Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 5!

Thank you all for the well wishes and the links and ideas!

I do not believe I was bit by a spider of any kind. Why? Because I believe that whatever it was, was attracted to the sweat as I had a bunch of bites on my scalp as well at the same time. I guess it's not to say that whatever bit me in the face was the same as what bit my scalp though!
I am still reading up on spider bites as well as the fibromyalgia (spelling?) and anything else I can find with the symptoms I have. I see the dr again on Tuesday so maybe she will have some more insight or ideas. I doubt it though. The one thing I hate about Dutch medicine is the "give it a few weeks time" attitude. You get that a lot here. Not to say it is always a bad thing as most times, within a few weeks, whatever I have had has gone away but this time, I waited 3 weeks like she said and still had problems. (After having had them for almost a month before that!) At least she ordered tests right away after coming back. Now with the tests showing nothing though, I have the feeling she will say, just give it more time. I find it always hardest to not know what is wrong rather than knowing, even if it is bad. You can't fight what you don't know!

I will be sure to pass on the spider information to my fellow gardener. Perhaps he was bit by a spider.
There is also a sickness from the water in the canals sometimes, I have learned since this started. Since we use the canal water to water the gardens as we have no power in them, that is another possibility but again, I believe that would have showed up in the multitude of blood tests I just had.

I do not recall getting bit by a mosquito ever in the garden so I don't believe it was anything like that but again, I just can't say 100% as I really don't know what bit me!

I am taking a natural approach at the moment. I bought some green tea today (with cranberries! YUM!) and am hoping maybe it will help boost my system anyway, if nothing else. I heard that green, white and oolong tea, even once a week, have some mighty strong healing properties in different ways. We'll see if it helps anything. At least I feel like I am doing something even if I don't know what the problem is. Boosting your system is always good no matter what so what have I got to lose, right?

Anyway, thank you all for the leads! You just never know which one might be the answer!

Today, of course, I have another page from the Halloween Kate album! This page is similar to the quick page I did for a normal, 12x12 album. This one just has a bit less in it as it is smaller.
The quick page is in the store if you are interested! Plus, it's 30% off! :o)
The background on both of these pages (Kate album and regular quick page) is a photo I took of the moon one night.

Here is what you will be getting today:

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Don't forget to check the other designer blogs for more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/