“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain” Vivian Greene
I was inspired by Amyunjaded today with her blog post about rainbows, to post about just that today.
My absolutely favorite song is “Rainbow” by Jack Johnson and G.Love. Its about waking up and seeing a rainbow first thing in the morning sent by God, and knowing everything will be Ok. He’s moving along in his life, and he’s not sure he will see his friend again, but he knows it’ll be alright because of this rainbow. This song has carried me through so many different situations in my life, its amazing and so special.
I love rainbows. I think they are magical and have a certain healing aspect to them.
I had my follow up with my doctor at Templeton today, and things went really well. It was good that I had seen my UCLA neurologist the previous week, because there are certain neurological tests I just can’t perform on myself! LOL And it saved me a 3 hour drive up to San Luis Obispo! My health has remained fairly the same since I had last seen him, a month and a half ago, but he really wanted to know if I was still hyper-reflexive. And well, after I told him I kicked the other doctor, I think that answered his question! I’m going to get my B vitamin levels checked out, and as long as they stay 1.5x the max level, I don’t need to do any more shots. (YAY!)
The doctor told me that because of how well I responded to vitamin B injections, he is going to be more aggressive with his other patients in prescribing this regimen of treatment in the future. I kind of feel like 1) a test subject, but in a new way. They have been running all sorts of tests on me since I have been 18. This is like trial and error testing! LOL But it all worked out and so far I don’t have an extra appendage that I’m aware of, so its all good. 2) I’m really happy that if it does end up helping other people, that I can take a wee little credit for it. Not that I’ll know about it – doctor/PT confidentiality and what not, but I’m happy to have made my 15 seconds of fame contribution to medicine, in whatever way I can. And to know that whatever suffering I have gone through, other people won’t have to endure it. This is why I wanted a career in medicine, but just not in this exact capacity!! haha
So I will continue with the daily pills of B1 though. And he informed me that I need to start a gluten free diet. SO NOT excited about that. I love food. I mean I LOVE food. Total foodie. I blame my first love who was a five star chef, food is not just the way to a man’s heart! Haha. But I only have to do one week to start gluten free, then I can go back to a regular diet. He said I’ll probably feel very sick, and will go back to G/F. He thinks I have Celiac disease and that is why I can’t absorb certain vitamins. My aunt has it, and since I know it has a genetic component, chances are, I probably have it too. Blah! Oh my writing is so elegant this evening!
And he was not over the top about my genetic testing, he’s already so on top of things that he pretty much knew all the diseases they were testing for and said that I didn’t have them. So now I guess it sheerly for fertility reasons. Which just means I’m one step ahead of the game when I’m ready to have a baby. And one really awesome way to scare a boy away. “Lets have a baby together! Look, I’ve done fertility testing. I’m clear for these inheritable diseases, our baby would totally be healthy and have your eyes!!” HAHA See life-size hole of boy in door. And who said breaking up was hard? lol
Yup, so it was a good visit 🙂 They are working on getting more “Likes” on Facebook for continued support for free second opinions, and soon the doctor said they will have a sponsor for free MRI’s too. So I’m going to add a link to their FB page, and if you wanna “Like” it, that’d be awesome, if not, we’ll still be cool 😉
Like Templeton Neurology on FB for continued free second opinions!!
Something wonderful, someone wonderful did for me today ❤
I’ve been pretty sad the last few days, especially over the thought of having to give up my pets. My 14 horses, definitely count as pets, especially if you knew some of them! One of them, he’s “King” of the property, has most recently gone into my brothers room…!!! This horse, insists on having this one stall, because he can see into the house and I assume it makes him feel more like a part of the family. When we installed the $40k barn, and tried to move him into the nicer stalls, he had a fit. So yes, they 1200 lb horses are absolutely my pets, lol.
I have been getting distracted by other things enough lately, so this is not at the forefront of my mind. And I have a little bit of Benny brain because I got a bug bite and well, I’m not having regular responses to histamine. One not so little bite, and I am so itchy I can’t sleep.
Anyways, I was helping a friend this evening, and he offered me a pure bred dog that was being sent to him from breeder out of country. While there were conditions attached, it was very hard to say no. Well, its always hard to say no when it comes to animals, lol. But I have wanted a dog for so long now, and since we are getting rid of everything pretty much, I have mentioned to my parents that I would like to get a dog in the not so distant future. No more cats to worry about pissing off (pissing on clothes is really the worry!!) Moreover, its just something to look forward to. Something happy down the road. Right now I feel like I don’t have a lot of fun things to look forward to, which I know I’m partially to blame.
Saying no to this, just reminded me and made me all the more aware of my current situation, and made me sad all over again 😦 So I’m working on it.
I guess it just wasn’t meant to be….
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful” Sofia Loren
I have been going through a lot in my life, with my health, and losing the house, and the horses. Its hard to maintain faith sometimes. But I do. Without faith, I’m not sure where I’d be. I mean I wouldn’t want Journey after me, LOL
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