I'm Alive & Well!!!

"And today you know that's good enough for me

Breathing in and out's a blessing, can't you see?

Today's the first day of the rest of my life

Now I'm alive and well

Yeah, I'm alive and well"

Oh how I wish I knew how to add music to my blog.  I love this Kenny Chesney song.  It reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for and that life really can be about the simple things!  You see, I've been feeling pretty puny for a while now.  Acutally it's been months since I felt "good", but I just figured I was still adjusting and settling into our new life and our new home.  I'm sure you can relate when I say that sometimes life has a way of getting out of hand, and for the past several  months I've felt like I'm doing my best just to barely hang on for the ride.  I've been overcome with fatigue, dizziness, nasuea, and various other "symptoms" that finally progressed to the point that I knew it was well past time to get some medical consult.  After a week of appointments, blood work, x-rays, ultrasounds, etc. turns out I have severe sinus infections on boths sides that have been "brewing" for a LONG time.  To make a long story short I had to get 2 steroid shots AND be put on antibiotics for a considerable amount of time, as well as 2 other prescriptions to help maintain these symptoms.  My doctor is hoping he can have me back at 100% in the next 3 weeks, but said it could take as long as 6 MONTHS.  Not exactly what I wanted to hear -- especially since I registered for my half marathon this week (and happens to be 2 months away), but nevertheless, after just 24 hours I feel like a whole new person!  Honestly I had forgotten what it feels like to be healthy and to have energy!!!  To just be able to breathe!  What a blessing that I've taken for granted for far too long.  Seriously, I want to write my doctor a thank you note for helping me feel better! 
 
I'M ALIVE and WELL!!!!
 
I have so many fun things to catch you up on ... we've had an exciting week with school starting, summer ending, and fall just around the corner.  The only problem is I have so much energy that I have a hard time sitting still to blog about it all! LOL!