July 27, 2008 Akron, Ohio

I don't know where Peppershaker came from, just popped in my head. It looks like a pretty informative board and a lot of people are on natural supplements, although they cost a lot sometimes you don't need a doc to give you a scrip for them and they say they work.
I haven't tried any but I'm seriously thinking about it. My doc made a comment about the xanax being a crutch and he wanted me to go into the research side of that doctor's office there and go into that fibro research they've got going and wanted me to come off all my meds.
That was when I realized he does not understand how much pain fibro is. He thinks I can languish in the pain as they experiment on me in pain. Nu uh. I'm considering switching docs. I don't mind taking myself off of them and experimenting myself but any doc that calls meds for fibro a crutch does not understand how much pain I'm in. He isn't my original doc so I didn't pick him anyway to begin with. Your rash may be psoriasis, I started getting it in several spots. I'm betting that's what it is. Mine also burns and itches and all the natural ways they've said, and I've tried have not worked. Some of the meds do but they won't give them to you long term as they are steriodal, most of them anyway. I'm still painting away. I'll send you one I did of my dentist's little boy. I'm painting my kitchen right now and it turned into a heck of a job,, I had to take off the wallpaper and now I have to get the glue all off and fill nail holes and everything. I'm working slowly though so it'll take forever. Love you too.. Cheryl-----


Peppershaker? Interesting, vedy interesting. How did you come up with that name?
I am miserable today. My upper lip is sore inside and out. It burns & itches . My right arm on the underside is one massive red rash and every time I do dishes it gets worse. Since I have stayed home to care for Mom, I have no medical insurance, so the message boards will help lots. I figure a lot of it is caused by stress.
How is your painting coming along? Bad bad me still have those frames I need to bring you.

I started different blogs on blogger.com. My younger cousin, Tara, I don't know if you remember her or not, she visited with us when Allyson was almost 3, anyway she has one and I got interested and I have lost so many pictures and stuff on here that I figure I just do the blogs too. House here is so small no room to store anything and I feel boxed in.

As they say, nothing is forever, so I keep "organizing" and try to get rid of stuff. I just don't, well whatever the thought, Kasey just interrupted me and I forgot. Brain fog I guess or I've got Sometimes instead of Alzheimer's.

Love you much, Cathy