First off: I ended up going home to Illinois for 2 weeks. It was exactly what I needed. It was the best dose of medicine, as the doctor says. I have included a lot of pictures from home in this blog post. I am so thankful for my loving family and friends. I can't thank all of you enough for all of your love and support through this crazy journey.
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| Marlee nosey at the airport |
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| Nothing like watching Ellen live while flying, thank you Southwest! |
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| Marlee wasn't too happy with me |
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| My mom and I getting pedicures |
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| "Auntie" Diane and I |
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| Kaitlyn, my sister, and I the day I flew home. I was so tired! |
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| My Bestie Amy! |
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| Kaitlyn, Auntie Jill, and I. I love this picture of us |
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| My sister and I |
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| Me, our Grandma, and Kaitlyn |
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| I think this is my favorite picture EVER that we have taken!! |
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| My beautiful momma and I |
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| Our momma |
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| Kaitlyn, cousin Jazmin, and I |
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| Sissy |
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| Dad and his girls |
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| My Dad and I |
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| Me, Kaitlyn, Carole our stepmom and Dad |
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| Megan and I |
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| Autumn and I |
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| Megan, Autumn, and I with the wax Lincoln family at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Thank you so much for coming to Springfield to spend some time together!! |
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| I just love all of the Westies at my Mom's. Marlee had lots of fun with his sister and cousins. |
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| Thank you so much for coming to spend the day, Auntie Diane! |
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| By the end of the 2 weeks, they were so tired! |
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| This picture does it no justice. I will admit, it's pretty fascinating to watch. |
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| My Dad fixing something |
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| The combine is much bigger than the one he had when we were growing up |
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| Since my immune system is so weak, I wore a mask to prevent any infections |
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| All sorts of corn |
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| Dumping the corn |
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| Beautiful sunset with the moon out in the country...very different than in the city |
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| As good as it was to go home, it was good to come back to Luis! Marlee had a better flight back, thanks to some medicine! |
Thank you to everyone who helped make this trip such a good trip! Even though it was the longest time I had gone home, it went by so fast! I am so thankful for all of my family and friends who came to see me. It was also the most relaxing trip, which is what I needed!
Second: I stopped taking the Neurontin, the medicine that was supposed to help with my hot flashes. I was not feeling good at all on it. I was feeling so spacey and was still having hot flashes while on it. I would rather have hot flashes than be spacey. Luis even noticed it and called me out on it. At the time I didn't know that it was from the medicine. I didn't know what was wrong with me, just that I wasn't feeling well. The medicine was working a little because my hot flashes have been really bad since I stopped it last week. I feel better, in the sense that I'm not spacey, but the hot flashes are horrendous. I go to the doctor tomorrow and will talk to him about a new medicine for the hot flashes.
Third: I am returning to work Wednesday after being on disability for 18 weeks! Yikes! I'm very nervous, but it'll be good for me to get out of my apartment and keep my mind off of everything.
Fourth: I resigned from Macy's. The job is way too physical for my health condition. Not only do I need to think about right now, but also my future. I will be returning to Sunglass Hut. I will be an Assistant Store Manager at 2 different store locations. When I left Sunglass Hut in August 2012, I was a Store Manager. I'm happy with being an Assistant, though, because there are less responsibilities and right now I don't need anything extra to worry about. It definitely wasn't an easy decision and took a lot of time to decide. But right now, I have to think about my health. It's my number one priority.
....I'm sick of making decisions, though. I'm going to go on strike for a little while because I think I've made enough decisions for awhile. Definitely more than most people at my age.
On the bright side.... I MADE IT TO THE BEACH 1 TIME THIS SUMMER!!!! Ok, so it might have been October 16th, so its not even summer anymore, but I made it! I've never put so much sunblock on or sat in the shade so much. For those that really know me, you know that was very difficult for me! I'm normally the one who is using baby oil to try to get as much sun rays as possible and will sit in the sun and roast for as long as possible. But, that's a little difficult to do with really bad hot flashes and if I got burnt, it would've been even worse! I am so happy that I made it one day. It was nice to relax at the beach for awhile and then I took a nice walk along the beach too.
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| My Happy Place |
Here's to a good week with a fresh start! Fingers crossed!!
