Monday- rheumatologist & chiropractor
Tuesday- internist
Wednesday- well woman
Thursday- gastro doc (consult for endoscope and colonoscopy) & chiropractor
Woohoo - what fun
Friday- Abigail bday party (couple weeks early) - I'm throwing pizza, movies (and maybe a slurpee run!) at them!!!
6:00pm- Well, I JUST got a call from my doctor, and he had GREAT news! My CPK is back down to 1072. This is SUCH an answer to pray- a 6000 point drop. HELLO!?! I truly was preparing myself for it to still be very elevated (as in the 5000+ range). So during my appointment when he said, "Oh, I think it will be back around 1000, my jaw DROPPED!" (I thought, "Yeah, right!! I'll believe it when I see it!"). Well, shame on me! My weakness sometimes lags behind my CPK reduction. Doc was encouraging and felt I'd continue to improve!
I also had a reassessment at the chiropractor last week which he went over with me today. It included two thermal scans. It had shown improvement. I could visibly see it. Some of my major problem areas had shifted from my neck and upper shoulder to mid back. He explained that can be normal and the nerves are showing good movement and that's a good thing. I'm probably not explaining that quite right, but it made sense when he said it.
SOOOO, all in all, two appointments down and four to go! I felt the prayers of many today as the Lord went before me, encouraged me, confirmed a decision David and I made about medication last week, and found out I dropped 5 lbs due to my better eating habits this last month. YAY! (If I gave up breads, sweets and caffeine for a month already...I'd better had dropped something. JUST SAYIN!!!). Last week, David and I made the decision to start the "steroid sparing medicine" that I've been so conflicted about for so very long. I must say it was not an easy decision. It was a decision that I didn't have complete peace about, but I felt we just at a point a decision needed to be made. I was reading in Acts 2 on Wednesday about the choosing of Matthias. Two things were impressed upon me. One, they (the apostles) were in constant prayer and two, they cast lots. Well, they cast lots because "the Lord knew their hearts"...that's what encouraged me to make this decision. David and I make all our major decisions together. Always. I praise the Lord the HE is the leader (that's the hard job!). We've prayed and prayed. God KNOWS I've not wanted to take yet another medicine and one with some potential serious side effects, yet God KNOWS that I would take it if that where God was leading us. Well, again I didn't have quite the peace I was hoping for, but David made the point the my rheumatologist is now my "main doc" and that doc feels this is my best option at this point (even with possible side effect). SO...there ya have it. It may not seem like a huge thing, but it is. Every big decisions we've made we've just known that God was leading a certain direction...this one...not so much. It was more of a step of faith. AND I felt the confirmation came today. This decision may detour in months or even weeks but for now. I think we made the right one. Praise the Lord He doesn't give up on me! In a way...I cast lots! (not literally!) I said, "God, choose for me. You know my heart." God is sovereign , and He knows best. I really know He'll not let me screw up when we're earnestly seeking Him in our decisions.
On other more exciting fronts...We had our annual beach trip with David's family right before school started, took the girls bowling, and Abigail's started her volleyball season!
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| Cousins! |
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| How'd she get all grown up! |
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| Supah Star! |
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| Ok, how high can she jump?!?! |
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| Rainy day activities: Twister... |
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| Clue! Skip Bo! Uno! and... |
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| Kilwins! |
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| My little piranha! |
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| Kiddoes are growing up! |
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| Fashionistas! |
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| Group effort! |
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| GO #9!!!! |
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| That is one massive Middle School volleyball team! I'm praying leadership and overhand serves for our Abigail this year! They won their first game (second game of the season), and she's scored several points in each game already...yay #9! |
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