My Answered Prayer (Not Your Typical Answer)

Today is a beautiful day!
I know it's been a while since I put out a blog post.  Things have been busy and overwhelming.
My health was taking a toll on everything.
As some of my friends and family know....I have Fibro, thyroid disease, and a list of other things
that have created a less than function person.  The loss of my family through divorce and then the loss of my mom created a snowball effect of health issues and the pain I was left with has been what I refer to as "this is not a life".

 I started new medication in October of last year and
have had a heck of a time trying to get it to work.  It took away the pain but left me sleeping, sick to my stomach or completely exhausted and lightheaded.  I've had to pick and choose the things I was able to do
and there was much crying.
Bruce has been trying to carry the weight of the home and management of everything while I tried to get my feet under me.  I was not able to leave the house because I never knew when I would feel my legs come out from under me and end up on the floor or in major discomfort.  I am still nervous to leave the house.

But....I'm happy to say that I'm digging out of my hole.
I am finally feeling better.  I have found tools to make life work.
You know..... when you pray, and pray, and pray...……. nonstop.....
And nothing seems to happen, you start to lose hope.
I was at that point of crying and napping my days away due to meds, pain, nausea, fatigue, and depression.

But then I had my prayer answered.
And now I have hope each and every day.
I have energy, less pain, and more good days than I have had in years.

My disease was taking my life away.  I started counting how many good days I had in a week and then it was how many good days in a month.  I finally stopped counting because I couldn't find good days.  The pain and/or the meds were making me so sick.

A month ago a person I met on my favorite chicken site on facebook asked people if they wanted a sample of a smart coffee.  I never say yes to those things.  But this lady was a Christian woman who's faith was evident, and something told me to ask for the sample.
I got it in the mail, added it to my coffee the next morning and ordered that evening.
It was as if someone had given me my life back in a little tiny scoop.
I know.....  I sound like a commercial.
But I don't lie.
So.... I gave it a month.  I worked on trying to balance the smart coffee with my medication.
On a flare day... I still have to nap.  But my flare days are usually just one instead of three.
(Flare days are basically your body going off like an alarm.  Everything hurts and you feel like you have the flu.  The weather can set it off, a bee sting can set it off.  They are unpredictable and incredibly frustrating.)
If I didn't have a flare, then I drank my coffee and my days took off like a normal person.
A NORMAL PERSON!!!
Do you have any idea what that is like for a person who has this disease?
And then..... you do everything you can to get as much accomplished as possible because these good days are so few and far between.
Not any more.  I now have more good days than bad.  I can count my bad days in the week and usually only count to ONE or better yet.. NONE!

My husband has figured out signs that I need to go in and take my medication.  He will look at me and say, "honey, you need to take you meds". We have a good system.
If he's not here....I don't know I need them for another 30 minutes when the pain hits.  Then I have to sit and wait for the meds to kick in.  But that's usually after 4 in the afternoon.  So I have from early morning until 4ish before I need my pain meds, and I have energy that I haven't had in a very very long time.  God has been very good to me.
I am so very blessed.  I feel like I have been given my life back.

Now....I have to catch up.
 My home, my paperwork, my laundry, my habits, my life...has to be put back in place.
I know a lot of people have been praying for me.  My husband especially.
I pray that this continues to work and I'm able to keep the balance of meds and supplements going.
I have so much I want to do.  I have a craft room that has been calling me for years.
I'm so excited.

I decided I want to sell the smart coffee because of what it's done for me.
I'm not one of those people who likes to push stuff so if you interested in knowing what the supplement is, just message me and I will share my link.
I hope to get some samples soon so I can send them to friends and family to try.
My husband has now started using it in the morning also because his days run so much smoother.

I am so thankful to God for my answered prayer.
You never know how He's going to answer.
Sometimes it's not what you expect.
Sometimes it's not in my timing.
Coffee..... who da thunk it???

Hugs
shannon