A few days ago I decided to make my own photography banner to advertise. LACasting has been updating my photos for me but sometimes I wonder if I put them to work too much by switching out photos and telling them what I wanted.
That was Friday. Since then I have booked 7 appointments in 2 days (all wanting to get in as soon as possible). And this is November which is normally my slow month.
I know it is too early to say but if this keeps up I will need to get a bigger studio.... and an assistant. Seriously though, I am very happy with the calls coming in but I am even happier with their reactions when they leave. They all say that they can't believe how patient I was and how I made them feel very at ease to get a natural smile or look from them. Not to mention how great I was working with their kids. Those kind of things make me feel very good about what I do.
As of today November 14th, I have surpassed my total from all of last year. Hopefully the trend will continue for 2012.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
My Left Foot
Shortly after returning from China about 5 weeks ago I woke up to a sharp pain in my left big toe. Initially I thought I twisted it somehow in my sleep and started to ice it down. But over the course of the next few days it got progressively worse with swelling. I started to do some research on the internet and came up with gout as the possible cause.
Immediately I started watching my caffeine intake and drink baking soda water and Apple Cidar vinegar. I also had to take ibuprofen every night before I went to bed otherwise I would wake up to a rude awakening. Two weeks go by and no change for the better. However I did start feeling lower back pain that eventually went to my neck. Okay now I am getting really frustrated. Not only can I not walk very well but I can't bend over or turn my head. Solution: more ibprofen. Not to mention my mom worried me about having diabeties. Thanks mom for that one. Also, I kept getting conflicting information from the internet as well from it being a nerve disorder to a sprain toe and even HIV. DUDE!!!!!
Finally I had enough. Last friday I checked around for a cheap doctor to go to (since I do not have insurance) and stumbled upon a practice for media, television and the arts. They asked if I had a SAG card and low and behold I did. They got me in immediately and ran tests with my blood and took xrays... all for only $25. I know!!!!!
Yesterday I get the news that everything is normal. Good to know that I do not have any life threatening disease but not good in the fact that I am back to square one. I did do some more research and found that even though it may not show up on an xray or blood sample that gout could still be present. So the past 2 days I have tried to drink as much water as possible in hopes of flushing this thing out.
I think I feel better but I won't know for sure until I am able to wake up in the morning without having to take ibuprofen the night before. I plan on waiting a few days before I try that again.
I am just hoping this thing gets resolved before Hawaii at the end of the month.
Immediately I started watching my caffeine intake and drink baking soda water and Apple Cidar vinegar. I also had to take ibuprofen every night before I went to bed otherwise I would wake up to a rude awakening. Two weeks go by and no change for the better. However I did start feeling lower back pain that eventually went to my neck. Okay now I am getting really frustrated. Not only can I not walk very well but I can't bend over or turn my head. Solution: more ibprofen. Not to mention my mom worried me about having diabeties. Thanks mom for that one. Also, I kept getting conflicting information from the internet as well from it being a nerve disorder to a sprain toe and even HIV. DUDE!!!!!
Finally I had enough. Last friday I checked around for a cheap doctor to go to (since I do not have insurance) and stumbled upon a practice for media, television and the arts. They asked if I had a SAG card and low and behold I did. They got me in immediately and ran tests with my blood and took xrays... all for only $25. I know!!!!!
Yesterday I get the news that everything is normal. Good to know that I do not have any life threatening disease but not good in the fact that I am back to square one. I did do some more research and found that even though it may not show up on an xray or blood sample that gout could still be present. So the past 2 days I have tried to drink as much water as possible in hopes of flushing this thing out.
I think I feel better but I won't know for sure until I am able to wake up in the morning without having to take ibuprofen the night before. I plan on waiting a few days before I try that again.
I am just hoping this thing gets resolved before Hawaii at the end of the month.
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