Full Steam Ahead!

Back from vacation, a nasty bug, new plan started, and new developments on the skin cancer front. Been an intense several days following last week’s post. So I’ll just jump right in!
Our spring break was AMAZING! It truly was a great time, even with my oldest being sick the first half and my youngest getting a migraine and vomiting midweek. I simply cannot say it enough. It was great and much needed. The trip back was loooooooong, but we made it back, and that’s when I got sick.

Sneezing, coughing, headache – BLECK! I spent all of Saturday and Sunday sleeping (wait, I did manage to get some chicken cooked and broccoli semi-steamed). I really felt like it could have been the flu or something, so I nipped it in the bud right away and went to the doc on Monday. She too felt it was influenza and possibly strep so she tested, to our surprise it was neither! Yay! So I picked up some Claritin-D per her recommendation and worked out!

With just over five weeks until the Spartan, I really cannot afford to miss my workouts. PLUS – more importantly – I am determined to stick with my goals of executing my fitness and nutrition plan 100%. I was happy to report to my coach yesterday, I have been 100% compliant on both fronts, and my excitement really grew! Pumped and ready to take names, I headed off to my Doc (yet again) for a follow-up visit for the spots she looked at a few weeks ago (and the lovely annual exam, yes, I sometimes willingly sign up to torture myself).

Prepped and ready to go, she decided to look at my spots first. First one, good to go! Second, not so much. It shouldn’t be purple and bigger than it was, seems to have grown. Third one, again, not good. It should not have grown, it shouldn’t have bubbled out, and it should

not be purple.What the H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS?! I keep calm, thinking it’s nothing, when she proceeds to tell me she is sorry, and feels like she is the bearer of bad news, and I wasn’t supposed to come back in like this. Hmmm…..should I be concerned now?

We proceed with the exam, ship shape. The nurse comes in to help numb the spots, so doc can totally excise the misbehaving cells – not what she had planned to do. Let me tell you, I have had two children without an epidural and the pain and sting of the needle and solution she injected me with, was right up there with the pain of having my both my girlies! I was cringing. An hour, twelve stitches (five and seven respectively), and feeling the pain of her stitch me up later, I was walking out of the office.

Now I wait. Again, I wait to see what is going on with these little boogers. I am trusting God, but I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a part of me concerned, which is driven from the way my doc reacted. At any rate, life goes on. God always brings comfort by His Word and presence, I am going to continue to be who I am with my family, keep moving forward with my plan, and continue to look forward. With all the challenges I have experienced in the past several years, I know there is something magnificent waiting on the other side of all this growth! Now time to go kill a workout! Take care J