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Note: Start reading at "The Why" What Happened: After searching and waiting to see a doctor I finally got in to see my primary car physician. I was searching to find another doctor because this one has not been so intelligent and his staff sucks!!! I know that's not nice but it's true. They don't call you back with test results or call your prescriptions in when you need them. He is an ok doctor as in he will run thousands of test and at least try to help you. Today I just need someone to give me a referral to a neurologist that can get me in sooner than April. I can't be in this much pain until April. Nooooo! So I prepared to go to the doctor by typing up a log of the medications I was taking and the exact symptoms I was having and when they were occurring, what made them worse, what seemed to help and what did not help at all. He read the list and did the pin in the bottom of your feet test. My right leg was worse than the left but both showed lots of n

Note: Start at "The Why" What Happened: It's Valentine's Day!!!! A special day, right? Well not so much for the single and shut in the house. Blah! I was off work all of 3 hours and I was bored! After texting my colleges (The Dream Team) and knowing I wouldn't be there for 2 days I began to just figure it out myself. So I opened my google search engine. (I know I know the worst thing you can do) What causes extreme and prolonged muscle cramps? The possibilities were so vague and lets just be real I wasn't  going to read all of them. So...gift time. Yes I am single but my dad gets me a gift for Valentine's Day every year. Outside of one year this is the only one I've ever gotten. This one is special because it's from my daddy. The one man I know will never let me down, who will always be there no matter what. Who other than God, is the only man that loves me unconditionally, my daddy! I checked my phone and nothing. Hmmm, so I text my sibling &qu

Note: Start at "The Why" What Happened: Today I went to work thinking "I can do this, my body hurts BUT I CAN do this". I limped into work with my feet on fire and cramping up and walking at tortoise speed. I work with children who have special needs. I love what I do and the people I work with. When I think of what I actually do and the lives I have the ability to change on a daily basis....how could I not go to work because I am "hurting". But geez louise was I hurting.  With my job I do a lot of walking and I do mean a lot! On this particular day we were invited to have lunch with our neighboring building. Did I mention this building was approximately 1/4mi away??? Now that may not seem like a lot to you but when your feet are stuck in a cramped position causing you to walk on the sides of your feet and you have to decide which foot to put pressure on and they are a 9 and 10 on a scale of 1-10. I guess you get it...It's hard and I was in pain!

Note: Start at "The Why" What Happened: Today I was able to teach my fitness class. The pain was agonizing and the fear of moving the wrong way and causing the pain was worse. I did more instructing than participating, which I hate doing. I love being a part. Not only does it allow me to go into the trenches with my class but it helps my cardio too. That afternoon a younger family member and a their friend was going to come over to my house. I picked them up. Leaving my parents house my right arm cramped up. We were at a stop sign and knew it was going to be bad. I cut on my hazard lights and set my phone so my family member could reach it. I eased away from the stop sign and begin to go. My left arm then locked up. I was not able to drive. I carefully instructed  my underage passenger on what to do to steer us of the road. We slowly guided my car to the side of the road and out of harms way. I then told my passenger what to push on my phone to contact my parents who were

What Happened: It's funny they say you don't remember a traumatic event, well I remember! (Yes I know compared to some my event is not horrible but for me it has been) Feb 10th started off as a normal Friday. I went to work as normal, taught an aerobic class and went to Wal-Mart. After being in Wal-Mart approximately 20 min and standing in a VERY long line my calf muscles begin to burn on both legs. Of course when you workout as much as I do you go through shoes pretty frequently, with this in mind I figured that I just needed new shoes. The pain and burning got so bad...I took them off. After checking out I hobbled to my car. I took my passenger by Wendy's (which we did every Friday after class). At this point I still felt a little pain in my legs but overall just felt weird. With driving 3/4 mi from the drive through while eating a french fry (healthy right?😏) my jaw locked up. I was completely unable to move it. I tried to keep a calm face even though I was freake

I am writing this blog as an outlet for me to express somethings I've been dealing with the past few months. Before this starts I will say I have never dealt with this before, I've been to several doctors to check my nerves, muscles and blood...all finding nothing. I am writing this current so I will rewind back a few months to catch everyone up. There are a few dates/days I will never forget then some will be approximations of dates along with real feelings.  At this time I am waiting on more test results. I understand that some ideas I have or treatments I may receive may not be typical but I am feeling my way through this. There will not be any real names mentioned at this time. If you have dealt with or are dealing with something like this please feel free to share. I would love to swap symptoms😏 About Me: I'm in my early 30's No kids, single, Fitness Instructor and Teacher I live in a small city and am very close to my family and friends. I have support