on the way to the doctor today i was going to call gwen cause she said this really cool fabric store where you get really good deals on like linen and such is in north carolina somewhere of rt 85. but i couldn't get our phone to work (right now it is in two pieces...the top is who knows where...) so i went to sleep. about 15 min from the doctor's office i woke up, sat up in my chair, looked to the left and saw this big building saying "mary jo's". i mean, how cool is that???!?! it is exit 21 before charlotte. in case you were wondering.
first of all i would like to thank all of you who prayed. the appointment went well this morning. my doctor is a really cool-funky person. she has uber short white-blonde hair (the uber was borrowed from my good friend gwen...) and really cool jewlry which i think she made herself. but she asked a whole lot of questions and took six test tubes of blood from my body and a couple other things.
she is checking for the following: lyme's desiese (which she said that is probably what it most likely is.); lupus (it runs in my family on my mom's side); chronic fatigue syndrome; and if none of those show up as positive she will say i have fibro mialgia and call it a day. the tests i think will come back within 2-3 weeks, so no conclusive stuff now.
she also asked about the nodules on my thyroid. she says that nodules only either grow bigger or they turn into something else...and since my last test came back as inconclusive nodules from the last CT scan, i am having another CT scan on my thyroid on friday at 9:00. so keep praying. half the battle is knowing what is going on. mom and i were talking after the appointment (which it took from 9:00-12:00. that is how long she was pokeing and prodding me. good thing i didn't poke back.) and we were saying how it is so hard when you just don't know. there is something wrong and you don't know what it is. and you have seen every general practitioner that you could have possibly seen and they say "your blood work looks great!" and you want to throw the blood work right in their faces.
i guess what it all boils down to is trusting that God will take care of me. there was a message not too long ago on, is God big enough to take care of me? well duh! of course he is. it is not a matter if he is big enough, it is a matter of do i have enought FAITH to say he is big enough to take care of me.
again thanks for your prayers.
Posted by hill at March 30, 2004 06:11 PMcool. and i feel your pain about the throwing blood-work urge. and maybe gwen learned uber from Steph "Ubertati" Soon-to-be-Young herself... and i have been to mary jo's -- it is so huge oh my goodness. :)
praying for you.
I learned a long time ago from my Grandmother you have to take one day at a time (Matthew 6:25-34). I was thinking about what you said, God will take care of me. It is so true. He promises His sufficient grace. But He only gives it to us moment by moment.
One day at a time.
Praying for you.
grace and peace!
Cheers to coming out unscathed, though not unprodded.
And yes, faith is what we all need.
Posted by: Kammer at March 31, 2004 05:37 PMi have to comment on Joy's "uber" comment....
no, i didn't get it from steph. i've been saying that actually for as long as i can remember probably b/c gabe's said it for as long as i can remember. good word...one can use it almost anytime.
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