Surgery: When & why

A little over a {long} month ago, I had gone into urgent care to figure out why I was having horrible cramping/labor type pains.  After spending 12 hours in the Mayo system, the finding was that I have a messy mass of stuff growing outside of reproductive organs which is requiring me to have a full hysterectomy. 

At this point they are not able to determine what exactly has taken over my body, but signs suggest that I have endometriosis (and have had for years).  The mess is attaching itself  and building and sticking and covering and...making it hard to determine what exactly it is or isn't attached to.  The only way to tell is to go in and take a look.  Which they will be doing on Friday, January 31. 

There will be a biopsy done for safety sake, but the doctors I saw are not too worried about it being anything more than what it is.  I will continue to think positively and would appreciate any thoughts, vibes, prayers or anything else anyone would like to send my way.  I am hoping for a safe surgery without unnecessary complications and a strong recovery.  I have a half marathon to complete in May, after all {wink, wink}.

I have been asked multiple time about how I feel about this surgery and I always have the same answer:  I perfectly fine with it.  I have been dealing with pain in some form for years and look forward to relief.  I'm looking forward to getting back to living my life and not letting the pain or fear of the pain hold me back.  The benefits outweigh the drawbacks, in my mind.  I am not normally a surgery--medicate kind of person, it's true, but this is a time when I know it is the right thing to do...it is all about harmony.

I (or my husband) will try to update everyone as soon as possible.  I am again asking that everyone please keep me and my family [and everyone else involved in the process] in your thoughts.  Here's to a successful procedure.

Renovations and a New Word.



As with most renovations, they take time.  This year I will continue to work to bring my best self forward.  I had an amazing year. Things I thought I never could accomplish where taken on.  Skills I already had, became better.  Fun was had.  Connections and re-connections were made.  Life is good.  At one point, I had thought about skipping picking a new word and just keeping 2013 word and using it until I have completed my transformation.  I realized that I could be using the word renovate for a long time if I wait for it all to be done as I'm not really in a hurry to get it all done--because I know that I need to take it one step at a time in order for transformation to stick.  As I thought about it and looked at my word again, I stumbled upon a word that just jumped out at me.  I decided that I could keep the idea of last years word as my life theme (at least for a while) and add my new word.  This years word is:  harmony.

 

har·mo·ny (härm-n)

n. pl.har·mo·nies

1. Agreement in feeling or opinion; accord: live in harmony.

2. A pleasing combination of elements in a whole: color harmony; the order and harmony of the universe. See Synonyms at proportion.

3. Music

a. The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.

b. Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.

c. The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.

d. A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.

4. A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.

 

I am looking forward to a year of agreement, and combination of parts to make a whole.  I'm ready to hear pleasing sounds.  I am ready for harmony of mind, body, and soul.  I am ready for harmony in my goals and achievements.  I am ready to listen to the sounds of my beautiful life. 

 

To the new year.