An introduction

Okay. So here it is. I have decided to start this blog because I have had a very interesting year concerning my health and throughout this year I have had numerous repeated inquiries as to my well being. I have been trying to keep people updated with my status as best I can, but have recently thought that I might be able to better inform people by submitting updates onto this blog. My hope is that by putting all the latest news at this one location then people can come and become better informed and I may get a slight reprieve from all the questions and inquiries that plague me on a daily basis. Well, plague might be a bit too harsh. I am truly blessed and feel genuinely loved by my friends and family at this time. And it is never just one person or one set of persons that bombard me with phone calls or inquiries. It’s just that I have a large number of people that want to check up on me from time to time and it just happens that I get checked on regularly by someone different every day. I know, I know, it’s a curse feeling so loved and if there is anything this illness has truly taught me, it is how truly loved I feel. And I say that with sincere honesty and without guile - it has indeed been amazing to experience all the warmth and love of my friends and family. BUT having said that, it can become very tiring letting people know how I am doing day after day after day, and ultimately, it is extremely depressing when I have no good news to report. So it is with complete selfishness that I am starting this blog in hopes to get a bit of a break. But by no means do I want you to stop calling and checking up on me. It’s just that in those times when I am unavailable, or more truthfully, don’t feel like answering the phone, you can come here and get acquainted with my current situation and maybe even read some amusing anecdotes, to boot!

So here it is. The blog from my past year and the days ahead.

Let’s start at the beginning.