Lulu's Adventure's

Hello 2017! Yes!  It's HERE!  2017 has arrived.  whether I like it or not, the new year has come.  SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST POST! Thanksgiving Day 2016, was the most beautiful, lovely, magical day you could ever imagine.  Full of happiness, Family and joy.  THEN..the magic ended.  The evening of November 24, 2016..My dear wonderful loving brother, Paul Randal Stay, ended his mortal journey, after spending the day with those he loved, his wonderful mother, his children, and of course his baby sister me, yours truly.   I had my birthday.  I survived.  I have gained weight.  I'm dealing with it.  My body is protesting.  It aches from here to kingdom come!  I guess I need to take the little dog for that walk.  Snow and Cold weather or not!  (sigh.)  HEAVY SIGH!   

For those of you who have been around me in the recent past, you know who Lulu is. For the rest of you, fasten your seat belts. I tell my story, and how Lulu came about, in hopes that I can learn something as well as helping others along the way. During the Spring of 2005, I began to have some real annoying things happen to my body.....Felt terrible....rapid weight gain, bloated like the goodyear blimp. After undergoing some torture like tests, I was finally diagnosed with Hepatitis C. BOOM! (did you just see the floor hit rock bottom?) To confirm this diagnosis, I had to undergo a Liver Biopsy....Heard it was brutal. It wasn't too bad, until I heard the Dr. say..."Crap, I didn't get Liver tissue, you are going to have to have another one." WAIT! You missed my LIVER!? How could they miss my liver! (yes, he did...But he got Skeletal muscle! Needless to say, I got a different doctor! Long story short...I have just finished 1 year of absolutely "happy ...