Gratitude
As I sit and ponder the events of the past few weeks, I feel such gratitude for what I have, and for those who are a part of my life.
I have been finished with Interferon therapy for almost one year, and at last blood work check, my viral load is still undetectable. I have my up days and my down days, so I just try and plug along the best that I can. It can be frustruating, that I still have flare ups. I am trying to get more sleep, and that is always a good goal to reach for. I need to listen to my body better, and rest when it 'tells me to.'
My family continues to be supportive, even though they sometimes don't understand why I feel the way I do. I have finally begun to exercise, a little bit at a time, a few times a week, and I hope to be able to increase that as I get stronger. Now if I could just start losing excess weight that my liver does not need, life would really be cool! I'm working on it...
I have good friends. Many of them I have 'reconnected with' thru that ever addictive internet phenomenon Facebook. It is great to see how everyone has changed, yet stayed the same awesome people they were in the first place.
Erin, my niece, will be home from her mission in 20 days! Looking forward to converging on SL international airport, standing on the map of the world, waiting for her to come down the escalator. I intend on being quite the wild and proud Aunt. (If I get too obnoxious, I will just blame it on my liver. It's called extrahepatic manifestations...some people will use anything as an excuse..but extrahepatic manifestations are real. Honest...if you don't believe me, look it up.)
My cousin Heidi is slowly improving. I now have the updates that we were so anxiously awaiting since Tuesday night. Blogs are a wonderful thing. I pray that she will continue to get stronger.
Wow, I jumped all over the place in this post didn't I? most of you are thinking...what else is new!
Kathy
I have been finished with Interferon therapy for almost one year, and at last blood work check, my viral load is still undetectable. I have my up days and my down days, so I just try and plug along the best that I can. It can be frustruating, that I still have flare ups. I am trying to get more sleep, and that is always a good goal to reach for. I need to listen to my body better, and rest when it 'tells me to.'
My family continues to be supportive, even though they sometimes don't understand why I feel the way I do. I have finally begun to exercise, a little bit at a time, a few times a week, and I hope to be able to increase that as I get stronger. Now if I could just start losing excess weight that my liver does not need, life would really be cool! I'm working on it...
I have good friends. Many of them I have 'reconnected with' thru that ever addictive internet phenomenon Facebook. It is great to see how everyone has changed, yet stayed the same awesome people they were in the first place.
Erin, my niece, will be home from her mission in 20 days! Looking forward to converging on SL international airport, standing on the map of the world, waiting for her to come down the escalator. I intend on being quite the wild and proud Aunt. (If I get too obnoxious, I will just blame it on my liver. It's called extrahepatic manifestations...some people will use anything as an excuse..but extrahepatic manifestations are real. Honest...if you don't believe me, look it up.)
My cousin Heidi is slowly improving. I now have the updates that we were so anxiously awaiting since Tuesday night. Blogs are a wonderful thing. I pray that she will continue to get stronger.
Wow, I jumped all over the place in this post didn't I? most of you are thinking...what else is new!
Kathy
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