Dear Mamas at Home, looking back at the week and wondering what was accomplished, take heart. We work for the eyes of our Unseen Father who knows what is done in secret.
Be refreshed. Read this.&nb...
Vacation
A Couple Island Pictures
August 19, 2010
Cousins
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Beach Baby
More pictures to come! Thank you so much for your prayers for my health during the trip. I felt pretty awful some of the time, but for the majority of our time in Maui I felt well. God was so kind to do that for me! I'm waiting to hear back on my blood-work to see where my levels are at right now. Praying that God would heal if He hasn't already.
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Vacation
Mondays Are Awesome
August 8, 2010
Monday = results from my blood test that will show where my levels are (I don't feel healed but maybe it's a gradual healing...today I feel fairly good).
Monday = Hawaii!!!!! Thanks to the generosity of Josh's parents, we are headed to Maui with Grammy, Pops, Aunt Amy, Uncle David, and cousin Eli. We are so incredibly excited about making memories together at the beach. And as a bonus, I am seriously hoping for some great photos to come out of this time. I even painted Addie Beth's toenails for the occasion.
Thanks for all of your prayers for my health. I don't know what God's going to do but I trust that He will use this for my go...
hyperthyroidism
God Can Heal
August 3, 2010
This is me before the meds kicked in & I started putting on more weight
Well, the verdict is officially in. I have Graves' Disease. I was really hoping and praying that postpartum hyperthyroidism was to blame, but nope. Graves' is basically an autoimmune disease where your body attacks your thyroid. Graves' Disease doesn't really ever go away completely, but you can go into remission. The two main treatment options are to take a radioactive pill to kill my thyroid (then be on meds to do what my thyroid would have done for life), or to take meds for 1-2 years in hopes of regulating my thyroid levels enough to be in remission and off meds for good (or until a flare up comes). ...
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