We are still here!

I noticed today how long it has been since I posted!  OH gosh!  Not much has gone on in terms of exciting things so not much to post.

Ted sold his car.  He is working like a mad man at Grand Canyon University and is in his last year of course work for his Doctorate at Pepperdine.  Almost done with school!

I got my real estate license toward the end of summer and then got the bad news that I was sick again.  At first it was just Lyme disease again so we went to a doctor to try to treat it.....that was when he found out I actually have never had Lyme disease but instead have a rare blood diseases that is attacking my white blood cells (a type of a Protozoa).

I started treatment in early September right when we had to move.  When you treat a blood disease, you get  a lot worse before you get better.  Usually the blood disease lays dormant in most your body but when you start treating it the disease starts to fight back, making your body a war zone...literally!  I am suppose to get to a point where it is so bad that it kills everything and then I will start feeling better....still waiting for that point.  I was suppose to hit the bottom by Thanksgiving time...but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.

Here is a picture of my blood test.  The blue is the blood, the white film is the disease (it literally makes your blood really thick, it is named for the greek word slime....), the white dots are my white blood cells in cased in the disease.

I have had tons of people asking so I thought I would just try to explain it a little better.  I am on huge doses of antibiotics that are trying to fight the disease.  The pain I feel is a muscle/joint pain mixed with bone pain.  And I have little to no energy.  But the best part is we know what it is and we can treat it!

Blood diseases never truly go away fully, but we can track it and maybe every 5-10 years (hopefully longer) treat it again.  Those treatments won't be as long or painful as this initial one, especially if we catch it fast.  

We are so lucky to be in warm Arizona during this treatment with lots of family and friends helping.  It has made these last few months so much easier!  The worst part of the whole thing...I can't drive!  It really has been worse than the pain some days!  Ha ha...how is that for dramatic?  I don't have energy to go anywhere anyway...but just knowing I can't drive has been so hard.

Ted has always been so supportive, he is such an amazing guy for working 10-12 hours a day coming home to take care of me and fitting studying in somewhere along the lines.  We are just really lucky to be in a great place and we feel so loved!  So thank you to everyone!  

I am not shy about talking about my disease so ask away.  I just don't love to talk about it on Facebook or the blog every day because then I feel like that "sick" person.  I will be better before you know it!  Here's to being healthy!