TK Hash

Health Interests

RSDS,  Fibromyalgia,  Osteoarthritis,  CFS,  TMJ,  Spinal Stenosis,  Spondylosis

Drugs I am Taking

Fentanyl Patch,  Robaxin,  Neurontin,  Lodine

About Me

I am a sufferer of chronic pain, RSDS, 7 herniated discs that cannot be operated on, due to the RSDS spreading, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, spinal spondyliosis and degenerative disc disease, all due to a car accident I was involved in, when someone rearended me on January 6, 2006. All of this started just from a really bad case of whiplash and 4 herniated discs and I believe and have always believed that there is a reason for everything, what my destiny is, of yet, I do not know or what the purpose of this is, but I know that the Lord has a purpose for me in this life. I have been married for 12 years this September 20th and I am a mother of three biological children, all girls, (Nichole, 25, she is the one that has the four children and is a substitute teacher and is starting college next Spring to become a certified teacher. Laura, 18, she is at a crossroad in her life, where she is undecided what she is going to do with her life. Right now, she is just having some time off of school and life, in general, waiting for the moment for mature adulthood to set in. Kay, 14, she is in her first year of high school and very smart and beautiful. She is more like me than she wants to admit.) and helped my husband raise his two children, a girl and a boy,(Ciara 21, she is going to college to become a respiratory therapist. Jake 19, he is very comfortable in a well-paying job and is engaged to get married). I am also a grandmother of 4 beautiful children, three girls and a boy, (Erica 9, she is in the 4th grade and a cheerleader, very intelligent and inquisitive. Ashley, 8, she is in the 3rd grade a cheerleader, quiet and reserved, just like my daughter Kay. Allison 4, she is going to pre-school this year and is most talkative child there ever has been on the face of this earth. Last, but not least, Andrew, he is one, the only boy and the baby and and very spoiled by everyone in the family.) I also have 5 dogs, (Max, he is 8, a poodle and thinks he is a Rottweiler, Jade, 7, a pekipoo, Thor, 5 a Bullboxer, Ganga, 5 Bullboxer, Ak, 1/1/2 an Akita, Cirrus, 1 Bullboxer/Akita mix and the last of my dogs, Emma, she is a Yorkie, 1, and momma's baby and an iguana, Izzy, she is 4 and meaner than a snake), which I consider my children also. I am an animal and a nature lover, (as you can tell) and love to camp, fish, hike and nature walk. I love to go 4-wheeling also, but cannot do it as much I used to, due to the chronic pain that I have. I also work at home doing medical transcription for a company based out of Wisconsin. I have had an obssession that it still with me, since I was a child and that is the medical field. I worked in the medical field for 8 years, before my car accident, which led up to my physical condition and was unable to return to the work I loved the most, but the Lord opened up a door that I did not know existed, working at home, so I could continue working with my passion all of these years. It is not an easy position of employment, due to my fingers contracting on me when I type too much or the spasms in my back becoming so horrendous, that I have to go and lie down and take more meds to get them to go away, so I can continue. You see, my household is like so many these days, one income is not enough, so I have to work as much as possible, to just be able to buy groceries in my home, for my family to eat, but my worst pain is the RSDS, the burning pain that I cannot get away from, no matter what I do, when I have a flare. I have constant pain, but I have learned to tolerate the majority of my pain doing other things to keep my mind off of my aching body, but the best thing that I have in life is God. He guides my mind, my thoughts and give me the reprieve that I need to escape most of my pain. He carries my worries, stresses and my deep depression that this monster has caused my mind to be corrupt with. He is my rock. He is first and foremost in my life, because He is there for me and I give Him back what I can. My family and life would be nothing without Him.