Chris Pearson

About a year and a half ago I laid in bed in so much pain I could not get up. I debated just peeing right there. My wife helped me up and we proceeded to the ER. Such a fun experience. Jk. So when the came in with pain killers and steroid shots I was in disagreement. The nurse says "what's wrong?" our very best friend was with me. (Our son was only 1 at the time, he did not need to be in there) she told the nurse "he doesn't like or want pain meds." she follows with "then why did you come here?" Wow. But I took it anyway. I had already been working for months in absolute pain. Walking half sideways and what not. So 5 pain pills, 3 steroid "z pack" things, 2 MRIs, 1 full body CT scan, 2 xrays, and multiple blood panels later we reached no resolve! I'm an ox on paper. That gets us to a fibromyalgia diagnosis. Ok.... Here's where it's gets really bad. They prescribed me Cymbalta. I fought with my insurance company and everything...thinking this must be it. (meanwhile I've been out of work for 2 months at this point and also paying out of pocket for accupunture and chiropractic care...only thing that helped) It was a Monday morning, I had a great breakfast, and took half of what I was supposed to. The 15 hours That followed were the worst. Everything you hear in the commercial happens...blurry/tunnel vision...in and out the bathroom with dierrea and dry heaves...in and out of consciousness...no hand eye coordination...racing heartbeat...paranoia...I sat in a recliner, looking at my son, thinking this is it, my son's story will be how he was playing on the floor when his dad died in front of him. I WAS BY MYSELF! My wife came home and sat next to me with one hand on the phone...thinking maybe this time when I pass out mid convo again she may have to call 911. The next day I woke up and was able to get in with a nutritionist. He said maybe I should stop all grain. 48 hours later I started feeling/moving better. It only progressed from there. I got better and better. I lost 70lbs. I used low dose homemade edibles to curb the daily pain and up until 2 weeks ago thought this is as good as it gets. I do have to tell you also that before this I was a Craft Beer blogger, owner of a website, and on the verge of starting a consulting business. It all got taken away from me. Just like that. It did not matter. I wanted to be here for my family! I would have given a limb! I now am starting my own hard cider company called "Out Of Necessity" we specialize in making cider for beer drinkers! For the ones who wants it's about that eureka moment and turning tragedy into triumph