Start where you are, make the best of forever... because we are the field of dreams...
Well, YAPC went very well. I can't believe that it's been over a week now since I went there! Had loads of fun, just didn't have time to update my journal, but lots has happened siince then.
Got my music finally all arranged and on disk yesterday, for one! Ended up finding some music I was scared I had deleted (which is a good thing, because I'm on a dialup now, so I can't download it so fast!)
Went to Independence and Liberty the Saturday before last (the 29th). Was a very fun trip. Wish I could have spent a day and a half in the Indepedence area instead of 3 hours!
OK, now the serious news - my health went down the tubes back in April and May, and so I (finally - I had to reschedule once) went to the doctor's. The doctor at Student Health sent me to the hospital for a few tests. The first one (the day before the YAPC entry) was a colonoscopy (you DON'T want to go through this, believe me. It's not the test itself, it's what you have to do to prepare for it that's downright miserable), and they ended up finding some inflammation in my small intestine - they are pretty darn sure that I have Crohn's disease based on that and my family history (my mother happens to have it). My family figures I have to have a pretty mild case or I would have been feeling much worse - but mild meaning it was still strong enough to make me anemic and debilitated enough to catch every 24 hour bug that walked by for 6 weeks there! They put me on (some EXPENSIVE) pills to try and knock it into remission - I hope it happens! I'll have this until they find a cure, unfortunately, but at least they can treat it.
I had a CAT scan the next Monday (had to drink a barium sulfate solution - not nearly as bad). I figure to both verify and determine the extent of it. They didn't tell me anything right then, but I have an appointment on the 18th with the doctor who did my colonoscopy. So I'll probably hear then for sure! I had a friend that took me - she was planning to leave and pick me back up, but she decided to stay. She even gave me a hug, "because your Mom can't be here to give you one". good friends to help me out here in Columbia (like the one mentioned earlier).
A few of my friends know people with this - so they know how miserable it can be. I figure I'm lucky so far that they caught it early.
About today - had a fast and testimony meeting at Church today. Was a good one. An old friend came back for a week from Utah and ended up bearing her testimony, while someone else mentioned how she wasn't afraid to cry. The main direction was about temple work and families, and while mine is far away, I have to know that they're rooting for me.
Best put this in before I forget about it...
Got my music finally all arranged and on disk yesterday, for one! Ended up finding some music I was scared I had deleted (which is a good thing, because I'm on a dialup now, so I can't download it so fast!)
Went to Independence and Liberty the Saturday before last (the 29th). Was a very fun trip. Wish I could have spent a day and a half in the Indepedence area instead of 3 hours!
OK, now the serious news - my health went down the tubes back in April and May, and so I (finally - I had to reschedule once) went to the doctor's. The doctor at Student Health sent me to the hospital for a few tests. The first one (the day before the YAPC entry) was a colonoscopy (you DON'T want to go through this, believe me. It's not the test itself, it's what you have to do to prepare for it that's downright miserable), and they ended up finding some inflammation in my small intestine - they are pretty darn sure that I have Crohn's disease based on that and my family history (my mother happens to have it). My family figures I have to have a pretty mild case or I would have been feeling much worse - but mild meaning it was still strong enough to make me anemic and debilitated enough to catch every 24 hour bug that walked by for 6 weeks there! They put me on (some EXPENSIVE) pills to try and knock it into remission - I hope it happens! I'll have this until they find a cure, unfortunately, but at least they can treat it.
I had a CAT scan the next Monday (had to drink a barium sulfate solution - not nearly as bad). I figure to both verify and determine the extent of it. They didn't tell me anything right then, but I have an appointment on the 18th with the doctor who did my colonoscopy. So I'll probably hear then for sure! I had a friend that took me - she was planning to leave and pick me back up, but she decided to stay. She even gave me a hug, "because your Mom can't be here to give you one". good friends to help me out here in Columbia (like the one mentioned earlier).
A few of my friends know people with this - so they know how miserable it can be. I figure I'm lucky so far that they caught it early.
About today - had a fast and testimony meeting at Church today. Was a good one. An old friend came back for a week from Utah and ended up bearing her testimony, while someone else mentioned how she wasn't afraid to cry. The main direction was about temple work and families, and while mine is far away, I have to know that they're rooting for me.
Best put this in before I forget about it...