I just got home from the doctor, and I have excellent news!!
He said that I am doing great, and that I can continue to wean off many of my meds. The goal is to be off all but two of them by the end of December!! :) My incision from surgery is healing fabulously, and it looks just like it is supposed to at this stage. He was very pleased that I hadn't used my feeding tube in over a month. I was very pleased to report that as well. :)
And now for the best news..............
He said that he will consider taking out my feeding tube at the next appointment!! The next appointment is November 1, which is really no time at all, when I think about how quickly the time since surgery has flown by! :) YAY!!
I'm so thankful for all of the excitement and joy and fun and love that the Lord has lavished upon me this past year. It's so nice to be out of the season of "darkness"--finally able to look ahead to the future with hope, and a fresh sense of joy and energy for each new day. Many blessings to all of you... and thank you all so much for your prayers. Honestly, I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
Brelin
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
hiking adventures
I am still unemployed. I enjoy this much more now that I am not vomiting 20 times per day. Marcus seems to work very little at his job as well... so we go on lots of adventures together. This last trip took us to the North Cascades, which I had never been to. We camped one night on some really pretty lake that I can't remember the name of, and then the next day we packed up our things and did a backpacking trip.
The doctor approved all of this, for those of you who are worried that I can't carry a backpack yet. :) We even brought our scale to make sure my backpack wasn't too heavy. We hiked the Thornton Lakes Trail which was a little too much of an adventure--we had to balance and walk on a log bridge (not easy on meds that make you dizzy when you have already low blood pressure), and then at the end, there was a short rock climb to get into the camp ground. I lowered my pack down to Marcus and it all worked out... but it was definitely an adventure. We did take some fabulous photos, and we had a lot of fun!! And the weather was totally gorgeous!! yay!!
Beyond all that, not much is going on. I am still feeling great!! I am keeping food down almost always!! When I do vomit, it is just once in a while... not a million times a day--totally do-able. I am able to get enough calories to keep my weight stable, even on all my adventures. :)
And we sold our car! Yay!
Hugs and love,
brelin
The doctor approved all of this, for those of you who are worried that I can't carry a backpack yet. :) We even brought our scale to make sure my backpack wasn't too heavy. We hiked the Thornton Lakes Trail which was a little too much of an adventure--we had to balance and walk on a log bridge (not easy on meds that make you dizzy when you have already low blood pressure), and then at the end, there was a short rock climb to get into the camp ground. I lowered my pack down to Marcus and it all worked out... but it was definitely an adventure. We did take some fabulous photos, and we had a lot of fun!! And the weather was totally gorgeous!! yay!!
Beyond all that, not much is going on. I am still feeling great!! I am keeping food down almost always!! When I do vomit, it is just once in a while... not a million times a day--totally do-able. I am able to get enough calories to keep my weight stable, even on all my adventures. :)
And we sold our car! Yay!
Hugs and love,
brelin
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
tuesday morning
So, I threw up my dinner on Sunday night also. I'm not really enjoying this trend. But last night, I got really nauseated--and then didn't throw up, so I take that as being a good sign.
Still no job news to report. But I will be sure to keep you all posted. I am expecting to hear something in the next couple of days.... so keep reading, you faithful bloggers. :)
We had the entire Rismiller family over for a festive gathering the other day... we were supposed to go swimming but it was a winter wonderland instead, so we mostly stayed inside. We were a little squished in our humble abode, but overall, it was really fun to see everyone. We decided that it was a "celebrate Brelin eating party". Yay!! Our friends, Abby, Aaron, & Kenzi came over too--and they always add super fun adventures to every shindig. :)
Marcus and I have slowed down on our crazy adventures the last couple of days. I attribute this to the freezing cold temperatures, pouring rain, and ridiculous cloud cover that seem to have taken over outside. I really love Marcus, and I'm glad that he really loves his job, but I really miss living where there is no sunshine. I'm sure many of my other fellow eastern WA friends will appreciate the lack of sunshine piece. I think I'm going to invest in a "happy light." This is some light that you can buy from the store that gives you the proper amount of natural light, so that you don't shrivel up and get prune fingers like when you sit in the bath tub too long when you're little. (just kidding, I made that part up.) Seriously though, I was reading in a medical journal at the doctor's office that people from the Seattle area actually suffer from a vitamin D deficiency from not getting enough sunlight. I'm sure my happy light will get plenty of use over the next 30 years until Marcus retires and we can move somewhere sunny. Tee hee!! :)
Okay, that's all for me.
Hugs and love.
brelin
Still no job news to report. But I will be sure to keep you all posted. I am expecting to hear something in the next couple of days.... so keep reading, you faithful bloggers. :)
We had the entire Rismiller family over for a festive gathering the other day... we were supposed to go swimming but it was a winter wonderland instead, so we mostly stayed inside. We were a little squished in our humble abode, but overall, it was really fun to see everyone. We decided that it was a "celebrate Brelin eating party". Yay!! Our friends, Abby, Aaron, & Kenzi came over too--and they always add super fun adventures to every shindig. :)
Marcus and I have slowed down on our crazy adventures the last couple of days. I attribute this to the freezing cold temperatures, pouring rain, and ridiculous cloud cover that seem to have taken over outside. I really love Marcus, and I'm glad that he really loves his job, but I really miss living where there is no sunshine. I'm sure many of my other fellow eastern WA friends will appreciate the lack of sunshine piece. I think I'm going to invest in a "happy light." This is some light that you can buy from the store that gives you the proper amount of natural light, so that you don't shrivel up and get prune fingers like when you sit in the bath tub too long when you're little. (just kidding, I made that part up.) Seriously though, I was reading in a medical journal at the doctor's office that people from the Seattle area actually suffer from a vitamin D deficiency from not getting enough sunlight. I'm sure my happy light will get plenty of use over the next 30 years until Marcus retires and we can move somewhere sunny. Tee hee!! :)
Okay, that's all for me.
Hugs and love.
brelin
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