I must admit I have been tossing what to do with this blog. I feel so much better when I get to writing everything down. It's like a door opens and millions of balloons burst out the door!! What a relief it is too!! My life has taken many turns since I started this blog years and years ago. Well not this blog, but my first blog here.
It was such a hard time in my life: I was going through a divorce, I had lost 3 people I loved dearly, and I was no where near my family since I lived so far away. Things seemed to just all come at once and I felt I was at a breaking point. Fast forward to 2019 and I am home in Kentucky again surrounded by my family. To be honest, I am so glad I came back because I was heading into the biggest struggle I had, and feel, I ever will have.
This struggle continues today. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in February 2015. Since then I have been in the hospital 3 times, 2 of them being just this past year. I had to quit my job at the USPS because I was putting too much stress on my body and getting more sick day by day. I left my job in September of 2017 and soon after I was admitted to the hospital. Once home I could not get off the couch. I wouldn't leave the house due to fear of having accidents. Then by July of 2018 I was back in the hospital. This hospital stay really changed my life! This hospital stay I literally thought I was going to die.
I am with a great GI doctor and he has been trying so very hard to get me into remission. My UC has other things in mind. The difference now is the fact I was able to get out of the hospital. I give it all to the great and healing God! He has been knocking on my door for years and this time, I finally let him in. AND what a great experience and feelings I am having NOW!!
I am finally able to work and found an amazing job working from the house. This is the BEST job ever and I am just feet away from the bathroom if I am having a bad day. I am able to work 40 hours a week, so working has returned back to normal. Since I have left the hospital I have also been able to poop, like real poop y'all! I have had diarrhea for over a year. I couldn't even fart without messing my clothes. Too much TMI? Sorry!
I have returned to doing things I LOVE! There is no reason to live each day without doing things you enjoy. Mine are crafting, pictures, planning, art things (even thought I am not good), etc. I have learned to cook and enjoy cooking. AND I have found God again! His is so amazing too!
So this blog will be about all those things! Stick around and see what I come up with next :)
