My Health

I have to slow down a little bit. My body is rebelling against me.

I apologize that I haven’t been posting more about my trip and other projects. I will get to them. I promise. But there have been a couple things that have popped up since I’ve come back from my travels. This is hard for me because I had so many things planned these past couple weeks for the blog. Not to mention new Mother’s Day Sweet Reminders that I wanted to launch. I’m such a go-go person with so many ideas and projects in the works. That won’t stop. I just need to recover.

For the past six months, I’ve been seeing blood in my urine. I’ve been in and out doctor’s appointments, lots and lots testing (painful and uncomfortable testing I might add). I’ve been poked, injected with contrast and scanned and bunch. It’s been a long few months of really focusing on staying positive, staying on tract as a Creative Director at Talisman Designs, keeping up with my blog, doing freelance home decor projects, being a mother, dealing with a child being bullied (the school principal know’s me very well), supporting a husband in his MBA program and then trying to remember to take care of ME.

Before my trip, the doctor couldn’t find anything specific that was causing the bleeding. Right after my trip, I had a cytoscopy scheduled. That’s where they stick a camera up your urethra to take a look inside your bladder.  Let me tell you: SO FUN!  The camera they used to go up through my urethra was WAY thicker and longer than I was expecting.  When I saw it I thought there was no way that was going to fit!  Couldn’t the medical community get together with the CIA and design some super-small spygear camera to stick up there?!? GEEZE!!! Well, fast forward to the camera in my bladder. The doctor asked me if I wanted to see the video feed and I said yes.  So, I got to see the inside of my bladder.  Turns out I had some growths in there.  Long story story short, I was back in the hospital yesterday for bladder surgery (they removed a growth and biopsied a couple places).  I am on the mend and resting up. We’ll hear back on biopsies in a few days.  My surgeon is very optimistic and so are Nate and I.

Despite all of the things that have been going on, I am at peace and happy.  I am tired, but motivated and excited to keep on keepin’ on! I also really appreciate your support with the blog.  I appreciate your subscriptions, likes and your comments.  It really helps to know that people are reading it and want more.  That helps me want to share more.

XOXO

Melessa