Stress and Diet

Wow, February has started with so many challenges!  We have had some issues this month that we don't normally deal with and it has been stressful.  Our electric bill nearly tripled, we had money stolen from our bank account our phone situation became muddled because we wanted to try a new carrier and all that after a bout of flu in the house!

Let's start with the flu.  With my autoimmune diseases it is safe to say that I have a compromised immune system.  I try to do what the doctors tell me and get the necessary vaccinations.  I did get the flu shot this year, as did my husband.  The kids got the flu mist as that was all that was available.  Well two weeks ago the flu hit our house.  All of us ended up getting one symptom or more and we were all pretty miserable.  Our youngest had the worse case with varying cases in between.  I ached all over, was miserable.  We muddled through that and got everyone back to school or work.

So after that stress we found out about the money being siphoned from our account and ended up having to close it.  It is so sad that people like to take what is not theirs.  Then our electric bill being so high.  All of this stressed me out and I had a very bad flare up of Fibromyalgia.  I am doing better after much praying but I am still swollen and achy.

I am slowly learning that my life is going to be different.  Different than it used to be.  Different than my husband's or my childrens'.  My life is different than most of my friends.  I do have a few that suffer from autoimmunity so they understand.  My problem with stress is I don't like to burden others with how I feel so I usually keep it to myself until I can no longer deal then it all comes out very badly.

One problem that I deal with is how I cannot function well and that means I don't want to cook.  When I feel this way we don't eat so well.  I am determined to make some meals that can be frozen and placed in the crockpot or put in the oven from the freezer.  I just need to plan it and shop for it and then do it!

If you have any suggestion on this, I would love to hear them!