The Ladies Lifestyle

My 2 Favs I am no stranger to illness and being sick, hence, Periods Should Knot Be Painful . I have been what people call, "sickly" for a large portion of my life. From vomiting, having high fevers, and being bedridden EVERY Christmas until I was about 18, to being plagued with diseases like Endometriosis, PCOS, Adenomyosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, etc. Because I was sick often, I commonly heard comments like, she is always sick, you always in pain, you will never have kids, what's wrong with her now, and other bull crap. It was words like this that made me absolutely hate the sick portion of myself. I didn't want to be ill. I didn't ask to be ill. I didn't have a say in deciding what my body chose to do but I was somehow at fault for all the ills that continuously overtook me. So as a child, I divided myself into two people, there was the Sick Me and the Well Me. When I would become sick, I would hide in my mom's room, she would eithe...

If there is any advantage to living with an invisible illness, it is the invisible aspect. While this element often comes with more challenges than benefits, there are still a few benefits. However, with an Invisible Illness like PCOS, there are a few outward signs that will give an indication that something is going on in a woman's body. All of my Reproductive Life, I have had issues. From the very young age of 11 to this present day, my period continues to be a daily challenge for me. On the other hand, it was my period or should I say the disappearance of my period that told me something abnormal was going on in my body. It would take years and several doctors before I was diagnosed with PCOS.  Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS) is a hormonal disorder of the Endocrine System in women. Woman with PCOS suffer with internal issues like ovarian cysts, infertility, irregular periods, and so much more. Unlike diseases like Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Menorrhagia, etc; PCOS does have ...

As I reflect on 2015 and all that I have learned in this year, I realized that I have never really shared me on my blogs. I talk about Endometriosis, Life, etc, and while those things are apart of my life, they are not the totality of who I am. So here are, 40 random, funny, weird, but factual things about me: 1. My name is Tamika(that should tell you the year in which I was born) 2. I turned 40 this year(no excuse for you to not have figured out the year of my birth) 3. I am the baby of my siblings 4. I was born and raised in Detroit! I bleed the 313 5. I am a mom but I have never given birth(take that infertility) 6. I am obsessed with all things hair, make up, and nails, like an unhealthy, a well laid sew in is orgasmic, probably needs to be looked into obsession 7. My parents and grandparents are deceased, I often feel like I am alone in this world. 8. I have a blankey that I have had since I was very young, I can't sleep without it, it goes everywhere with me, EVER...