I have not updated my blog in a while. Being an experienced x-ray technologist that only works weekends has its advantages when you are needing some extra money. In the past 3 weeks I have filled in at my current workplace, taking on extra hours, along with working at 2 different clinics. I was concerned that it would stress my body out to the point of putting myself into a flare. It should have since I was working 6 days a week when I am used to only working 2. However, it did not and, even though I am still skeptical, I think I know why.
It all started with a Facebook message:
"This is Chris Garrison(Avon). I have something exciting I want to share with you. I am taking a product that I've been told helps with fibromyalgia, it has helped theirs, I don't have it so I can't testify. I can testify that it has helped me to FINALLY lose weight. It also has a product that has helped my husband to FINALLY get pain relief from severe back pain."
I have met with Chris a handful of times because of our relationship through selling Avon. She is a great lady and is not a pushy sales lady. She is genuine and for her to tell you about something out of the blue, it is kind of a big deal. So when I received her message I definitely took notice. I wrote her back and let her know that I am always up for anything that might help my fibro and asked if she had a sample. She did, we met up, and the change is subtle, but noticeable.
While I do direct sales, this is not something I plan to push. It is a direct sales company and you can sell these products. However, I feel that I would be doing my fibromyalgia friends a disservice if I didn't tell you about something that I am trying that might help you as well. The stuff is called Plexus Slim. It is a weight loss product but there are other supplements that the company offers that are very intriguing in their claims. I have been doing Plexus Slim and Accelerator for 2 weeks now. Those are the samples that I bought from Chris and I truly believe that is why I did not go into a full blown flare the 3 weeks that I just finished up. Plexus Slim is a drink that you throw into some water and drink. It keeps me full and makes me not want to eat everything in site. The Accelerator is something that helps maintain your energy. It doesn't make you all jittery and amped up. I still felt tired, but felt like I could keep going...if that makes sense. I went a week without the Plexus while I waited for my order to come in. And bam...I went into a flare. I wasn't working the gross amount of hours or anything so I thought I would be safe. I was wrong.
I got my Plexus order in yesterday. After doing various direct sales companies, I have come to realize that the quickest way to get the most amount of product for the least amount of money is usually to sign up. So I am at Ambassador status with a website (www.plexusslim.com/jenniferholmes if you want to check it out) and can sell the products if I want. I just wanted a great deal and I got an awesome deal. I got all the products that I wanted to try for a little over $200. That sounds like a lot, and it is, yet when I know it was going to cost me $114 alone to order the 2 products that I had been taking and I wanted to try others, it became a very good deal.
My kit came with the usual promotional stuff which has been fun to read. I'm sure that you can make money at this and there are tons of testimonies showing that you can. However, I'm interested in what the products do. I tried the Fast Relief cream yesterday. My left hand was in horrible pain. I could hardly grip anything and the pain was indescribable. Chris had told me great things about the Fast Relief cream and how it had helped her husband. I pulled it out and tried it first. I rubbed it on both hands and my right hand began to tingle a little bit and my left hand, with all the pain, began to warm and tingle and I noticed the pain start to subside. Where it had been brutal it turned into a dull ache which I could definitely tolerate. My grip strength also returned. There is a pill that accompanies the cream. The cream works from the outside in and the pill is supposed to work from the inside out. The two working together do far greater work than to the two working by themselves.
I am still researching the other things that came in my kit so I don't want to go into detail on those things until I see how they act with my body. I will say that during the 2 weeks that I did the Plexus Slim I lost a total of 3lbs and 2 inches off of my body. That doesn't sound like much, but it really is a big deal because I did NOTHING different. I still ate out. I hardly exercised. I slept really well. I felt good.
I don't want to push this product on anyone at all. However, I know that many of you who read this are grasping for ANYTHING that might help you and this is what is currently helping me. I have gone without my pain meds since starting it and have been sleeping great so no need for a sleeping pill. I encourage you to check out the products if you are grasping. Research them and weigh whether or not they might work for you. Only you can determine what is best for you and your treatment of Fibromyalgia.
