The ravages of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism, showing the real me as I am unless I'm going out.

I can't believe I'm posting this but I promised you guys to be totally honest about all the aspects of this disease. One of  them is that you feel awful all the time. This is a never before seen picture of me with no makeup and my hair not done, just blow dried. I honestly hate posting this because I'm a very vain person, lol. I thank God every day for makeup and hair help, lol. I  was told once by a black friend of mine who saw me without makeup that white people shouldn't ever go without makeup,lol. In my case she was right. I just feel like a totally new person once I do all the things that make me me. The next couple of pictures will show you the transformation. You will never see me like this in public I can assure you!

This is the next step. I have my makeup on and my hair was "fixed" with the flat iron but as  you can see my hair has gotten very, very thin. I love my long hair & didn't want to cut it so I started looking for something to help me have a little help, add some thickness to it. My next picture shows you what I found and what it does!

Okay, this is how you see me out in public and why people tell me all the time I don't look sick. I'm glad I don't "look sick" because when I feel like I don't look my best I just don't feel  good at all. So, this is me with my Halotte Halo flip in that I mentioned before. It is so simple to use, it's  human hair (just not my human hair!) and the lady who does them matches your hair perfectly just from a picture. This flip in is attached to a very  thin wire, like fishing line kind of. You put it in with the wire close to the front of your head and then you began pulling your natural hair over the top of it with a special comb. Once I get it combed it you cannot tell it's not all my hair. It makes me feel  good and gives me confidence. I tried some before finding this one and they were awful and didn't match and weren't human hair so they just frayed badly. I wanted a human hair one that looks real and thankfully I found this wonderful lady that lives in England who hand makes these. She is now making me  a new one even though this one is still perfectly fine I  just wear it so much that I know it will eventually wear it o ut and want a stand by, lol. Maybe it's not for you, I'm not trying to sell anything on my blog, I'm just trying to be totally honest with you and show you and tell you what it's like to live with this disease. I haven't mentioned by feet yet in any of my post. I was diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy almost a year ago. My feet started burning so bad and they tingled and just were so painful it was hard to walk. I went to a Neurologist who did  absolutely nothing to help me. I started buying anything anyone recommended to me to stop the constant burning and hurting. It kept me from sleeping it was so bad. Now, finally, I find out that it isn't really neuropathy, it's another symptom of the hyperparathyroidism that I now know I have. It causes burning and tingling in the feet and sometimes even in your hands. I also found a product that actually works, stops the burning. It's a pair of socks I ordered one night when I was desperate for relief. I can't even explain them, they have a built in gel bottom on them and whatever is in that gel works, it stops the burning. The only thing is I have to wear those ugly black socks all the time and summer is coming and I want to wear sandal's  but I'm hoping I will be well by summer since I'm finally going to a doctor that I think can treat my disease and the symptoms will disappear or at least be manageable and the burning will be gone. I also  have burning in my eyes all the time. My eyes burn like your eyes burn when you have been in a swimming pool too long. So far nothing has helped my eyes so I'm still hoping all this will go away. Okay, now you've seen me as few people have ever seen me. Even in the hospital if  I'm not totally out of it or in ICU as I was twice Hamp knows to bring my makeup so I can at least put a little on. I don't make him bring my hair though, lol. I'm going to get a list of all the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism and just post it because there are many more I haven't talked about yet. Still hoping to help somebody that needs help badly as  I did.