How do months just fly by like the last four have? I'm not quite sure but they have really zoomed! Time flies when you're having fun right?
Since my last post I've still been getting my iv treatments once a week. Yes, in case you are wondering I am getting so sick of it! It is harder in the summer just because all I want to do is be outside but really it is only a few hours once a week and then I bolt out of there. I am feeling a lot better lately. The worst is my memory and balance, at least those are the only symptoms anyone else ever notices. These two are the hardest for me too, because I've always had a great memory and my balance has always been great to do all the active things I love to do. I'm getting all my information sent to a Dr. in Reno and my surgery should be scheduled by the end of the month. I can't wait and I know this is going to do the trick. I often wonder what I'm going to do with all my time when I don't have to deal with this crap anymore. Yes, I'm going to be better soon! Don't ever doubt me and don't try to tell me I won't be! :)
Trey and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on Sunday. It is crazy to me how two years can go by just like that. I honestly keep forgetting if it has been one year or two. That may be just my brain at the moment but it really seems like yesterday I was in that wedding dress!
We have been outside and golfing A LOT this summer! It has been so fun for us to have something we both love to do and we can do together. We have spent so much time together and I have loved every minute of it! I can't ever get enough of the people I love! Life is too short not to enjoy every second you have here on the earth!
I love summer and everything in my life right now! Positve always wins!
8.10.2010
4.11.2010
Always behind!
Wow, I can't believe how life has been SCREAMING by! It's just crazy how December has turned to the middle of April without even thinking about it!
So much has happened since my last post. Trey broke his back, I've been halfway laid off and so has Trey. Trey had a body cast for 7 weeks. The cast was removable and went from his hips to just under his pecs. It has healed most the way, we are guessing, we havn't had another xray yet. Xrays don't come cheap so I'm sure it will be a few weeks, if at all. Trey's such a trooper, he hasn't even complained much about how he feels. I guess that's either because he's awesome, it doesn't hurt that bad, or he knows his wife is mean and won't put up with it even though she can complain as much as she feels necessary :)
We went to Vegas on the companies dime at the end of February :) We had so much fun! We stayed at the Venetian and walked are guts out! It was a good thing there was so much walking because so much eating accompanied it that we came out almost even. Trey had his body cast on for his broken back and his sneeky belly was trying to come out the top of the thing! None of my pants would fit but we had so much fun, just the two of us. We would have had a lot more fun if it wasn't for those pesky meetings. We did learn a lot about all the new and exciting things coming from Lennox though so it was all good. I know it doesn't sound like much fun to learn about HVAC hardware but it kind of was. I got a new thermostat out of the deal and my bedroom is now much warmer :)
I've still been getting my iv's weekly. Most of the time driving to Poky at 7 am every Saturday. Sometimes I have to change the days to accomodate a lot more fun things, like bridal showers, wedding receptions, baptisms, ya know the things in life you just can't miss for anything.
Switching the days up hasn't been as hard as usual because I've only been working three days a week until last week I started another job. This one I choose my own hours and work with my Mom so it is just moving things around to try to get things done. My second job is actually really fun and exciting even though anyone reading this probably wouldn't think so. You just have to know how much I love Rigby and the people here, then maybe it will be easier for you to understand how I could love this job. My mom and dad are involved in keeping all the records straight for the Pioneer Cemetery, the one on Hwy 48 next to the stake center. So last week when I wasn't working at Valley Glass, I was over at my moms on the Pioneer computer. I learned a lot from a guy who knows everything about the computer system used to keep plots straight. The cemetery is so much more interesting than you would ever think. It is split up into wards, blocks, lots, and spaces. It is hard to keep all these straight and when I bury someone, I usually know them or their family! I never thought about 99% of the things I've been learning but it has been cool to see how things work. When we get all caught up with the things we have to do, we are trying to do some cool things. Like have a website that shows which spaces are available so you can purchase one. It will also show who is buried where and we are even trying to get obituaries and a picture of the headstone attatched to the space where the person is buried. It will do a number for family history for sure! The picture thing is going to take a long time to get figured out, it does mean physically going out to the cemetery and taking pictures of each headstone... there are over 3500 people buried there now, and space for lots more! It really is exciting. I know I'm weird :)
Lu is here!!! We went to SLC last Monday and picked him up from the airport, he goes back to Texas on Wednesday so we have just been hanging out and enjoying seeing him since it has been forever and will be forever until we see him again!
Anyway... I think that is enough update for now. It is fajita Sunday so I better get moving!
So much has happened since my last post. Trey broke his back, I've been halfway laid off and so has Trey. Trey had a body cast for 7 weeks. The cast was removable and went from his hips to just under his pecs. It has healed most the way, we are guessing, we havn't had another xray yet. Xrays don't come cheap so I'm sure it will be a few weeks, if at all. Trey's such a trooper, he hasn't even complained much about how he feels. I guess that's either because he's awesome, it doesn't hurt that bad, or he knows his wife is mean and won't put up with it even though she can complain as much as she feels necessary :)
We went to Vegas on the companies dime at the end of February :) We had so much fun! We stayed at the Venetian and walked are guts out! It was a good thing there was so much walking because so much eating accompanied it that we came out almost even. Trey had his body cast on for his broken back and his sneeky belly was trying to come out the top of the thing! None of my pants would fit but we had so much fun, just the two of us. We would have had a lot more fun if it wasn't for those pesky meetings. We did learn a lot about all the new and exciting things coming from Lennox though so it was all good. I know it doesn't sound like much fun to learn about HVAC hardware but it kind of was. I got a new thermostat out of the deal and my bedroom is now much warmer :)
I've still been getting my iv's weekly. Most of the time driving to Poky at 7 am every Saturday. Sometimes I have to change the days to accomodate a lot more fun things, like bridal showers, wedding receptions, baptisms, ya know the things in life you just can't miss for anything.
Switching the days up hasn't been as hard as usual because I've only been working three days a week until last week I started another job. This one I choose my own hours and work with my Mom so it is just moving things around to try to get things done. My second job is actually really fun and exciting even though anyone reading this probably wouldn't think so. You just have to know how much I love Rigby and the people here, then maybe it will be easier for you to understand how I could love this job. My mom and dad are involved in keeping all the records straight for the Pioneer Cemetery, the one on Hwy 48 next to the stake center. So last week when I wasn't working at Valley Glass, I was over at my moms on the Pioneer computer. I learned a lot from a guy who knows everything about the computer system used to keep plots straight. The cemetery is so much more interesting than you would ever think. It is split up into wards, blocks, lots, and spaces. It is hard to keep all these straight and when I bury someone, I usually know them or their family! I never thought about 99% of the things I've been learning but it has been cool to see how things work. When we get all caught up with the things we have to do, we are trying to do some cool things. Like have a website that shows which spaces are available so you can purchase one. It will also show who is buried where and we are even trying to get obituaries and a picture of the headstone attatched to the space where the person is buried. It will do a number for family history for sure! The picture thing is going to take a long time to get figured out, it does mean physically going out to the cemetery and taking pictures of each headstone... there are over 3500 people buried there now, and space for lots more! It really is exciting. I know I'm weird :)
Lu is here!!! We went to SLC last Monday and picked him up from the airport, he goes back to Texas on Wednesday so we have just been hanging out and enjoying seeing him since it has been forever and will be forever until we see him again!
Anyway... I think that is enough update for now. It is fajita Sunday so I better get moving!
1.26.2010
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Gliding along...
Well, I've had two iv's since the one I talked about in my last post. Both have been great.
Saturday the 16th we were in Pocatello by 8. I got an iv of just minerals this day to build me back up after being so sick from the iv the week before. I felt good, only a very mild headache.
Saturday the 23rd I didn't go to Pocatello, I went to Tetonia for Ali's wedding at River Rim Ranch! It was beautiful and I was SO happy to be able to be there. It was a blizzard outside and I forgot my camera in the car :( I wasn't going out there again! I miss my friends! Any chance I can get to see them is a great day. Saturday was fun and I wish Ali the best of luck with the rest of her life. Josh seems like an awesome guy and I'm happy for her. She looked so gorgeous!
I now have Mondays and Tuesdays off from work until winter is over and business starts picking back up so I went for my iv yesterday the 25th. I got the chelation iv which is the one that made me so sick the last time. They only gave me a 3/4 dose this time to see if I could handle it and not get so sick. Guess what? It worked :) I had a really bad headache last night and had to get to sleep as soon as it started getting bad but no throwing up! Once I got to sleep, I slept all night and now I'm feeling great this morning! It seems like the symptoms are even starting to decrease.
I'm getting better and won't take anything less! Woo hoo!
Now, off to lunch with McKenzie and Sharis! Can't wait! I love my life!
Saturday the 16th we were in Pocatello by 8. I got an iv of just minerals this day to build me back up after being so sick from the iv the week before. I felt good, only a very mild headache.
Saturday the 23rd I didn't go to Pocatello, I went to Tetonia for Ali's wedding at River Rim Ranch! It was beautiful and I was SO happy to be able to be there. It was a blizzard outside and I forgot my camera in the car :( I wasn't going out there again! I miss my friends! Any chance I can get to see them is a great day. Saturday was fun and I wish Ali the best of luck with the rest of her life. Josh seems like an awesome guy and I'm happy for her. She looked so gorgeous!
I now have Mondays and Tuesdays off from work until winter is over and business starts picking back up so I went for my iv yesterday the 25th. I got the chelation iv which is the one that made me so sick the last time. They only gave me a 3/4 dose this time to see if I could handle it and not get so sick. Guess what? It worked :) I had a really bad headache last night and had to get to sleep as soon as it started getting bad but no throwing up! Once I got to sleep, I slept all night and now I'm feeling great this morning! It seems like the symptoms are even starting to decrease.
I'm getting better and won't take anything less! Woo hoo!
Now, off to lunch with McKenzie and Sharis! Can't wait! I love my life!
1.10.2010
The beginning...
First of all, if you are taking the time to read this really long post, I know you care about me and I want to say thank you!
Second, if you take the time to read this I DO NOT want ANY negative thoughts running through your head with me related to them. I need your positive thoughts and I need you to KNOW that I am well!
Some time in October I had something weird happen in my left arm. I didn't know then what I was in for... it felt like my arm had gone numb. I had to force my left hand to type each letter when I was on the computer, which just happens to be at home and at work. It bothered me a lot but I didn't say or do much about it. I went to the chiropractor and got adjusted, this seemed to work for a few hours and then it was back. I decided to ignore it and be positve about everything else in my life, the numbness slowly went away, but not all the way.
I've always had problems with my contacts. I've always had to take them out at night just because my eyes get so irratated. In October and November of last year my eyes started getting more and more irratated. By the first part of December I had decided to just wear my glasses for a while and see if I could get my eyes back to normal. I had worn my glasses everyday for a week when something even more out of the norm happened.
Thursday, December 10th, I was sitting on the couch facebookin' it up like usual while Trey was gone to class. I started to notice something going on with my eyes. It was like they were losing focus. I closed my left eye and could see perfectly. I closed my right eye and could see only blurriness. I figured I must be tired and shouldn't be on the computer anymore so I went to bed early. When I woke up the next morning, it was the same. I decided it would go away on its own and if it didn't I would go to the eye doctor Monday morning.
Monday, December 14th, I stayed home from work and was going to go to the eye doctor right at 8 so I could figure out what the deal was and get to work. Well, my eye doc was out of town so they sent me to the Idaho Eye Center in Idaho Falls. I guess being 24 years old and unable to see out of one eye is kind of a big deal. The Idaho Eye Center doctor took a look at my eyes, ran some tests, dialated my eyes and looked at them again. He couldn't see anything that wasn't normal. He told me it should go away on its own and not to worry because he saw nothing wrong with my eye and to come back the following Monday if it hadn't gone away.
I was a little upset about this. As many people know, I'm not a modern medicine type of girl. I just don't like or even believe in the non sense. I only went to this doctor to get a diagnosis so I could go to my own dr and get it taken care of. I was left with no diagnosis... just hope for it to go away. My eyes were now dialated for the rest of the day so I couldn't go back to work. My mom took me to Pocatello where I got an iv full of vitamins and good stuff, hoping maybe I just needed a boost. This didn't help my eye much but it did make some other pains I'd been having, and not paying attention to, lessen.
By the next Monday, December 21st, I still had extremely blurred vision in my left eye, so I went back to the eye dr at the Idaho Eye Center. He ran some other tests and still didn't see anything wrong with my eye but he did start believing that I really had no central vision and blurred peripheral in my left eye. So he set me up for an MRI to see if somthing was going on with my optic nerve.
Wednesday, December 23rd, two days before Christmas. I went and had an MRI at Teton Open MRI. I won't go into details about the actual MRI, just because I don't want anyone reading this who ever may have to go get an MRI in the future to worry about it, it will just make it far worse. It really wasn't that bad but took A LOT longer than I was told and expected.
When I finally got out of there I went to a late lunch with my mom and decided not to go back to work. I was just feeling overwhelmed. I went home to find my Trey Trey got off work early and was all showered and ready to just be with me for the rest of the day. I LOVE it when that happens. We watched tv and I napped while I waited for the results. About 4:00 the dr who had ordered the MRI called me himself. He was really a nice guy. He informed me that the good news was it looked like optic neuritis which is just an inflammation of the optic nerve and should go away on its own. The bad news is the small white spots all over the entire brain. What did these white spots mean I asked. His next words made all the symptoms I've been having for a long time make a lot more sense.
"The white spots on your brain mean you have ms or multiple sclerosis. Are you familiar with this disease?"
I couldn't help but smile, almost laugh actually. I could tell he was a little surprised at how I was taking the news. It did freak me out. A lot. I knew what the disease was and in that instant I knew that I had been having all of the symptoms of ms for months now. I thought to myself Merry Christmas! My next thought was... I will cure this! I will be a happy healthy person for the rest of my life! I WILL!
I got off the phone and told Trey. Of course I cried, I cried a lot and I did feel down. I did know deep down that I was going to be fine but it was hard news to hear. My mom called my dr and he ordered the MRI from Teton Open MRI. He confirmed that ms is what it looked like and he could help me. I was ready to be a happy girl and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, which I did.
December 27th I got a really bad cold. It was really hard to not be depressed. I went to work Monday, and on Tuesday I left early. I took Wednesday off and my boss decided I should just take New Year's Eve off too and get better. I lost my voice Thursday night and it finally started coming back Saturday morning. I was feeling pretty good by Sunday and had gotten over being depressed and decided to start my iv therapies for the ms and get back to work Monday the 4th.
I got my first iv Sunday night and got a bad headache. I'm taking this as a good thing. A headache means that crap is moving around in my brain and I'm getting better! So the headache lasted all day Monday and I took that day off too but Tuesday I felt great and was so happy to go back to work. It was a long day but I made it and I made it through the whole week. Yes, I have the most amazing boss in the world and I work with the best people ever! I'm so happy to still have my job after taking so much time off and they actually care about what I'm going through. Well, at least they act like they do, it makes me feel better! :)
My second iv was just yesterday and it made me sicker than the last. I shouldn't go into details so I won't. The only thing I need to remember is how much I love my husband, mom, and dog. They are the most amazing people and the best dog ever! In my time of need they are there for me! Thank you! I love you more than I could ever show with words!
I don't know if anyone cares or is even wondering what's been going on with me but I just want to have something to look back on when I'm finished with this journey. I want to know how I treated others who helped me through.
And... I need your prayers and positive thoughts... ONLY positive thoughts.
Second, if you take the time to read this I DO NOT want ANY negative thoughts running through your head with me related to them. I need your positive thoughts and I need you to KNOW that I am well!
Some time in October I had something weird happen in my left arm. I didn't know then what I was in for... it felt like my arm had gone numb. I had to force my left hand to type each letter when I was on the computer, which just happens to be at home and at work. It bothered me a lot but I didn't say or do much about it. I went to the chiropractor and got adjusted, this seemed to work for a few hours and then it was back. I decided to ignore it and be positve about everything else in my life, the numbness slowly went away, but not all the way.
I've always had problems with my contacts. I've always had to take them out at night just because my eyes get so irratated. In October and November of last year my eyes started getting more and more irratated. By the first part of December I had decided to just wear my glasses for a while and see if I could get my eyes back to normal. I had worn my glasses everyday for a week when something even more out of the norm happened.
Thursday, December 10th, I was sitting on the couch facebookin' it up like usual while Trey was gone to class. I started to notice something going on with my eyes. It was like they were losing focus. I closed my left eye and could see perfectly. I closed my right eye and could see only blurriness. I figured I must be tired and shouldn't be on the computer anymore so I went to bed early. When I woke up the next morning, it was the same. I decided it would go away on its own and if it didn't I would go to the eye doctor Monday morning.
Monday, December 14th, I stayed home from work and was going to go to the eye doctor right at 8 so I could figure out what the deal was and get to work. Well, my eye doc was out of town so they sent me to the Idaho Eye Center in Idaho Falls. I guess being 24 years old and unable to see out of one eye is kind of a big deal. The Idaho Eye Center doctor took a look at my eyes, ran some tests, dialated my eyes and looked at them again. He couldn't see anything that wasn't normal. He told me it should go away on its own and not to worry because he saw nothing wrong with my eye and to come back the following Monday if it hadn't gone away.
I was a little upset about this. As many people know, I'm not a modern medicine type of girl. I just don't like or even believe in the non sense. I only went to this doctor to get a diagnosis so I could go to my own dr and get it taken care of. I was left with no diagnosis... just hope for it to go away. My eyes were now dialated for the rest of the day so I couldn't go back to work. My mom took me to Pocatello where I got an iv full of vitamins and good stuff, hoping maybe I just needed a boost. This didn't help my eye much but it did make some other pains I'd been having, and not paying attention to, lessen.
By the next Monday, December 21st, I still had extremely blurred vision in my left eye, so I went back to the eye dr at the Idaho Eye Center. He ran some other tests and still didn't see anything wrong with my eye but he did start believing that I really had no central vision and blurred peripheral in my left eye. So he set me up for an MRI to see if somthing was going on with my optic nerve.
Wednesday, December 23rd, two days before Christmas. I went and had an MRI at Teton Open MRI. I won't go into details about the actual MRI, just because I don't want anyone reading this who ever may have to go get an MRI in the future to worry about it, it will just make it far worse. It really wasn't that bad but took A LOT longer than I was told and expected.
When I finally got out of there I went to a late lunch with my mom and decided not to go back to work. I was just feeling overwhelmed. I went home to find my Trey Trey got off work early and was all showered and ready to just be with me for the rest of the day. I LOVE it when that happens. We watched tv and I napped while I waited for the results. About 4:00 the dr who had ordered the MRI called me himself. He was really a nice guy. He informed me that the good news was it looked like optic neuritis which is just an inflammation of the optic nerve and should go away on its own. The bad news is the small white spots all over the entire brain. What did these white spots mean I asked. His next words made all the symptoms I've been having for a long time make a lot more sense.
"The white spots on your brain mean you have ms or multiple sclerosis. Are you familiar with this disease?"
I couldn't help but smile, almost laugh actually. I could tell he was a little surprised at how I was taking the news. It did freak me out. A lot. I knew what the disease was and in that instant I knew that I had been having all of the symptoms of ms for months now. I thought to myself Merry Christmas! My next thought was... I will cure this! I will be a happy healthy person for the rest of my life! I WILL!
I got off the phone and told Trey. Of course I cried, I cried a lot and I did feel down. I did know deep down that I was going to be fine but it was hard news to hear. My mom called my dr and he ordered the MRI from Teton Open MRI. He confirmed that ms is what it looked like and he could help me. I was ready to be a happy girl and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, which I did.
December 27th I got a really bad cold. It was really hard to not be depressed. I went to work Monday, and on Tuesday I left early. I took Wednesday off and my boss decided I should just take New Year's Eve off too and get better. I lost my voice Thursday night and it finally started coming back Saturday morning. I was feeling pretty good by Sunday and had gotten over being depressed and decided to start my iv therapies for the ms and get back to work Monday the 4th.
I got my first iv Sunday night and got a bad headache. I'm taking this as a good thing. A headache means that crap is moving around in my brain and I'm getting better! So the headache lasted all day Monday and I took that day off too but Tuesday I felt great and was so happy to go back to work. It was a long day but I made it and I made it through the whole week. Yes, I have the most amazing boss in the world and I work with the best people ever! I'm so happy to still have my job after taking so much time off and they actually care about what I'm going through. Well, at least they act like they do, it makes me feel better! :)
My second iv was just yesterday and it made me sicker than the last. I shouldn't go into details so I won't. The only thing I need to remember is how much I love my husband, mom, and dog. They are the most amazing people and the best dog ever! In my time of need they are there for me! Thank you! I love you more than I could ever show with words!
I don't know if anyone cares or is even wondering what's been going on with me but I just want to have something to look back on when I'm finished with this journey. I want to know how I treated others who helped me through.
And... I need your prayers and positive thoughts... ONLY positive thoughts.
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