On Fire!

First of all, I changed my profile pic because I love seeing pictures of my smiling nieces all the time. So this one is of me and Macy. Isn't she just the cutest redhead?!

Okay, now for the on fire part. Within the past year I have been on fire twice. Nope, not kidding. It first occurred in June when I was diagnosed with Mono and an upper respiratory infection. The antibiotic I was prescribed gave me a rash the day after I finished taking it. By the next day my face was bright red and on fire. My nurse practitioner is awesome and takes very good care of me, I see her often as you may guess. By the next day my firey face was much better.

This past Wednesday I had finally had enough of my hands hurting so badly; they were dry, itchy, bleeding, and hurting from all the hand washing at work, that I called my doctor. I still had to work five and a half hours on Thursday before I could get in though. So by the time I went into the doctor my hands were bright red on fire and I had a temp because my hands were so hot. Yes, excessive hand washing IS hazardous to your health!

Really, I am so sick of being sick in so many different ways. I feel as if Satan is trying to attack me to the point where I will just give up. Well trust me some days it almost gets to that point. But I keeping seeking God's strength to get me through.

I was not able to go back to work on Thursday, for the remaining 2-2.5 hrs, and I missed yesterday too. My hands are starting to look better but definitely still look like I have a slight sunburn starting at my wrist. I know I will make it though because God has already healed me of my allergies, including wheat, and gotten me through the Mono.

Now if I could just kick the Anaemia...(which I was also diagnosed with in June)

This weekend I hope to finish my college apps and call the appropriate people about writing recommendations for me, something I have been putting off because I really do not like having to ask people to do things like that for me but will be so appreciative to them for doing. And I did get a ton of random stuff like laundry, filing, etc done yesterday.

Thanks for listening, I know my sickness stuff is boring. It just never ends for me.

I've Got Texas in My Corner

That's right folks. I have now lived in Texas for over a year. I had to renew my auto registration and therefore "I've got Texas in my corner". The corner of my windshield that is. The phrases used in the lone star state crack me up sometimes so this time I decided to share. Too bad I will only have to use my renewed registration for less than a month (it expires in March, I like to be proactive otherwise I completely forget when the deadline approaches). Then hopefully it will be off to NJ!

p.s. I have had several days without headaches! Although my blood tests came back with the result of anemia again so I was instructed to take more iron each day. We will see how it goes...

Being Sick

So I am usually not one to complain or tell the world that I am sick but this has been a rough year. Being diagnosed with Mono and Chronic Daily Headaches was plenty. Then, this past weekend all I did was sleep, literally. I think I was awake for about ten hours the whole weekend.
When the nurse called me in this morning I blurted out "You got a new scale!" Um yes, I have been in the doctor's office so frequently this past year that I was sick of seeing broken scale and a sudo bathroom scale next to it. Now they have a nice new digital one (that told me I way so much more than I really do because I had my winter coat, tennis shoes, jeans, bulky sweatshirt on--I'm just saying).
Then when a nurse came in to give me a shot in my rump (for congestion because I was coughing until I gagged) I thanked her. I know, kind of funny but those shots in the bum work every time!
So with nothing else to go on my doctor knew it was time to draw more blood and do more tests. I hate getting my blood drawn and always tell whom ever is taking it but somehow have become a pro at it I think.
So for now I am low on energy despite taking an iron supplement (for anemia) since June 2009 and sleeping all weekend. It's back to work tomorrow because taking care of ten babies it not tiring at all ;)
In a nut shell: I am really sick of being sick. I think it's time for a nap.