I have to say, the biggest thing I've come away from GenCon with is the overwhelming sense of being fully and truly healthy again. :D I wasn't even thinking of it at the time, but GenCon was the biggest test yet of my health and fatigue level. Sleep devprivation, sensory overload, and energy requiring late night parties....and I was at work at 9 in the morning on Monday, for the most part doing pretty ok!

For those who may not know, I had chronic fatigue for a year and a half. (HAD....I can actually say HAD!!) I was unable to stand many days, work almost always...had to decide whether to shop for groceries or do laundry, cause I sure as hell couldn't do both in a day. And Jeremy and my family were totally there for me the whole time. We use accupuncture and herbs to control it enough for me to get married and go on a honeymoon, only to come back sick again..once again the "cure" was, well, not.

Enter the Holtorf medical group. They are awesome! At first I felt like they were taking me for every dollar they could, expensive doctor's visits, bagfuls of meds, lists of blood tests that seemed to go on forever...but they are awesome. A year later and I'm off all but two of the meds, the doctors visits are short and reasonable (longer initial visits are the expensive ones...they talk to you for like an hour about every possible symptom so they can treat you effectively) and I've been told that soon, I may not need treatment anymore at all.

So, background over, here's the bottom line. I stood my ground through every energy sucking, crazy funtime event that everyone else did, and, of everyone in LA, it seems like I'm the one who recovered the fastest, with no days off, no two hour naps (though I would have loved one), no getting sick. Not saying that everyone wouldn't have bee able to function were they not allowed their days off and naps. What I am saying is how amazed I am at how I did, and watching my friends take their extra rest makes me even more aware of it. Two years ago, I would have come home from GenCon (not having been able to stay up for most of the parties) and been sick and sleeping and unable to move for days or more.

I feel like jumping up and down and singing to the whole world: I'm healthy!!!!


NOTE: for anyone else who suffers, check out http://www.hormoneandlongevitycenter.com and http://www.fibroandfatigue.com

GenCon Details

Hi all,

Want to hear about the tons of crazy antics at GenCon? Wonder how on earth I survived?

Then check out this blog! Matt tells it better than anyone, and I was with him most of the whole time (except that I actually was at Killer Breakfast) ;)

I'm back!

GenCon was amazing! The people I met and got to hang out with were great! I love you Dead Gentlemen and Margaret Weis Publishing! You guys are the best!!!

I also finally, finally, FINALLY shook off the last of the funk that I've had since I was sick. I am now truly ME! Outgoing, high energy, crazy, funky ME!!!! So happy.

and I've made a promise to myself, that I'm making to all of you now too:

I am not turning back. Any time I (or anyone else) notices I'm going into a funk, I am going to stop, look at myself, and figure out why, what's wrong, and what needs to change, what's not working for me.

The first part of that: taking a break from voice lessons. I do love to teach, but it takes a lot of energy that I don't always have, and I have to drive a long way to do it, and it takes away my evenings and weekends. So, I'm taking a break. Not sure if it'll be a clean break, or slow, but it will happen. :D

GenCon!!!

I am SOO excited! Equally for the fun time that is GenCon and for a very much needed vacation! It'll be great to take a break.

I'm working as a salaried employee at Roadside now, and its still a great job, but I am starting to feel just a bit run down (entering bills all day will do that to you) so the two extra days off will be really nice. :)

I really don't know exactly what to expect at GenCon, but everyone says it'll be fun, and I know that even if the Con itself is not what I expect, I'll have a blast cause I'll be there with all my friends.

The one bummer is I won't be swing dancing this week cause I'm going to the Con, but there's a small hope that there may be a swing dance there. Here's hoping!