My Story

Lisa,

I really truly believe I have had fibromyalgia all my life, but it was after the birth of my fourth son that my illness made it self known in a big way. I already had the wrath of family coming down on me for having so many children.So with 4 little boys, ages 8,7 fifteen months, and a newborn, we had no help.

My husband, a computer programmer, came home when he could get there. We lived in Riverside he worked in Orange county. In all of this I was searching out why suddenly I was in so much pain and not finding answers. It took seven years. My mothers remarks were “If you would just got up off your lazy butt you would feel better.” –Nice mom.
It has taken her years to come to the conclusion that maybe
I have something. If I ended up in ICU, it would have been
my fault because of all the medications I was taking.

So I am skipping way ahead… I am now 55. I am still in
pain and I cannot say I have ever really gotten a handle
on the pain or the depression that hits. In the last nine
years my family and I have been homeless. I had a little
girl when I was days away from the age of 41. Until October
we lived in an 18-wheeler for two and a half years. We finally
came to live with my youngest son. My husband lost his job
a few weeks ago and now he is living in northern California
with my my second son. The bright side is I hope is that
he will be able to get a computer job again.

The fallout from my illness and our homelessness has been
overwhelming to say the least. I have come out of it with
the Lord telling me I am a writer and I do believe God has
a plan, but some days it is so difficult to understand why
I am still here. I am sure I will weather this latest storm
and I still have the ability to look in the sky for rainbows.
Hope it what keeps us going. When it is lost, we are lost.
Until He picks us up once more and I am here, you are not
alone.

Shared by Russana on our blog for Invisible Illness Week regarding the article, You’re too Young to Be That Sick. We’re sure she would love
to hear your encouragement. Please post your comments to
her at the blog site given above.

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