Oh yes, Jimmy came home from Iraq and life was finally going to be great, WRONG AGAIN! As soon as Jimmy was back home we packed up all of our belongings and moved to Fort Leonard Wood. I was so excited! I couldn't wait to finally start our lives together. Jimmy and I never really had a honeymoon and the honeymoon period was spent away from each other unless there was an emergency!
Yay its time to move. U-haul packed and we are headed to our new home. Got there and unpacked everything in 1 day since I enlisted the help of my mom, her fiance and my sister. My sister was gracious enough to stay and help unpack and organize our whole new house! New town, new schools, new friends, new life. What more could I want? At this point we bought our beautiful baby boy Koda! He is a full blooded Golden Retriever. I couldn't possibly love him more.
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| The day we brought Koda home! He was born on my birthday! |
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| Koda's 1st Birthday!! |
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| Koda just turned 2!! |
Life went pretty well for about a month. I met a lot of Jimmy's soldier buddies and their families. We had BBQ's and went to water parks. I started to feel really sick a lot. I wasn't sure what was going on but I knew that something wasn't right. I kept going to the Dr. since I continued to gain weight since the hysterectomy and now I was feeling achy literally all of the time and exhausted. I couldn't get enough sleep. The Dr. found out that my thyroid wasn't functioning properly. I was so excited to get started on the synthroid and start feeling better. I felt better for about 2 weeks and then it was back to the same thing. Gaining weight, my hair was falling out by the handfuls, tired all the time, achy all over, really cold....etc etc. The Dr. put me on medication for high cholesterol which was odd since I have never had any previous issues with my cholesterol being high. I was finally sent to a rheumatologist since my Dr. ran out of ideas. The rheumatologist diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia. My mom was ecstatic, she couldn't believe that we finally had a diagnosis and that I could be on the road to recovery. I however wasn't as excited. I saw it as a death sentence. Who wants to live in pain ALL the time. The medications worked for a while to some extent but I just thought this was how it was going to be. After my husband talked with my mom about my symptoms and the severity of how things were really going she was on a mission to figure it out since the Dr.s obviously weren't able to find out what was going on. There are A LOT of stories with similar symptoms and diagnosis' that she thought we should work on. Someone talked to my mom about Celiac Disease, mom said that this lady had the same exact symptoms and that I should try a gluten free diet. I was advised not to do that as it will mess up the testing for Celiac Disease. So once again here I sat on my pity pot with no idea what to do. My mom finally called me and gave me testimony from my Aunt Carol, that had been suffering for about 5 years similar symptoms. My aunt does not eat unhealthy, she doesn't drink soda or alcohol. She hasn't ever seemed to have a need for doctors, so I found this kind of intriguing. After a lot of trial and error and research she found out about Adrenal Fatigue. My aunt was kind enough to come through Missouri as they were taking a trip to come see me and share her story with me. She left me with a book that she found very helpful. I am very happy to say that I was on 6-8 meds at a time, I am now down to just 2. I take some very vital vitamins and minerals that are important to every ones body. I do have bad days. I'm not healed by any means but I am so incredibly grateful for getting to where I am today after fighting this sickness for over 2 years. My husband has been the best that I could ever ask for. He brings Breanna to school and picks her back up, he cooks and cleans. He truly has maintained this household mostly on his own since I became sick. I will be forever grateful for him. Not only did he do all of those things and still does a LOT of it but he has NEVER complained and ALWAYS made sure that I am comfortable and allows me to rest as much as I need it. He is a big part of this recovery and for that I cant thank him enough.
Of course that isn't our whole life story, however there are some major life changing experiences that we have went through. I thank God every day that he has given me the opportunity to get better to worship him and sing of his love. He has brought us through so much as a family that a high percentage of people don't make it through! Jimmy and I made the decision when we got married that this is it, there is no D word. We also agreed that we needed God in our marriage to make it and to be happy. Only God can do this and help us to raise the happy healthy daughter that we have. Now that I am getting better I am very happy to say that we are taking our walk with God very seriously and starting tonight a huge commitment! Loving Jesus Christ is NOT just praying at night. Praying when times get tough. It is so much more then that! I want all that and I want Breanna to know Jesus Christ and love him and praise him forever. I don't want to live without him. He truly is the way the truth and the light!!!
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