Welcome, to my simple yet complicated life!
After being encouraged to create a blog I'm finally starting. Six months later! So I'll start off by introducing myself a bit. I LOVE to run, I love being crazy, and hanging with my friends. I especially like to be busy 24/7. I love to play the piano and teach it. I really love my family. I enjoy spending time with all of them including my cute nieces and nephews. If you haven't heard yet, I have had an interesting seven months. I have been really sick since January, and finding cures seem to be impossible. Although doctors don't know when I'm going to get better or how I'm going to get better, I know I will! I have a condition called gastroparesis. It is commonly found in older people over 50 with diabetes. Since I'm obviously a teenager, the doctors find it to be extremely rare. Gastroparesis is a condition where the nerve that digests food is paralyzed. The nerve runs through my heart and into my brain. So it controls other things too. I also have another condition called P.O.T.S. It makes it hard for me to get up without feeling dizzy and feeling like I'm going to pass out. I have sore joints, sometimes I feel like I'm 90. I'm usually in pain 24 hours a day mostly with my stomach, and my joints. So obviously I have a few things that aren't working right in my body, but hopefully someday they will work! As I deal with this sickness, I sometimes can't help but think, why me? But, whenever that comes into my mind, my favorite quote comes to mind. "God never said this life is going to be easy, he just promised it would be worth it." Then I start thinking not why me, but what am I supposed to learn? Although I never thought I would be given a trial like this, I feel I have learned a lot, that no person can learn without being given something as hard as this. I have been blessed with so many loving friends and family that helps me every day, in more ways than they know! Although being sick isn't very fun I'm very grateful for it at the same time. It's healthy to be sick sometimes. I'm learning lots of lessons I didn't think I would learn for a long time. Although it's hard for me to grasp sometimes, I know that god only gives us trials to make a stronger. He won't give us anything we cannot handle or anything that we cannot bear. Something better is in store, and I can't wait to figure out what what that is. So now that you have a glimpse into my life! My simple yet complicated life!
What a wonderful post Haley, Thanks for that insight into your life. You were always such a little thing whenever I would visit when I was still a kid at home. I'm glad to be getting to know you better through the internet. I hope things do improve for you. I bet you come out of this at least 50 years wiser than me. Good luck
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Haley, I'm sorry you've suffered so much. I was diagnosed with severe gastroparesis in 2004, and have been on IV feeding since then. If you want to hear from another GPer, check out my blog at www.jennwright.com. It's not all about my health issues, but you might find some commonalities to be shared. Keep fighting--it IS worth it.
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