (not this one specifically, just PTs in general). She also has the best paint job ever – Inferno Red Tinted Pearl Coat!!
Lyrica
01 May 2011 Leave a Comment
Well, called the doc yesterday to let him know I definitely want to continue with the meds!! I also figured out my sleep deprivation….PMS!! I did not feel like I was PMSing so it was kind of a surprise (although I knew it would happen within the week lol).
I have accepted my nerdiness again! I am currently in love with MC Frontalot, MC Chris, MC Lars and others….they perform a type of hip-hop called Nerdcore. I dig it soooo much! Who would have ever guessed I would like rap?
I have gotten some cleaning done today and I finished knitting a few things and posted them on my Etsy store so I am feeling like I actually didn’t waste my Saturday. I also worked on a tiny bit of homework so that was good too.
Lyrica days 5 & 6
28 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
Well….I am still doing well….however my bad sleep habits are catching up with me so I have had a looong couple of days. Of course now that just means I am tired not “I can’t function” so I am thrilled.
Now off to bed I hope…..the NFL draft is on and it is acting like a sleeping pill LOL.
Lyrica Days 3 and 4
26 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Fibromyalgia, Life, Lyrica, Monty
The last two days have been fairly uneventful which pleases me. I was able to drive to class yesterday without incident, I was able to concentrate and participate more like I did in my 20′s and I was energetic! I took the dog on a 30 minute, 1.58 mile walk yesterday too and other than normal pain from too much exercise out of nowhere, I was great.
I am definitely pleased at all of this progress in such a short amount of time. Even my bowel issues are regulating! I am just so glad to have given Lyrica a try! I may have even started to lose weight even though weight GAIN is a common side effect. I tend to lose weight and get back into the correct range for my body type and size when I am happy and unstressed. So YAY!! I cannot guarantee that it IS a weight loss yet, just may be a badly calibrated scale, but it was accurate right before I went to the doctor soooo…yippee.
If anyone has any specific questions that I have not addressed, please do not hesitate to post a comment!! I am willing to answer anything to the best of my ability.
Lyrica Day Two
24 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Fibromyalgia, Life, Lyrica, Monty
Ok…so after 4 doses, it is officially two days into the medication.
They were not kidding that the side effects go away pretty quickly! I am almost completely free of the dizzy feeling and still not suffering from major drowsiness or any other “weird” things!
One thing I found in my research is that Lyrica is used for anxiety in some other countries (not the US) and let me tell you, it works for that too! I would never have called myself anxious, but I did have a minimal level of what I call “background stress” which was similar to my “background pain” of Fibromyalgia. It was always there, but mostly I didn’t notice it. Well, just over the last two days I have felt more like “ME” than I have in quite a while. I am much more prone to “go with the flow” again. I am more likely to rejoin my family.
I have felt more connected with them the last day and a half. We have been able to participate in family activities like boardgaming and video games as well as just chat without me feeling like I shouldn’t participate. I am very glad that this is true, and cannot wait to see how well I do as time goes on.
This coming week, I will be starting my minimal exercise program….30 minutes of walking a day. I will probably start near the house with a simple dog walking route, but I am sure it will increase as time goes on. I am sure Monty will love the treks 
Lyrica day one
24 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in BJD, Fibromyalgia, Life, Lyrica, School
I am going to take this blog and use it to chronicle my side effects from Lyrica for a while because I want to be able to share my experience with others who may be interested.
Some background for you. I am a 35 year old mother of four children going to school full time and I have had a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia since 1997. I have struggled with it and the treatments for it for all of that time. I have cycled through doctors, anti-inflammatory meds, and even chiropractic treatments.
On Tuesday I had my first appointment with a new physician. Needless to say, I was nervous. I had not had very good luck with doctors but I was willing to give it a shot. He was super nice and made my thoughts and feelings feel valid. He also explained the drug Lyrica to me. I am always very concerned about side effects, but he made it seem as if they may not be as bad as I thought they could be.
On Friday, I picked up a sample after waiting for some lab work to come back. I have taken 2 doses by this afternoon, it is 50mg and supposed to be taken twice a day for a total of 100mg a day. They warned me that I could experience drowsiness and headaches as I adjust to the medicine but so far my symptoms are minimal. I am slightly more sensitive to normal headache triggers but not so much that it is a problem. I have not had much drowsiness that I can tell, I am normally sleepy on Saturday mornings cause I tend to push my limit on Friday night . I was able to stay up until 1:30am without issue after taking the first dose at 10pm.
The most prevalent issue I am having is I am slightly dizzy with sudden movement. This is also a fairly common side effect at the beginning from what I understand. It is not super problematic as it is ONLY with sudden movement, but it is something to be aware of as the days progress as I would hate to have this issue when I have to drive to class etc.
My hope for the future with this drug is that it makes the symptoms of Fibromyalgia tolerable enough that I can participate in life as any other “normal” person my age without major side effects.
On the doll front, I am so in love with Fairyland’s product that I now have 2 MNF, a PKF and 2 PukiPuki. Melesande is a MNF Shushu, Odin is a MNF Scar Breakaway, Rose is a PKF Luna, October is a PukiPuki Ante, and Augustin is a PukiPuki PongPong. I still have 7 dolls on my list, but nothing that is a desperate need at this point
