Health Update

I found a new doctor that has titled my symptoms Chronic Fatigue & Fybromyalgia, which is what we've thought all along. It's frustrating to me because they are both so vague. It's like a last resort - we can't find anything else - so we'll call it this.

There's not an understood cause or a treatment other than pain medications. I try to get quality sleep, as much exercise as my body can tolerate and good nutrition which is what all the books recommend.

My last lab results showed that my iron was low, so I started on some supplements which have helped. I had two really good days right after I started taking them and was convinced that I was on my way to recovery but since then the improvements have been marginal. It's hard not being able to do anything to fix it but I know I'm doing the best I can.

The end is near...yet it's just beginning.

It's almost '08. I've been thinking about my New Year's resolutions and decided since my birthday is almost 1/2 way throughout the year that I'd do 6mo resolutions instead and then set new ones in August.

Ever since my mission I've made up 3x5 cards and posted them (usually in my bedroom). It's been fun to look back at all the initiatives from over the years.

My ward has been warm and welcoming. The sisters are great. I was recently set apart as the Relief Society Secretary. We've been studying Revelations in Sunday School - you know; wars, rumors of wars, etc. I feel like personally I'm living in the end (at the ripe age of 32 - yikes!), yet hoping for the page to turn and a new beginning to start. So here's to a new beginning and the hopes of improved heath.

Holiday Madness

So, I picked up a part-time job at Macy's for the holidays. It's crazy fun. I've already made new friends, sold hundreds of dollars in jewelery and cleaned up their work space. It was filthy!

My legs hurt but I think they are getting stronger. I can now stand for 2-3 hrs at a time. I'm wiped-out at the end of each shift and it takes 12-14 hrs of sleep to bring the pain back into a more normal range. If I'm patient my body can turn things around. It means not getting other things accomplished but that's the price I pay right now.