No news is good news

Other than my horrible relapse of mononucleosis a month ago, I have been feeling great for almost 2 months. After I spoke with the specialist last week and they said I could stop the antibiotic I have been really freaked out and overly aware of everything that I feel. I'm extremely nervous about stopping the meds and then relapsing. I know that I'm better but I don't know if I'm cured. I will finish my antibiotics on Saturday and that will be it.

I will also slowly taper off the other medications that I'm on and stick with just vitamins, B12 shots, and sleeping pills for a while until I feel like I can faze them out too. I am only taking the shots twice a week now and I'm doing ok with that. It's been a huge adjustment from one a day. I take the sleeping pills every other night, or when I remember, so that I can try to relearn how to fall asleep on my own. I'm back to exercising again which is nice. It's always a struggle to get started but I feel so much better when I'm done. I need to continually remind myself of that fact so that I will be encouraged to workout DAILY instead of 'whenever I have the time'.

On the home front things are going splendidly. The wedding is 95% planned so I'm in coasting mode right now. We have 99 days to go and I really just with that is was July already because I can't wait to marry Bryan. I am still job hunting but I have a couple prospects. Depending on how soon I can get a job down there I might be moving before the wedding.

Bryan and I, along with my parents coincidentally, are going to Searcy in a couple weeks to visit my brother and his wife and some friends. I'm excited about the trip since I wasn't able to go last month and I'm excited to take Bryan with me. Harding is a place that means so much to me and I want to share that with him. My time and the friends that I made there made me who I am. I have a bunch of things that I want to accomplish all in one trip so we'll see how it goes. This will also be the first time that I have seen anyone since deciding that I wouldn't be applying for the job at Harding in order to stay here and get married. I know that they are happy for me but I also know that they were disappointed. I hope that they think he's worth it!!

Thanks for all of the prayers and thoughts. Keep praying that I stay healthy and none of my symptoms return when I finish the medication.

Pictures

I don't have much to post about but I wanted to share a couple pictures that I took one morning last week as I was leaving for work. Have a great weekend!

Great news!

I had a doctors appointment yesterday and it went very well. He was pleased that I am symptom free and have had no relapses. I am needing to start some new medication but I can't do that while I'm on antibiotics so he wanted me to talk with the specialist to see when I would be done with the antibiotics and I will go back to see him in six weeks.

I called the specialists office this morning and they called me right back to tell me that since I've been symptom free for almost a month now I should finish out the antibiotics that I currently have and then I can be done. The nurse said that if I have any symptoms that return I will have to start back on antibiotics immediately but as of right now I should be done in 2-3 weeks!

This is such a relief and a HUGE step towards being "cured". Thank you so much for all of your prayers and good thoughts. Keep praying and praising God for all that He has done.

Health Status

Just a quick post to say that I'm feeling much better over the past week. I go back to the general physician that I saw for my heart in 2 weeks and then back to the specialist at the end of May. I think that both doctors will be shocked by my quick and seemingly permanent turn around. I know that both doctors were worried and were looking to extreme options if I didn't improve. Hopefully and prayerfully I will not have to do anything more than continue with the oral antibiotics for a few more months. I would love to be healthy and off all medication by the wedding day. Pray hard!

My Fiance!

I think it's about time for me to fill you in on my wonderful fiance. Bryan and I have known each other for years and have several mutual friends. I say that we have known each other for years, which is true, but we weren't anything more than acquaintances until January. I knew on our second date that Bryan was the guy I was going to marry. It took him a little longer to figure it out but not much. Within the first week we were talking about marriage and kids. We have moved fast but we know that this is something bigger than the two of us and something that was meant to be all along.

He works for a local well drilling company just outside Springfield and he seems to be the go-to guy for anything. He is such a caring and helpful person, not only to me but to complete strangers. I love that he will do anything to help people. He is a member of the local church of Christ. We have the same morals and ideals for life which makes everything so much easier. He has been working hard for a long time in order to be able to take care of a family someday and I am so blessed to be the lucky girl that he chose to complete that picture. He accepts me for who I am and accepts my illness as a part of me. He has been so patient and understanding when I have had bad days that it amazes me how I got along by myself before I had him. I never thought that I'd like being taken care of but it's been such a relief. I love having someone to share things with and knowing that he'll be there to support me no matter what.

He is known all around town and I haven't met anyone who has anything other than the highest praises for him. Everyone has told me how lucky I am and how jealous they are because they were hoping he would be with them, their daughters, their granddaughters, or their neighbors. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world and I have no idea how I got so lucky to be with him. His family is very loving and has been so welcoming to me. My family loves him too and that has made everything much smoother.

We are so excited about our wedding and about starting our new lives together. He has asked several times if we could just go to Vegas to get married or get married at the court house. It is so tempting but I want to have a wedding and have the experience of seeing my family and friends celebrating with us. This is our time and I want to enjoy every single moment of it!

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