How does this work again?
I'm finally sitting down to catch up on my blogging and, I have to share, I feel so good that I received three emails from friends that missed me in blogger world. Honestly, there have been so many things going on lately that I have been a little too full to even write. Several things have settled out for us and so now I feel, somewhat, capable of communicating through my little window to the world.
For the past 5-6 months I've been very achy. I kept explaining it away as the move, or stress, or working out but gradually it kept getting worse. At the same time I also felt a little lump in the fold of my leg. I thought it was just part of the muscle, but gradually, it also started getting a bit larger. Nothing added up until just before we found out we were pregnant. I went to our Bone & Joint doctor about the aching, thinking perhaps some of it was carpal tunnel. They did tests for MS, rheumatoid arthritis, lupas, etc and nothing showed up.
We then started an emotional route as they associated the aching and the lump (lymph node) with lymphoma. The desire was to rule out the worst as quickly as possible since I was pregnant. Hearing that it could be a simple virus working through my body all the way to lymphoma brought about quite a bit of struggle for me. I already battle fear and satan's dogmatic desire to convince me of untruth, so fear definitely started taking over. At the same time Caroline started Kindergarten, Jason went back to school and the busy schedule of coaching, and I lost my job. It has been a very tough time sorting through all of this under the influence of HEAVY pregnancy hormones!
I don't feel that I have processed through this enough to share my lessons learned except to say that my Father is faithful...and in time I am sure I will be able to process these few weeks more.
Tuesday I had an appointment with a Surgeon who spent much time via ultrasound looking at the lymph node in my leg. If it was a simple lymph node, there wasn't too much to be concerned about but the fact that the aching was involved created a different scenario. But, thankfully, she discovered that that is was not a lymph node, rather, what seems to be a lipoma (fatty tissue). "Oma" does mean tumor but doesn't mean that it has to be malignant. They truly feel this is harmless, but will be watching to confirm. They would like to just take it out now but feel that is too risky early in the pregnancy. As far as the joint and muscle aching - I will be referred to a rheumatologist to further that search.
Right now, I am rejoicing that, as it looks, I am not dealing with something terribly serious. Rather, it is just something to deal with...which is much easier to handle.
As far as Caroline entering Kindergarten - she couldn't be handling the transition any better. She is so ready for this change and doing such a great job at it! She is even riding the bus home in the afternoons and loving every minute of it!
My job - well, that has been a, somewhat, painful journey but today I had an interview with a new company called Brand Velocity that went wonderfully and they offered me the job at the end of the interview! I am thrilled about this new venture and opportunity to grow. I will be an Executive Assistant, all virtual, so I will still be able to maintain my stay-at-home Mommy dreams and enjoy some time with Doster before we add a new little bundle to the household.
During the following week I'll gradually add my posts regarding all the things going on in our lives over the past month or so...stay tuned!
For the past 5-6 months I've been very achy. I kept explaining it away as the move, or stress, or working out but gradually it kept getting worse. At the same time I also felt a little lump in the fold of my leg. I thought it was just part of the muscle, but gradually, it also started getting a bit larger. Nothing added up until just before we found out we were pregnant. I went to our Bone & Joint doctor about the aching, thinking perhaps some of it was carpal tunnel. They did tests for MS, rheumatoid arthritis, lupas, etc and nothing showed up.
We then started an emotional route as they associated the aching and the lump (lymph node) with lymphoma. The desire was to rule out the worst as quickly as possible since I was pregnant. Hearing that it could be a simple virus working through my body all the way to lymphoma brought about quite a bit of struggle for me. I already battle fear and satan's dogmatic desire to convince me of untruth, so fear definitely started taking over. At the same time Caroline started Kindergarten, Jason went back to school and the busy schedule of coaching, and I lost my job. It has been a very tough time sorting through all of this under the influence of HEAVY pregnancy hormones!
I don't feel that I have processed through this enough to share my lessons learned except to say that my Father is faithful...and in time I am sure I will be able to process these few weeks more.
Tuesday I had an appointment with a Surgeon who spent much time via ultrasound looking at the lymph node in my leg. If it was a simple lymph node, there wasn't too much to be concerned about but the fact that the aching was involved created a different scenario. But, thankfully, she discovered that that is was not a lymph node, rather, what seems to be a lipoma (fatty tissue). "Oma" does mean tumor but doesn't mean that it has to be malignant. They truly feel this is harmless, but will be watching to confirm. They would like to just take it out now but feel that is too risky early in the pregnancy. As far as the joint and muscle aching - I will be referred to a rheumatologist to further that search.
Right now, I am rejoicing that, as it looks, I am not dealing with something terribly serious. Rather, it is just something to deal with...which is much easier to handle.
As far as Caroline entering Kindergarten - she couldn't be handling the transition any better. She is so ready for this change and doing such a great job at it! She is even riding the bus home in the afternoons and loving every minute of it!
My job - well, that has been a, somewhat, painful journey but today I had an interview with a new company called Brand Velocity that went wonderfully and they offered me the job at the end of the interview! I am thrilled about this new venture and opportunity to grow. I will be an Executive Assistant, all virtual, so I will still be able to maintain my stay-at-home Mommy dreams and enjoy some time with Doster before we add a new little bundle to the household.
During the following week I'll gradually add my posts regarding all the things going on in our lives over the past month or so...stay tuned!
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