Fibromyalgia is SO weird

Fibromyalgia is SO weird. One of the things I hate most is the randomness of the pain (yes, randomness is a word in my world). One day it hurts in my leg and the next it's my neck. Never the same place twice. And never a sign of where it'll be next. Tuesday it was my left knee. It hurt to stand, sit , kneel, anything. Wednesday, get this, it was my thumbs. Both thumbs hurt to stretch them, bend them, move them. Today it's the top of my head. This is the one that I hate the most. It feels like someone dropped something really heavy (like a brick) on the top of my head. It hurts so bad that it makes it hard to think. If any of you ever gets FM, you can call me and I will cry with you, yell at the world for you and pray with you. FM sucks (pardon my harsh language, but it does!)

If You Want Me To

As many of you know, I have Fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed 9 years ago last February. When I first started dealing with it I felt betrayed by my own body and honestly a little let down by God. I was only 26 years old; much too young to be in such pain. But as I spent time reading the scriptures and crying out to God for answers I learned one thing very clearly, Deuteronomy 31:6 is true...He never left me in the pain. He blessed me with more of Him in it.

Recently we went on a little road trip. I decided to pull out some older CD's to listen to. One such CD was done by Ginny Owens. In this CD she has a song called "If You Want Me To". I nearly started crying as I listened to the song. I remembered that God used that song to really minister to my heart when I was first sick. One on the lines is "This may not be the way I would have chosen, when You lead me through a world that's not my own. But You never said it would be easy. You only said I'd never go alone." It absolutely amazed me to think of how desperate I was back then. I question God and did not feel like a blessed daughter of the King. Now I feel so blessed I can hardly remember how I felt back then. God has always blessed me, even in the pain. I can confidently say that Romans 8:28 and 2 Corinthians 9:8 are absolutely true!

I found the song on YouTube to share with you. Please enjoy and remember that no matter what, God has a plan for your life! Trust HIM!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtNzOpKvPfw&feature=related

Dairy Free

We are gearing up to potty train Elisha. But I've noticed he has a hard time digesting dairy. This wouldn't be a big deal other than the fact that for breakfast he wants yogurt, for snack he wants milk, for lunch he wants cheese, etc. You see my problem. So I just bought Soy Yogurt to try. He ate the whole thing, but with every bite he would shake his head in disgust. Hopefully he'll get used to it and be happy with the change.
While we're changing his diet we decided to go back on my FM diet and give up all corn, chicken and limit wheat. So far there hasn't been too many cries at the dinner table, but the promise of dessert can get Katie to eat almost anything! She's so her dad's child!