The other day I went to a Kenwood Cooking Chef launch, and I can say that it got me excited about cooking again.  About a year ago I started to read some really nice review of the Cooking Chef on different Fibromyalgia blogs.

What is so nice about this machine is that it combines about four machines into one.  You can chop your food, mix your bread or cake, it comes with blender, and it cooks your food, yes I did say cook your food, you can do this all in one machine.  I can not wait to get my hands on one to use for a few days, to really test it out, that is if they trust me with it.  The Cooking Chef is going to sell about 7,000AED (about $1905) and that is a lot of money to put down on a machine that you think will make your life a little easier.

For me it is hard to work all day and also to make sure that we have something good and healthy to eat, this I believe will make it a lot easier.  You just have one machine that looks good sitting out on your cabinets and not four different machines.  Also you can set it to cook (you set the timer and temp) and walk away to do other things that need to be done. The Cooking Chef stirs as it cooks, so you do not have to worry about it burning and you can make more delicate dishes, with not much more work.

It comes included in the box, food processor attachments, blender attachment, 6.7L bowl, spatula, small scraper, steam basket, stainless steel K beater, whisk, spiral dough hook, stirring tool, flexi beater, and of course you can get many other attachments. There are about 30 different attachments with this machine, from Kenwood.  If you can not find that something special to cook, the Cooking Chef has it’s own Cooking Chef Club, for great recipes.

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Mark your calenders May the 15th is Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day.  I encourage anyone that is affected by this, to use your voice to tell your story.  By sharing our stories we can help educate and raise the awareness of this very complex disease.  Better yet, we can use our voices to let others know that they are not alone in this battle and that we there for each other.  Please let me know of any actives that you are planning on doing to spread the word about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

You can find out some other actives that are happening in the the US at About.com.

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I am just going to come right out and say it, Fibromyalgia sucks!

That is right, anything to do with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatique Syndrome, is horrible.  You never know what will come next and just when you think you might understand this disease, it changes on you.  You have to learn that you just can not do the things you want to do, and you will never be able to things like you did before.  I have never been one to complain about Fibromyalgia, I have just tried to go with the flow or the bumps that it gives me, but I am tired of doing that.

One of the worst thing about Fibromyalgia is that you are not just fighting the disease, you are fighting for treatment, you are fighting for answers, you are fighting for your life (your daily living), you are fighting to be apart of your family and to take care of your family, you are always in a fight for something.  So, if Fibromyalgia doesn’t make you tired, all the fighting will, that I will promise you.

People with Fibromyalgia are fighters, we have to be, if we want a life.  We go to work, when we should just be in bed, we cook dinner, when we should be in bed, we clean house, when we should be in bed, we put a smile on our face, when we should be in bed, we put that 110% in just to get out of bed, just to get to work, and that does not count the 110% we put in at work, just to make it look like we are fine and there are no problems.

Some people still thinks that our only problem, is that we are depressed and that we just need to get over whatever it is that is making us depressed.  Well if you have Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome you know that it is much bigger than just being depressed.  For anyone that has a chronic diseases or chronic pain may benefit from talking to a professional, to begin some of the understanding, healing, and coping skills that we all need.

I think I am at the point where I need to learn some of those coping skills, and to let go some of the guilt, of not being able to do everything and the extra burdens I put on my family. It is never a question for me, I know that I will push for tomorrow and to try to get everything done on my list, but the truth is that most likely I am not even going to come close to finishing my list. That is something that I need to accept and understand that this is the way of life now.  I want to live my life the fullness, now I just have to figure out how to do that with my new/old friend Fibromyalgia.

Have you benefited from professional help in dealing with depression or coping skills and Fibromyalgia?

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