NAMI of Palm Beach County 3rd annual walk 11/12/2016

    OK so I have been doing this walk since it started here in Palm Beach County when they started doing it three years ago. The whole reason we started doing the walk was with my dad is does have several mental illness. He was diagnosed when I was about 12 and I have pretty much help him with it since I was about 16. SO this year I decided I was going to get more involved than I have been before. Since most of you know this last 16 month have had a lot of health issues I decided to pursue more things that feel strongly about. This is one of them. Mental illness is a big issues in the U.S. so is the stigma that goes along with having mental illness or taking care of someone who has a mental illness. SO What is NAMI it is an organization that is all over that stands for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. There are local chapters all over they help people and families deal with the many issues that come with having a mental illness. They have support groups for those that deal with a mental illness and also group's for the family members who are helping those dealing with mental illness. They have a class that runs called family to family. they also have a course for professionals who deal with people with mental illness taught by those who have a mental illness so they can learn what they as professionals can do to help their clients who may be suffering from a mental illness.
    So all of this to talk about the NAMI walk this walk is free for the community to attend it has resources for families to learn about mental illness and to find resources for help or to even learn how to get involved to help lift the stigma of mental illness. Now there are walks in different states but if your walk has all happened or you can not attend the walk or just want to support our walk you can register as a virtual walkers or just donate to out team as  supporter. 100% of the money raised from the walk goes right back to NAMI of PBC to help us train more people to run classes, do support groups and be able to help others with mental illness. The money is used to rent out space for us to have support meeting, have classes and do fun actives. It also helps us to be able to expand our reach and be able to help more and more people in the next year.
    So how can you help well if you are local to the area and have a busniess and would like to be a sponsor which starts at $500 dollars and goes up the basic level would put you on the list of sponsors and on the walk website. If you do not want to or can not donate money you can donate supplies which I can get a list of what we need for you. Also if you are not local but still would like to help you can still sponsor, send the items we need for the walk or even items that we can put in the raffle baskets that we are making for the event to sell tickets for to raffle off.
    If you are not a bussniess but still are saying I would like to help you can help every donation helps. First register for the walk you can regsiter as just yourself, make a team of friends, families, and co-workers. If you do not want to start a team you can join one that is already made. Now when you register you will get a link to share this is how you can promote your team and get donations. Even if you get no donations you can still walk it is a free event. If you raise 100 dollars you get a free walk shirt. It is a great event and really supports the coumminty.

This is the website for pbc http://namipbc.org/
This is the national website http://www.nami.org/
this is my page to donate http://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=45670

OK so time for an update as to what is going on. We decided to put Elizabeth in daycare and for me to go back to work. I have found keeping busy keeps me feeling less like I am incapable I do have some rough days but my bosses are great. I did radiation and it did not affect the cancer at all. SO now we are doing chemo. Some days I feel great other days I feel horrible but I still keep fighting no matter what. I am now down to a size 14 which in some ways I am happy but I really wish it wouldn't have come from me being so sick. when all this started I was a size 28 and 315lbs I am now 180lbs and a size 14 which is where I have always wanted to be.  I am writing about this journey we are going though not for people to feel sorry for me but to maybe help someone else. this all started in April of 2015 I was having such bad stomach pain I couldn't even move. went to hospital and they told me I have pancreas and diabetes which they have no clue how I got it since I don't drink. Well we thought we could deal with it. well the problem was I kept getting pancreatic and was doing everything I was told to do. Well after three different gi's and lots of test they found the pancreatic cancer stage 4. I was devasted so was my husband and family but we decided we were going to fight this with everything we have,

my journey part 2

      Ok so the last post was a background on my health now i will go in depth about each battle and what I am doing to cope.


    So we need to start back in April of 2015 I was having really bad stomach pains and throwing up everything I ate. So my husband, brother and I had gone out for the day and left the baby with my mom. So they brought me to the hospital and waited while they did testing. They did a cat scan, MRI and lots of blood work. Doctors come back in and say OK so we have found that you have diabetes that came from pancreatitis. WHAT!!!!!!! This is my first reaction. So then I ask what does that mean. They tell me that I will be dealing with this for the rest of my life. In easy terms it means my pancreas does not work at the same level all the time. It also means that it can cause me to have severe stomach pains and other health issues.
   The diabetes is a consant struggle everyday. Even though I did change my diet and do take my medicine as I am told too. Even with all these changes I still will not be able to get my diabetes fully under control until we get the pancreatitis figured out. Well we have been trying to get a handle on it for a year and it has been difficult. I did change my diet in a huge way and started eating better and more often. I still have a hard time everyday with my sugar and let me tell you some days I just want to say forget it and just eat what I feel like. I then remind myself that if I want to do that I can but then I will have to be the one who has to deal with the consequences that come with my descion to go away from what I know I am aloud to have. I think everyone has those moments when they just want to give up which is OK it is in out nature. The important part is to make sure that once you have that moment you realize that now you do to get on with life and decide if you are going to just sit by and let life go by you. I choose option two which is realize that getting upset and depressed about it isn't going to change what I am going through or what I have. SO I decided to instead of just sitting by and taking the doctors word for everything I do my research when they tell me what is going on and tell them the things I have found. This works for us and we then talk about my options and decide together where we are going from there.
  I know I still have a long journey to go from here but I will be fighting everyday to get better and stay alive and well for my daughter. I have had a hard time deciding wether I want to tell people about everything. I wasn't sure if I wanted to talk about the cancer but I decided that keeping it in and worring about it all on my own is not helping. So i decided I am going to keep writing on my blog about how I am feeling to be able to see it and for others to see it too maybe it will help someone else.

  What else do I have you ask well we just found out I have celiac disease and also have pancreatic cancer. this is my way to tell how I am feeling and keeping everyone updated.

The past year

   OK so let me start off by saying this is a very personal post and I am not writing is for pity but I feel like I just want people to know what is going on in my life that is what this blog is for anyways.

    OK so  March 9th 2015 I had my daughter via c-section she was healthy and everything went fine. We went home started to adjust to life at home with a newborn early April I was having a lot of stomach pain and finally decided that I need to go to the ER on a Saturday night. Well we go they do tests and cat scans and when they come to tell me the results I would never had been able to prepare myself. The doctor comes in and says I have pancreatitis and diabetes. The pancreatitis caused the diabetes and they do not know how I got pancreatitis since I have never been a drinker. SO they tell us they are going to admit me and take out my gallbladder. SO they admit me take out the gallbladder and give me insulin to take at home. So I got home after a week I wish I could say that it was all good from there but the truth is since then I have been to the ER 18 times and admit 16 times either for pancreatitis or for blood sugar issues or both. I have changed my diet and take my meds but it did not seem to be getting better. So the doctor did some more blood test and cat scans and mri's and ercp. the results from these test are that I have celiac disease and pancreatic cancer.

  SO that last year has been tough with my health issues and is going to be even rougher this next year.
The things I do know are I have some great doctors on my team who are finding the best things to help me with these issues. I have a great family and support system to help me when I need it. Because I know I ma going to need help at some point especially having a 13 month old at home with me. I know god is my father and he has a plan we do not know what it is but we know it is his will and he will be there every step of the way. I also know I ma a fighter and this will not stop me I will fight until It is gone and I am better.

I will keep updating the blog and letting you know of what is going on.

Healthy baby house party by seventh generation

OK so seventh generation is doing another round of healthy baby home party. If you are selected you will receive a box of all kinds of seventh generation products and some other company's items also depending who part of the sponsors. I know from pictures last year that they got diapers, wipes, dish soap, ladaruy soap from seventh generation. Anyone can apply for the party they are reserving 100 spots for bloggers. But will also have some non blogging spots.  Here is the website to sign up for an account and apply for the samplings they have.

Generation good

Earning gift cards and free stuff online

        I am going to start this with a warning you will not get rich by using these this sites or doing surveys. You can make some extra cash for christmas, or just to have to get what you want or need. I use a few different sites but I do not sit on my computer all day doing surveys I do them when I have some extra time and use some apps on my laptop and my kindle to earn points just by having them on.
I will be updating this list as I find more that work for me I will only add ones that I use and like.

        The first website I use is an app that I keep running on my laptop and my kindle fire it is called Media insiders. You can either use it on your smart phone or it works on kindle fires also. it works by listening to what shows you are watching so keep your phone or kindle on when watching tv. I choose to get points so I save up and trade them for amazon cards. The website will give you all the info you need. this is the easy one to use you just make sure that it is runnin gon your device when it is in use. simple easy money. just make sure you have it on when you are watching tv and you get more.
signup link

I use bing it is a search engine and it gives you credits for the first 30 searchs a day. It does take time to get credits but if you search or your kids do for school then you could earn credits pretty easily again not going to get rich but a little extra money always helps. now when you sign up you will get a link to share with your friends so you can get credits towards your total here is mine that you can sign up under.
bing signup link

I also use two other sites that reward you for different things. Both of this sites give you credits for watching videos, clicking ads, signing up for things even shopping i just go on when I am bored and watch the videos or read the articles again not going to get rich but a little extra for amazon it always good for me.

  instagc so just click the link signup and earn your giftcards.
 points2spend just click and sign up

Generation good healthy baby home party

I got approved to host a healthy baby home party from generation good. Today we find out what is in the party kit at a Twitter party just for hosts. So when I find out I will update with what we will be getting in the kit. Tomorrow the 13th at noon there will be a Twitter party for everyone and I invite you to come. Follow @seventhgen   and#HealthyBabyHome  to be in the twitter party .   There will be five giveaways including a month of diapers