I'm a bit of a collector by nature and am learning how to live graciously (and at times decidedly ungraciously, just ask my poor housemates) with two auto-immune diseases:
- Type 1 diabetes since I was 14 (legal druggy, woo hoo!! I can shoot up in public without getting arrested, I also know what cool words like lancet, hypo/hyperglycemia, Somogyi-effect mean) and
- Rheumatoid Arthritis since Christmas last year.
This year saw me finally crossing over to having had diabetes for more than half my life - an amazing blessing to get to this point still healthy, with all the fears I had about ever making it unscathed to year 15! Every day is still a mission, but I'm grateful to have come this far.
Today marks one year (TADAA!!! anniversary so I am allowed to get soppy!!!
) since I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (R.A.). What a year it has been! Hard to imagine that this time last year I could barely walk. Every day is a study in learning that I am not super-girl and don't have to be!
God, is good and sovereign in all things I believe (comments and thoughts and questions more than welcome!) I am so grateful for the support of loved ones and friends!
“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer--His grace sufficient, His promises unchangeable.” John Newton
posted @ Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:29 PM