180 degree change...

...I am so ashamed. I haven't blogged in soooo long. I guess the reason why is actually very good news. After 10 months of complete misery for both myself and my family we finally found the underlying cause to all my medical ailments. It turns out, a few infected teeth were poisoning my blood. We immediately had those teeth yanked and I haven't been sick since.

I can't believe that after months and months of tests, blood work, hospitalizations, IV's, biopsy's, co-pay's, 21 pills a day, specialists, scans, scopes, $45k worth of health isurance claims...no one mentioned it could be teeth!!

I have always had (genetically :( ) bad teeth. So, when they hurt along with the rest of my body during this whole ordeal I didn't pay any attention to them. The last thing I wanted to do after spending so much time at the Dr's office's was spend time at the dentist! Although it wasn't much fun having 3 teeth pulled, I would have gladly given a limb to be rid of my affliction.
It's funny how you can just go along living your idea of a perfect life and then...have it all pulled out from underneath you.

There are many things I have learned from this experience and will forever treasure. The strength and unitedness of family is definitely the first and foremost. My husband and boys were amazing through all this. My parents, in-laws, sisters and brothers were such a strong support when I didn't think I could really go on. I will never forget what they did for my family and I will never be able to repay the kindness and love they gave us.

I am finally back to working (almost) full-time. My desk was an absolute joke when I got back :)! But, that is where I want to be. Not at home, sick on the couch, wondering where this all leads to. I'm slowly re-joining life and have been able to do things that 2 months ago would have been impossible. I'm still re-gaining my strength (you can't lay on the couch for almost a year and expect to be the same person physically after). But, if you measure it relatively, I'm light years ahead of where I was a few weeks ago.

Thank you to everyone who was worried, concerned, interested, or just freaked out by what was going on with us. Your support carried us through some dark times. There are blessings and lessons learned from what we went through and I think we came out stronger.