Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and pain free.
I am beginning to experience some pain in my hands near my thumb joints and in one of my shoulders. My thumbs are popping out and it feels like my shoulder is giving it a good try too. I have not been exercising like I use to, due to my enlarged aortic root and my body knows it and feels it.
So here is my big question that I putting out into the universe - what is going to help my joints???
* swimming
* Pilates
* Tai chi
* acupuncture
* reflecology
* massage
As you can see, there is not one mention of pills. I am not choosing to dull the pain and I am not choosing to mask it. The pain I am feeling reminds me every day that I am still alive; that I get to wake up to be the best Mum to my son; that I get to wake up to be the best teacher to my gorgeous 4 and 5 year olds at school; that I get to wake up to be the best daughter, sister, auntie and friend; that I get to wake up to be the best ME I can be every day.
I would really love to hear if you have tried any of the above alternatives to medicine.
Take care of yourself
Love Rowena XXXXXXXX
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Fingers Crossed!
Hi Everyone,
I hope this new post finds you pain free and happy.
Well Tris and I went to St Helier Hospital today to have our new gene test. I know I have posted before and said that we had our 'last gene test' but sadly it wasn't the case. My genetic cousellor in New Zealand retired last year and Dr Juliet Taylor, who took over his clinic, said that new research is happening all the time with EDS and that there are new genetic conditions being discovered. She emailed me after we arrived in London and suggested that we should have another genetic test to be absolutely sure that we only have Classical EDS and nothing else.
So we arrived at the clinic today and meet a lovely doctor called Dr Katrina Tatton Brown. She welcomed us and began to talk and straight away I interrupted her (which I apologised for). I said that under no circumstance was she to tell us what we were being tested for. I did not want to know and I did not want to go home and google it until my eyes bled. She was amazing about it and totally understood.
I am so pleased I didn't ask what the 'THING' was and she was very cool about not saying. Our results will come back in 6 - 8 months due to the fact that they need to search for 3 separate genes in our DNA. I told her that we had to know definitely what we have this time, not what we don't have and she said she these test will find out.
So there you go and I am determined not to be a slave to 'worry' for the next 6 - 8 months either. Last time that I waited for our results was a nightmare for me. This time around, by not allowing her to tell me the name of the genetic condition, I felt like I had the POWER, in an environment where I have always felt powerless.
With the help of Louise Hay, I am putting it out to the universe that my son and I only have Classical EDS and that we are healthy and happy and having amazing lives living in London.
Fingers crossed can't hurt either!!!!!
Love Rowena XXXXXXXX
I hope this new post finds you pain free and happy.
Well Tris and I went to St Helier Hospital today to have our new gene test. I know I have posted before and said that we had our 'last gene test' but sadly it wasn't the case. My genetic cousellor in New Zealand retired last year and Dr Juliet Taylor, who took over his clinic, said that new research is happening all the time with EDS and that there are new genetic conditions being discovered. She emailed me after we arrived in London and suggested that we should have another genetic test to be absolutely sure that we only have Classical EDS and nothing else.
So we arrived at the clinic today and meet a lovely doctor called Dr Katrina Tatton Brown. She welcomed us and began to talk and straight away I interrupted her (which I apologised for). I said that under no circumstance was she to tell us what we were being tested for. I did not want to know and I did not want to go home and google it until my eyes bled. She was amazing about it and totally understood.
I am so pleased I didn't ask what the 'THING' was and she was very cool about not saying. Our results will come back in 6 - 8 months due to the fact that they need to search for 3 separate genes in our DNA. I told her that we had to know definitely what we have this time, not what we don't have and she said she these test will find out.
So there you go and I am determined not to be a slave to 'worry' for the next 6 - 8 months either. Last time that I waited for our results was a nightmare for me. This time around, by not allowing her to tell me the name of the genetic condition, I felt like I had the POWER, in an environment where I have always felt powerless.
With the help of Louise Hay, I am putting it out to the universe that my son and I only have Classical EDS and that we are healthy and happy and having amazing lives living in London.
Fingers crossed can't hurt either!!!!!
Love Rowena XXXXXXXX
Saturday, July 20, 2013
6 Months on!!!!
Hi Everyone,
I hope this email finds you well and pain free.
It is 6 months on and what a fantastic place to live!!!! We made it through winter and now it is a very warm summer. I can not believe the time has gone by so quickly. My son is so happy and so am I, we are so pleased that we made the move.
We are having to have another gene test. My genetic counsellor from NZ has asked Tris and I to have one more gene test, as there is apparently another genetic condition that is similar to EDS. Apparently my facial features do not match classical EDS, even though my atrophic scars, velvety hyper-extensibility skin, flat feet, molluscoid pseudotumors, joint hyper-mobility, muscle hypotonia and I had delayed gross motor development, do.
So on the 15th August, Tristan and I are off to St Georges Hopsital in London to visit the genetic services there. I am actually looking forward to meeting new genetic practioners who have perhaps had more people with classical EDS and able to take a really good look at us. It will also mean that I will be able to book in my yearly MRI about my enlarged aortic root and have a medical base here for Tris and I in London. I am going to get them to look at my left hand as well, as my lower carpometacarpal joint keeps popping out of place and pushing back it in feels so gross..
I will let you all know how we get on.
Love Rowena XXXXXXXXXXXX
P.S: Why don't I suffer from fatigue like the other people who have EDS on YOUTUBE do???? I have never experienced this. This is a mystery to me.
I hope this email finds you well and pain free.
It is 6 months on and what a fantastic place to live!!!! We made it through winter and now it is a very warm summer. I can not believe the time has gone by so quickly. My son is so happy and so am I, we are so pleased that we made the move.
We are having to have another gene test. My genetic counsellor from NZ has asked Tris and I to have one more gene test, as there is apparently another genetic condition that is similar to EDS. Apparently my facial features do not match classical EDS, even though my atrophic scars, velvety hyper-extensibility skin, flat feet, molluscoid pseudotumors, joint hyper-mobility, muscle hypotonia and I had delayed gross motor development, do.
So on the 15th August, Tristan and I are off to St Georges Hopsital in London to visit the genetic services there. I am actually looking forward to meeting new genetic practioners who have perhaps had more people with classical EDS and able to take a really good look at us. It will also mean that I will be able to book in my yearly MRI about my enlarged aortic root and have a medical base here for Tris and I in London. I am going to get them to look at my left hand as well, as my lower carpometacarpal joint keeps popping out of place and pushing back it in feels so gross..
I will let you all know how we get on.
Love Rowena XXXXXXXXXXXX
P.S: Why don't I suffer from fatigue like the other people who have EDS on YOUTUBE do???? I have never experienced this. This is a mystery to me.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Now living in London!!!!!
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and pain free and had a wonderful start to 2013.
Tristan and I have made it to London, safe and sound and happily living in Sutton, SURREY.
I am looking forward to discovering the English EDS Support Groups and hopefully meeting people with EDS. The UK Support Group website is: http://www.ehlers-danlos.org. I hope to make contact with people who can share with me how they are living with EDS and the kind of support that they are getting from the UK Support Groups.
I'll let you know!!!
Love Rowena and Tristan
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxx
I hope you are all well and pain free and had a wonderful start to 2013.
Tristan and I have made it to London, safe and sound and happily living in Sutton, SURREY.
I am looking forward to discovering the English EDS Support Groups and hopefully meeting people with EDS. The UK Support Group website is: http://www.ehlers-danlos.org. I hope to make contact with people who can share with me how they are living with EDS and the kind of support that they are getting from the UK Support Groups.
I'll let you know!!!
Love Rowena and Tristan
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxx
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