So Blessed.

My parents are so wonderful. Due to my current health condition I cannot care for myself in the ways I normally can. They have opened their home to me. My mom has a cute little sitting room here and she put a mattress in there and some other nice things and set up the room nice and cozy for me. This way I have privacy and a place to go. Last night my pain was just unbearable so she ran a hot bath with lavendar epsom salts and lit some wonderful candles and turned off the lights and got me in the tub. It was just the sweetest thing ever. Then my youngest brother, Jason, wanted to be with me, so he slept on my floor right next to me last night. Ah, I just love my family!!

Update

Well, the pain is still here and quite real. Once I have more information from my doctor I will post the details. There will be a surgery soon though. I am just continuing to truck along and counting my blessings. At this point I have to be on some pretty strong pain meds basically all the time in order to have the pain at a level I can tolerate. That is a bummer and so is laying in bed most of the time. However, I have so many wonderful people in my life whom I can depend on. Last week my parents were out of town and so was Gary. The fam got home yesterday and Gary gets home tonight, but I had friends stopping by last week and my Auntie Linda took me to appointments and brought me food. It was so sweet. I am also SO GRATEFUL for how gracious my employers have been. It really shows me how much God loves me and is finding favor in me throughout this season of time. Work has allowed me to login remotely and get paid for whatever hours I am able to work from home. I am stopping into the office when possible to do work that can only be completed in my office. Also, on Tuesday my supervisor and I will be meeting with a new woman who will take on some of my duties while I am recovering from surgery. I continue to think about how blessed I am to be able to do this and save my job. I could have easily lost my job two months ago when I was constantly leaving early and calling in sick when this pain was not quite as bad as it is now and we had no idea where it was coming from. Then I would be in a situation with no medical insurance! Yikes!! Oh, God love me. I don't deserve it but that's the beauty of grace.

That's pretty much all I've got for now!

Much love.

Shamrock Run with Andrea!!!

If you are wondering, the answer is, YES, we totally ran the race with these awesome headbands that I scored at the Dollar Tree!! We had so much fun!!

Running and stuff...

I thought I would write today and catch up on what's been going on recently. I will add photos soon. :)

SO, bad news first; some know about the health issues I have been facing recently. Unfortunately I continue to be in chronic pain at least a few days a week. I am working with different specialists and a PT, and hoping to see some results soon! It has been difficult because pelvic pain is so "invisible." It is not something that others' notice just by being around me, so although I take it seriously because I can feel it, it has been lonely at times because when I am home from work or not feeling up to going out I don't know that others quite get it. With that said, I am still blessed to have such wonderful loved ones who are there for me whether they can feel it or not! :)

On the brighter side, I am blessed to have a job that has granted me loads and loads of grace for missing work!! I can't imagine it much better. Also, my boyfriend is just super rad and we are still going strong.

The Shamrock Run was yesterday, and I have not ran in 6 whole weeks due to my health status. Even though I have talked about it, in the back of my mind I was uncertain if I would make it to the race, pending my pain level that morning. Well, awesome news- I made it!!! Andrea and I were running late, so we ran across downtown from my apartment with no breakfast or water with minutes to spare before the 8k! We ended up kicking some major butt, and finished in just over 45 minutes!!! YAY!!! I am still on a high from it! I am so very thankful that I was able to make it, and even more that my body held up fabulously and I was able to really perform. Andrea and I make an awesome team encouraging and challenging each other the whole way! I must admit, the first couple of miles were rough... I had quite the potty mouth going up the hills, but we made it and ran the last mile as fast as we could... it was great weaving through people on the last stretch! I LOVED IT!!!

Praise Reports!

Soooo, guess who is sleeping completely medication-free, all through the night and waking rested. Yep, that would be yours truly!!! I guess it's really only been a couple of nights but I am beyond hopeful that it will continue! It has been at least 5 years since I have slept without meds! PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Wooohooo!!!

Oh, and some of you know about my struggle with chronic pelvic pain. Lately it has been continuous and debilitating. I am currenlty on day 3 of pain less than a level 5 constantly!!! Holla!!! :)