Stressed Spelled Backwards Is Desserts

Ear Nose & Throat doctor #1

After examining me, he ordered a throat swallow test. I was having troubles with swallowing my pills, they were getting stuck in my throat. I would drink a fizzy drink to help them dissolve, I thought if this Diet Coke can clean toilets, then it can melt pills that are stuck in my throat. Nope didn't work. Then how about melting the pills in my throat, hot chocolate, I would melt it with warm liquid. Still things stuck. I was told at my swallow test to take my pills one at a time, then follow them down with applesauce or Greek yogurt… helps. My throat has narrowed some and there is a small hiccup in my final swallow… whatever that means. He wanted me to see a specialist at our University Medical Center that works with Wegener’s but he couldn’t remember his name.

The Rheumotologist told me that I would now have a new normal. Inflammation was my enemy. These types of autoimmune diseases feed on inflammation. How do you stay away from stress? One way is to stay away from contention. Or the catch phrase now is toxic people. 

"Jesus did not say, “You are not allowed
to feel true pain or real sorrow from the
shattering experiences you have
had at the hand of another.”
Nor did He say, 'In order to forgive fully,
you have to reenter a toxic relationship
or return to an abusive, destructive
circumstance.'"
-:- Jeffery Holland -:-

I always love what Hank Smith has to say. Only once I have crossed paths with a few real toxic, gossipy people. The only way to win is to not play their games. Boundaries are healthy. My disease is fed by inflammation. As I'm writing this blog about my RP journey, I look back I can see how the disease spiked when I had to deal with them. If someone is toxic, gracefully move on.

"Boundaries are healthy. Enabling any sort of abuse is not Christ-like. The Savior had firm boundaries throughout His life. You can forgive someone and move on without them in your life. You can say, “I forgive you. I hope you are happy. I wish you the best. Goodbye.” To think you have to return to a potentially cruel and painful relationship in order to forgive is simply not true. Some relationships need to be severed in order for everyone involved to move forward and heal. The trauma of betrayal can be too overwhelming to be able to be in close proximity to the betrayer. This doesn’t mean you haven’t forgiven, it means you are trying to keep yourself emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy for those you love." -:- Hank F. Smith -:-

Now then not all stress is bad stress, my service at Festival of Trees was stressful but I loved it. I taught Gospel Doctrine in Sunday School and it is stressful to teach adults but it was enthralling. These things I had to let go so I could mellow out and get my inflammation down. 

My favorite remedy for stress is this saying

Stressed Spelled Backwards Is Desserts

Ice Cream is my remedy of choice!

Ear Nose & Throat doctor #2

A referral was sent and I was off to the University Medical Center. They sent me to another ENT by mistake but after the appointment with me I had a hearing test and this doctor knew the right Rheumatologist I needed to see that specialized in Wegener’s and other Vasculitis diseases. See Three Ring Circus-Symptoms.

 “He rarely moves the mountains in front of us..... but He always helps us climb them.”

-:- Sheri Dew -:-