While I am still over the moon about the new EDS research, there's too much other stuff going on in my medical world right now and I can't try to make sense of it enough to write a meaningful post. I'm so tired and so terrified of new physical and mental symptoms that are doing whatever the heck they are doing and I don't think I can handle talking about these things publicly yet.
So. Here's 10 Happy Things:
1. Guess what my baby Jeph learned to do? He can open doors all by himself! He opens the door to go outside to pee all on his own. This is huge, people! Huge! And today, he opened the fridge for me for the first time! Simply amazing. I love him.
2. Tonight, my husband's friends are coming to see us. We're going to dress fun and go out and hopefully have an excellent evening.
3. I put an automatically-spraying air freshener thing in our living room and also cleaned the floors and now our house does not smell like pee. And will continue to smell nice, unless Jeph leaves me a present or two.
4. I'm excited to take a really relaxing bath this afternoon. I'm going to put so many excellent oils in it and stretch out my angry muscles.
5. There is ice cream in my freezer and I'm going to eat so much of it.
6. I'm excited to get my hair touched up so that it continues to look amazing.
7. There's a huge conspiracy thing going on that Justin Bieber is a reptilian creature and it's the best news story I've ever seen ever. There are like videos and everything where people go, "RIGHT THERE! HE BLINKED LIKE A LIZARD!" It's honestly amazing and I am so here for this.
8. I'm so excited to get Jeph's "Service Dog In Training" vest in the mail. Then, we get to start practicing and training in public.
9. I have so many green outfits that I have options for this weekend! I can try a bunch of them on and then decide instead of being stuck with a green t-shirt or something.
10. Magnum just released a Cookies 'N Cream ice cream bar and I need it.
Love to you all.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Fibro-Friendly Clothes!
(The opinions expressed in this post are all my own. I am not being paid anything by anybody to express these opinions.)
You guys. You GUYS. I found the most amazing clothing store! It's called Lovesick and it's by the same company that runs Hot Topic and Torrid. But the clothing selection is so much better than Torrid's! And everything is so incredibly soft. I haven't worn jeans without severe nerve and stomach pain ever in my entire life. And now, thanks to Lovesick, I have six pairs of pants to partner with their incredibly soft tops. All their clothing can be mixed and matched. I regret zero of my purchases there. Everything seems to have a bit of spandex in it. I suffer from a lot of swelling issues, and I like clothes that aren't restrictive and don't cut into my skin during swelling episodes. Their smallest size is an 8 (000 in their sizing), so smaller Fibromyalgia friends won't be able to shop there. But fear not! H&M is also a great go-to. While their selection of soft, Fibro-friendly garments is smaller, it was my go-to before medications caused my weight to do some crazy things. You'll need to touch each garment individually at H&M and look at what fabrics are in the garments before trying them on. I can usually tell by touching the garment on the rack whether or not it will be itchy or painful on my body. Cotton/Polyester blends are hit and miss, but Cotton/Polyester/Spandex will usually be alright. Rayon is straight-up itchy unless it's a super-small ratio. Linen and Wool are also things to look out for, as they will seriously piss off angry nerve endings in the skin, particularly on the arms and back. Make sure you cut off the tags, or you'll be all scratched up by the day's end. Fibromyalgia is a symptom of Ehlers-Danlos, as is easily scratched, dented, and ripped skin. If I had a nickel for the number of times I have had garments cause me bleeding sores, I could buy even more soft, stretchy clothes. I'm sick of spending all my time in pajamas, and these two stores are absolutely making a real wardrobe possible.
I hope this is helpful to my fellow Chronic Illness warriors (AKA Spoonies).
Helpful links:
http://www.lovesick.com/
http://www.hm.com/us
You guys. You GUYS. I found the most amazing clothing store! It's called Lovesick and it's by the same company that runs Hot Topic and Torrid. But the clothing selection is so much better than Torrid's! And everything is so incredibly soft. I haven't worn jeans without severe nerve and stomach pain ever in my entire life. And now, thanks to Lovesick, I have six pairs of pants to partner with their incredibly soft tops. All their clothing can be mixed and matched. I regret zero of my purchases there. Everything seems to have a bit of spandex in it. I suffer from a lot of swelling issues, and I like clothes that aren't restrictive and don't cut into my skin during swelling episodes. Their smallest size is an 8 (000 in their sizing), so smaller Fibromyalgia friends won't be able to shop there. But fear not! H&M is also a great go-to. While their selection of soft, Fibro-friendly garments is smaller, it was my go-to before medications caused my weight to do some crazy things. You'll need to touch each garment individually at H&M and look at what fabrics are in the garments before trying them on. I can usually tell by touching the garment on the rack whether or not it will be itchy or painful on my body. Cotton/Polyester blends are hit and miss, but Cotton/Polyester/Spandex will usually be alright. Rayon is straight-up itchy unless it's a super-small ratio. Linen and Wool are also things to look out for, as they will seriously piss off angry nerve endings in the skin, particularly on the arms and back. Make sure you cut off the tags, or you'll be all scratched up by the day's end. Fibromyalgia is a symptom of Ehlers-Danlos, as is easily scratched, dented, and ripped skin. If I had a nickel for the number of times I have had garments cause me bleeding sores, I could buy even more soft, stretchy clothes. I'm sick of spending all my time in pajamas, and these two stores are absolutely making a real wardrobe possible.
I hope this is helpful to my fellow Chronic Illness warriors (AKA Spoonies).
Helpful links:
http://www.lovesick.com/
http://www.hm.com/us
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