Recovery Progress: November 2017

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Another life journey

I've never had a really serious medical issue. There was the fifth disease in my early 30's but I wouldn't classify that as serious even though my neck couldn't turn for months. And it triggered arthritis, but that hasn't bothered me much at all over the years. But this last month I decided to try for a different life insurance company. They give tests to see where you are health wise. Blood tests came back fine but urine test not so much. I've always had high protein in urine but they've never figured out why. But this time the numbers were WAY beyond normal, even for me. Microalbumin/Creatinine should be 21 max, it was 264 and the retest a month later was 313, and the Protein/Creatinine should be 200 max and it was 617. YIKES! So I've been referred to a kidney specialist. The doctor is guesstimating that kidney function has dropped 20% this last year. I'm pretty sure diabetes related is off the table since I'm just on the cusp of being pre-diabetic, hypertension is off the table since my blood pressure is if anything opposite (It averages 100/70), life insurance company tests the white blood cell counts so I'd think cancer is off the table since that was fine... So my guess is some autoimmune issue is going on since there's a fair amount of autoimmune issues in the family. Not medication related either since I take no medication.

So I'm going to begin my Reliv journey to see if that will help. It helped bring my iron down a few years ago. So lets see if it can heal whatever is going on with my kidneys. Reliv has been known to help numerous things that are big issues, from cancer to diabetes, to..... It really is some amazing stuff. I have a horrible tendency to not take it as I should but now that there's something serious going on... I do believe I'll be much more diligent! We'll keep fingers crossed and I will keep track of my journey through this on this blog.

I am VERY thankful for that urge to try another Life Insurance company and thus it got caught!

Musings....

Dave has really been on my mind. Next month hits the seven year mark of his disappearing. It's hard to believe that it's been that long. I often wonder how he's doing, what he's doing, where he's at. It's amazing how fast seven years can fly. That first year was the longest year of my life. The second was quicker and now they just fly right by! I wonder if that has happened for Dave. One thing I'm thankful for is the help of my Father, the assurance that in the end all will be as it should be, whatever that may be. We do hope that one day Dave will show up. That we'll know some closure. That we'll get the assurance that he's okay. I'm often asked about what my reaction will be. To be completely honest I have no clue. I'm sure there will be hurt and maybe some anger but I can say at this point that the anger hasn't been there. After all, we don't know his side. I suspect some things but that's it.

When all is said and done it has allowed us to understand more of what others go through. We had a pretty protected life. Life experiences allow us to grow and be more compassionate no matter how old we are. And I'm on to another life experience. :( I'll cover that in my next blog post.

If you see this Dave, we think of you often and hope that you're doing okay. You'll know when the time is right to come back into our lives. Please follow that feeling and don't think any of us will turn our back on you! That WON'T happen.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Absolutely wonderful vacation!

I was gone last week and went to see Christina & Linda for a week. It was beyond wonderful! And the weather was absolutely perfect! Perfect timing for the rain too! Sitting in the airport to leave it started to rain.

Stayed the first night at Lewis's. They used to live in Sandy so it was wonderful to see them again after many years! Went up the back way to Victor on Hwy 89 instead of I-15 so saw lots of small towns. The picture with the town sign was really cool! We stayed in Victor for 3 days and went to the Tetons and Yellowstone from there. Got very lucky at Yellowstone and saw a fair amount of wildlife. Wasn't expecting to actually see a Grizzly or otters! We then headed to Idaho Falls and stayed at a couples place. Once again it being a small world was shown to be so very true! I knew her sister when I was growing up. Spent a couple of nights there and headed back to Salt Lake City and back home. And it's so wonderful to once again find the same spirit so far from home in Sunday meeting.