Sunday

"Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness."  Do we always remember that when we worship in church that we are entering His house in the splendor of His holiness?  Quite an incredible yet sobering reminder of our responsibility and privilege when we enter God's house each time to worship Him.

I continue to struggle a bit.  Again, not as bad as I have been in the past so I hate to complain.  However the situation is becoming a little frustrating so I plan tomorrow to call to see if I can bump the dose up of the current medication.  There are positives and negatives of this drug in comparison to the old.  If I can get the headache a little more controlled and some of the symptoms that go with it, I would prefer this new medication.  In the morning I don't feel as groggy and I am glad that I don't sleep so deeply that I don't hear anything.  My digestive system seems to be working better and in that respect I feel better.  I can't say that it is helping with my strength improving but I am still trying to give it a little time.  The negative is that it is not controlling my headache or the symptoms like the ringing in my ears as well as the previous drug. 

Life is incredibly busy so for all those that email me and things I apologize for not responding or being in communication as I would like.  Work is super busy since we are still short staffed and it is hard to keep up with all of the kids needing to go in a variety of directions.  I still have to rest for a period of time every day or I pay dearly.  That is becoming more frustrating as well.  There are so very many things that I need to get done that are not getting done and I'm not sure what to do about it. So I need to continue just trusting the Lord has a plan and shut my eyes at the messes around the house. :)

I am going back to Baltimore in December for a few days to see both the neurologist and gynecologic oncologist.  It will be a quick trip flying out on Saturday, seeing doctors on Monday and flying home Tuesday.  Hopefully I get a good report and it will be the last trip for a long time.  The good news is that since I was able to buy plane tickets a ways in advance (Kyle is going with me) the price of both tickets this time were about half the price of one ticket the last couple times that we flew. 

I have been so blessed in many ways.  So again I hate to gripe about the challenges that continue.  However, as a few have reminded me, this is the place that I need to write how things are really going and not sugar coating the truth so this is the reality of how things are going.  Thank you to so many for continued prayers.  The Lord has been so gracious and merciful to us.