Since I did so well on my Black Friday shopping spree, I’m going to shop some more tomorrow for Cyber Monday. A lot of sites that had Black Friday sales are having sales tomorrow. I still need to buy gifts for my older daughter who finally gave me her gift list and some other family members. I may even be able to buy some things for my husband this year depending on how well I do with sales tomorrow.

I was thinking about getting him a watch as I read that men like to own more than one watch. He never tells me what he wants as a gift so I end up buying him small things (if we exchange gifts at all) that I know he doesn’t even like. I saw this website for replica watches that is having a sale tomorrow. I’ll be checking it out along with some others.

As a mom who has many health issues that cause me to have problems parenting I can relate just a bit to what Kelly is going through. Kelly was diagnosed with Leukemia on Thanksgiving Day. She has been hospitalized ever since and will be so for at least a month.

Kelly’s daughter Jenelle has a rare form of Epilepsy, called Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Her seizures are not easily controlled and she has many other health problems and developmental issues too. Imagine how difficult it must be for Kelly to be sick and away from Jenelle?

I can’t even think about it, but Kelly is being as strong as possible as you can see from her blog Jenelle’s Journey.

Now here’s the really important part, we can do something to help Kelly, Jenelle, her son, and her husband. We can pray and send good thoughts their way. And we can join Bonnie from Autism Family Adventures by donating some money to purchase some gift cards. The family needs help with groceries, gas to travel back and forth to the hospital and some gifts for the children to help them through this difficult time.

Even a few dollars will help and you’ll feel so much better by doing this.

With President-Elect Obama only 58 days away from becoming President, we know that change is coming our way. One thing we can expect is an overhaul of the present health insurance issues we face now.

I am very fortunate to have coverage from my husband’s insurer and Medicare as my secondary. I still do have to pay a co-pay for prescription medications though. It is not bad considering what others pay and for the amount of medications that I take. We just got a letter in the mail, though that shook us to the core. The price of our co-pay for prescriptions has increased $30 for Brand Name drugs. Many of the meds that I take are not available as generics. So we are in a bit of a bind here, especially knowing how badly the economy is going.

We really don’t have a choice to look for a health insurance quote because we have the best policy my husband’s job offers. It’s just another thing that we have to consider in our budget. We do hope that there will be changes to include people like us that have coverage but the money that we spend out of pocket still continues to be a burden. I believe that Obama will take these issues into consideration.

All Moms need some time away from their children. It is a natural thing, nothing to feel guilty about. Those of us who have a chronic illness may require a break from caring from our children. I know that there were times when my daughter was a toddler that I was afraid about her safety when I was very sick. I was sometimes so sleepy or weak that I didn’t know if I would react quickly enough when she did something dangerous.

There were times after I went through a bad flare, or after a hospital stay that my husband and I needed a weekend away. We want to pack up our Rimowa Luggage and spend some time, just the two of us.

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My husband just called me from work today and told me that he’s feeling sick too. His stomach was upset and then he couldn’t keep his food down. I feel terrible for him because he won’t stop working and we have to go to our daughter’s school chorus recital tonight, plus with me being sick he has a lot of other responsibilities. I’m going to try to do more so he can rest and get better, but knowing him, he won’t let me.

One thing I know for sure with this stomach bug, we won’t need to buy alli as this bug lasts a while and you end up losing a lot of weight. It’s not the way you want to do it, believe me, because it’s not pretty. I sure hope it doesn’t last a long time for him.

I’ve been very weak and sleepy for over a week now, but it’s been much worse these last few days. I call it feeling like a rag doll. These are the symptoms I get from Myasthenia Gravis. I can’t tell you how many hours I sleep, or even how when I wake up I end up falling asleep again. I can’t even fight it.

It is a terrible feeling. The thing that upsets me the most is not being aware of what’s going on around me. My poor daughter has been pretty much without a mother for the last few weeks. I drive her to and from school, barely. But as for anything else, she’s on her own. My husband of course has his full time job and then another one when he gets home. He feels as if he’s going round and round on fitness equipment, like a treadmill and not getting anywhere.

I’m hoping that these symptoms get better soon so I can get back to living the somewhat normal life I’ve been.