The Hidden Dangers of Genetically Engineered "Frankenfoods!"

The Hidden Dangers of Genetically Engineered "Frankenfoods!"

Sping is in full force here where we live, we are at almost 4,000 elevation so our planting time for spring is finished, now we wait for our harvest :-) we are growing several varieties of peas & lettuce, turnips, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, fennel, leeks, spring onions, chives in our first 12'x12 raised bed - in the second same size bed we planted Elephant garlic, garlic, shallots, white, red,sweet & Walla Walla onions kohlrabi, red & green cabbage, Green Arrow, Sugar Snap & Oregon Sugar Pod peas, Chinese cabbage, Bulls Blood beets. 

I love gardening with my husband! It helps me get out and stay as active as I can anyway. I can't kneel so my husband helps me when we need to get close - he can only do so much too because he's had 5 low back surgeries and is in constant pain too. This is where raised beds come in very handy and we planted everything from seed. 

Check out Lasagna gardening - there is no rotilling to do - just layer newspapers, cardboard, compost from the kitchen (veg & fruit scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds and such but no meat or bone) and manure - do this when your summer garden is finished and keep piling over winter until spring. Then just poke holes in and plant. You will have super healthy soil and lots of earthworms!

That's the good part, the hard part is that I've had 4 migraines since Christmas. I've been feeling especially sick which is making my Fibromyalgia flare up terribly. Some days Mark cannot even wake me up during the day because of Chronic Fatigue. I still have problems with irritable bowel which usually lasts a 2-3 days at a time - irritable bladder is frustrating because when it comes on I have to be near a toilet or else! I can't tell you how many times I've lost it and didn't make it to the toilet on time, this is more of an inconvenience though since it doesn't cause pain. I went to the Dr. last month to talk to him and I'm not sure where I read or heard it but I wanted to know my body pH - he was wondering what made he ask - the only thing I can say is it had to be the Lord! Turns out, my pH is 5.5 which is way to acidic and it should be 7-

7.35. My Dr. suggested that I cut out or eat little meat and eat lots of fruits and veggies, I've also go online and found lists for alkaline foods so I'm really tring to change the way I eat so I can get back to normal - I sure do miss coffee!!! I'm hoping I'll feel better and that getting my body back to a normal state might change the way I feel, that my migraines will stop - that I will not surcome to Chronic Fatigue and that Fibromyalgia symptoms will lessen or go away - just hoping.

"A Hallelujah Christmas" by Cloverton (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube

"A Hallelujah Christmas" by Cloverton (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube

What is the softest mattress (or topper) available?

I came across this site http://www.whatsthebest-mattress.com because - once again, I woke this morning with so much pain that I feel like going back to sleep and not waking up - it sucks! My pain this morning was so great that I was sweating and shivering. I am hoping some day that a Doctor will come up with some cure or at least a medication that really works! (and it is definitely NOT Lyrica!!!) 


I am looking for a mattress that is soft not just on top or a soft topper but soft down deep - seems impossible but something soft but that has some support - i don't necessarily want to fall in and sink to the bottom but I would like to feel it very soft and pillowy. In my mind I think it would feel really nice to have some kind of mattress top that is filled with warm gel that you would gently sink into and that cradle you and not put any pressure on your body at all. Well, I can dream - right?? I wish someone would invent something like this for all of us who suffer with Fibromyalgia - I hope and pray this would happen for all who suffer with this - "condition" or "disease" - they can call it whatever they want - it doesn't really matter - what matters is that they find a cure.

Fibromyalgia-HURTS: Fibromyalgia, my story

Fibromyalgia-HURTS: Fibromyalgia, my story

Fibromyalgia, my story

I have had "body" pain for years. Way back in the 80's I remember my Dr. mentioning "Fibrosis" but there was no cure or definite way of proving my pain. I just let time go by without going to the Dr. Everyday I woke up feeling like I was hit by a train. I thought I had some kind of terminal illness or something; after all there was no explanation for my pain.

In April 2002 I was in a head on collision on the freeway. After 4 surgeries consisting of 2 cervical fusions and 2 lumber fusions I was a tormented mess. My Orthopedic Dr. suggested that I have Fibromyalgia but I blew it off -- it just couldn't be so! Then my primary Dr. told me I definitely have it - no two ways about it. I got up the nerve to ask him if physical abuse could have started it and he said in his opinion "yes" I was mad as heck.

My first symptoms came at the age of 20 when I was pregnant. I had my first migraine headache, I also had toxemia, as if things weren't difficult enough! From that time I have had migraines. I always complained of "hip" and “feet” pain amongst other aches and pains. I was diagnosed with asthma 2 years ago and have osteoarthritis. My orthopedic Dr. said my right knee is bone on bone, and I am going to need knee replacement surgery.

I have had "body" pain for years. Way back in the 80's I remember my Dr. mentioning "Fibrosis" but there was no cure, or definite way of proving my pain. I just let time go by without going to the Dr. Everyday I wake up feeling like I was hit by a train. I thought I had some kind of terminal illness or something; after all there was no explanation for my pain. I had weird feelings of guilt, I felt strange because there was no “real” proof.
I thought I was going kooky or something!

I have to take a number of pain medications like Lyrica for Fibromyalgia, and Ambien for sleep to help me live with the pain, but I wish I could be free of them. I am so nervous that they will damage my organs but at this time there is no way I can stop.

Now I know why though. Strange, but I am comforted to have a diagnosis - an explanation of why I hurt so badly - of why I fumble for words and cannot concentrate - of why I wake up feeling like I was hit by a train - of why I cannot sleep through the night - of why I am so very tired and weary of it all.

If not for the Lord I would jump off a cliff, because of Jesus I have hope that one day this will be over and I will have a new body and NO MORE PAIN!

I could go on and on but this is enough for now - there is just so much along the way I could write a book!

Thanks for listening,
Susie Pedersen