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Autoimmune Flare up or Allergies?

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Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well these days.  I am going through some things that I haven’t been through since high school.  It took it 20+ years to resurface, but it is back with a vengeance!  Maybe someone has heard of this condition or know the cause for this and can help.

Back when I was in high school, my junior year, I would get this sensation in my lips.  They would start out feeling numb then they would start itching. Before you know it, they would swell to the point where it looked like I had been on the losing end of a big fight!   I could not for the world figure out what would cause such a heinous disfigurement.  I would feel fine otherwise, I just couldn’t go out in public until the swelling went down.

My mother first took me to my primary doctor, he referred me to an allergist.  I wasn’t allergic to anything so I was referred to an Immunologist.  The Immunologist told me that it was my immune system that was going wacky and attacking my lips for some reason making them swell that way.  There wasn’t anything I can do for the attack but he did give me some small white pills that I was to take when I felt the numbing sensation coming on.  Whatever those pills were, they worked like a charm.  STORY TIME:  One day I forgot my pills at home when I was at school.  We were watching a movie in class when I felt that my lips getting numb.  I had to run to the school office and call my mother to have her bring my pills to school for me.  I went back to class and the office called when my mother was there.  When I went to the office to get the pills, my mother was still there and the office assistants took one look at me and told her she better take me home because I was a lot worse than I was before.  That’s why everyone I passed in the hallway was looking at me strangely!  It took about 2 years to fully get it out of my system where I wasn’t swelling up anymore.

Now, just about a week ago, something again is going on with my lips.  In the morning, I wake up and it looks like I just got out of lip surgery!  During the day, it will go down, not to normal, but better.  They hurt badly, are numb and itch terribly.  I just let my doctor know today because it seems to be escalating now. My daughter, Bella likes my lips now because she says I look sassy! If they didn’t hurt so bad, I may consider keeping them this way!  Again I tried to figure out why my lips are swelling like this.  Maybe my immune system is going wacky again?  Maybe allergies?

If there is anyone out there with or without an autoimmune disease that has had something similar, please let me know.  What was your Diagnosis?  What was the cure?  

Just remember to take this disease one day at a time, and we will get through this together.  Please send up a little prayer for me during this time..

Chow for now!

 

 

 

My Miracle Part I

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Hello everyone, I hope everything is going well with you.  Today, I want to talk about something a little different.  I would like to share with you what happened to me and my family that we can call nothing short of a miracle.  My prayers have literally been answered in a big way...

It was 2013 when we were struggling to make ends meet because we were living on one income.  I was in the middle of trying to get disability due to my Crohn’s Disease therefore I wasn’t able to work.  One particular time, a big bill was due and we didn’t know where the money was going to come from.  Our savings was quickly dwindling down and we didn’t feel right to ask anyone for anything – they had already done a lot for us at this time.

During this time, I always took a bath to wind down after I got the kitchen cleaned up from supper.  I would read a book and pray during this time also.  So on this particular night, I prayed intensely for our finances.

A couple of days later, I was in the bath and something caught my eye.  On the inside of my middle finger where the numbers 026 stamped on it.  It was very clear, like it was just stamped.  I kept running these numbers through my head to try to figure out what these numbers meant.  Maybe I touched something before I got into the bath, but I couldn’t figure out what.  As soon as I read these numbers, they started to wash away.  When I got out of the bath, I retraced my steps to see what I touched.  Nothing with any kind of numbers.  I didn’t tell anyone that night but it was laying heavily on my mind.  Maybe I should play the lottery?!

The next night, my husband Mark and I went out to eat on our date night.  While we were eating, I told him what happened to me the night before.  I also asked him if the numbers 026 meant anything to him.  He said they didn’t.  He was probably thinking I was going crazy!  We went about our date and went home.

A week later I was cooking supper and Mark came in with the mail.  He told me there was something in the mail from the college I went to.  I asked him to open it for me because I had stuff all over my hands.  He opened it and told me it looked like a check.  I didn’t think that was it because I was going to school on student loans.  He took it out and said it was a check and it was written for $2,226.00!  He looked right at me and said “There’s your 026 numbers!!!”  I thought for a second, it hit me and I just started thanking God right there.  There wasn’t anything on the information as to why it was sent.  God answered my prayer!

I think back now and you know what?  If I would have never told anyone, no one would have ever believed me.  I promise you this really happened, my husband can vouch for it!  God is there for us and takes care of us in our time of need.  All you have to do is ask for it and have a little faith, and you will receive.

Chow for now!