Post #420 . . .
The good news is that the sores on my legs are definitely looking better …. Guess the medication is working & now that I’ve avoided all lanolin products.
After three weeks of many sleepless nights, I finally resorted to making an appt. w/my family dr. on Friday. It turned out that he was not in, so I ended up seeing another female doctor, which was probably better. She strongly recommended that I take the smallest dosage of Ambian (sleep aid) for the next month, until things hopefully get back to normal. She thought I could take it for a month & would not have big issues with getting off of it …. I hope she is right. I found myself making work mistakes recently that I’d normally never make, so I had to do something.
It is hard to judge on the heel pain …. still there, but I’ve worn my best tennis shoes for the past three days, so it is not quite as noticeable. I have also been doing Advil every 4 hrs. on the dot. Didn’t hear back from Dallas yet … he was out on Friday, so perhaps I’ll learn more on Monday. I guess you’d say I’m dealing with it – still room for improvement.
Last night I spent the night at mom & dad’s house and something malfunctioned w/my garage door after I left my house. The garage door ended up being up all night with my house open. I returned home this morning, to find everything open! Thankfully all was okay inside the house, as my laptop was very close to the inside the door. Big praise that God protected my house & contents! Needless to say, I had the garage door repaired today.
Emotionally I’ve really been struggling lately with anger/frustration related to all the money and missed opportunities that have occurred as a result of this long medical journey. Pray for encouragement and perhaps the dream of becoming a wife/mom might still happen.
Thankful for the little bits of progress this week, your e-mails, prayers & cheery phone calls!
Love,
Jenny
1 comment:
Jen...glad you see some improvement and can have a little encouragement there. As for being a mom and wife, YOU'RE not the only one who wishes that for you...me & Mike do to. And, remember...NOT being a mom means you don't have to put up with your son saying: "Mom, could you stop singing? It's annoying!" (Elijah when I was singing along with the Steve Green CD in the car) And you don't have to watch in horror when your kids (also Elijah) drive into the vinyl fencing across the street from our house with their "Corvette," knowing that if the fence had not HELD (thank you, LORD!!!!), they would have fallen > 40 feet into a cement ditch. I think they can drive again when they're 20. Whether battery-powered or gas-powered, kids behind the wheel at 4 or at 16 are SCARY! I think I need a "Calgon, take me away" moment. Or two. Luv ya. L Jo
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