Let the countdown begin!

I just made the appointment for the clinic visit and so now I begin my countdown to the appointment. (Five weeks FYI) I am excited and nervous and just glad to be getting this done. I don't like being poked and prodded, but I do hope for answers and a possible cure or at least a way to manage my life. So, on the off chance that anyone is actually reading this, and doesn't know about the Go Fund Me page I have, here is a link. There is also one on the right side of my home page here on Blogger. My whole story is there, in case anyone wants to read about it. Thanks for being here, and reading my blog.
God bless you and yours
Deb

Today I had the privelidge of being interviewed by my local ABC affilliate. I got to meet two really nice men that genuinely seemed interested in my story. I have the link to what was on the TV, so if y'all want to see the extreme close ups, here you go!

Here is a link to a blog that expresses very well what it is like for us canaries to try to maintain friendships and family ties.

https://fergiemoto.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/human-canaries-and-friendship/

Day 3 of MCS Awareness month.

May is MCS Awarenss month!

Happy May everyone! I am working on some finals for school so I will make this quick. May is MCS awareness month. There are several people that are working to distribute facts about MCS, so that everyone can be more aware of what it is, how it might affect them, and how their choices are affecting people around them. More to come, so keep checking back here to see what wonderfully creative ways people are getting the word out.
God bless you and yours
Deb

My Experiences in a Couple of Hospital Settings this Month.

So, here is my take on how scented the two hospitals in my hometown were when I had two loved ones have hospital stays recently. Something that I didn't mention in the video is that my son also has MCS and on the last day he was in the hospital he finally spoke out to the nurses and told them that the Purell was making his headache worse. He was on Morphine for the headache, and the Purell was making his head hurt worse! One thing that I noticed was that once we got home, that headache went away with no medicine. While we were there he had to have Morphine every four hours to keep it down to a dull roar, but once we came home where it is relatively unscented, and chemical free, he was much better. By the next day it was gone, never to be seen again. Interesting, no?

So I wanted to continue with the educational videos, but I have been both busy and sick. Being busy with finals in two classes caused me a lot of stress, and then I had to help with some health issues for two people in my family. So, all that to say, I have been out of commission. I did make a couple of videos showing the effects of going out to some scented places, and I will put those up soon. But for now, I thought I would put up the very first video I ever made. This was a persuasive speech I wrote for one of my college classes. Because I didn't come on campus to give my speech I had to do it in front of an audience of at least three people, hence the heavy movement at first showing my "audience." Please forgive the number of times I say "UM" in the video, I was nervous. In fact, I have created an "Um-a-thon" on my Go Fund Me site, so if you are interested, please check that out as well, here.