Wow look at this a second post and it has hardly been over a week!!!! Go me.
We have started a new semester and I am excited. I am praying that I continue to improve, I am on my feet much more and doing things that could potentially cause more pain. I continue to pray that things continue on the upswing.
We have set up Skype and are very happy to talk and see our friends and family. It has been are great metal boost for both of us.
We also have found an English service church that I really like. It felt like coming home. It is the the perfect blend between Living Water in Chicago and CCF in Vincennes. I was very happy, oh so very happy.
So as long as the pain continues to ebb away, life is looking good.
That is all I have for now, I will write more later.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Once again I apologize
I am so bad at updating this thing.
A lot has gone on since I last blogged. I have been in an enormous amount of pain. It started with me feet and then spread throughout my legs specifically my knees, causing stiffness, swelling and pain. It got to the point where I was in a wheel chair if I was not teaching, and when teaching I was using a cane.
The good news is that I believe the worst is over now, the bad news is we are unsure what is causing it. It start as plantar faciitis in my right foot. Extreme pain in the heel, and unable to put much pressure on it. However at the same time I became stiff and achy all over my body, all my joints. You know how you feel when you have the flu and a fever? Well it was like that all the time. My back and shoulders began to hurt and I couldn't sleep at night because of the pain. I began going to the Chiropractor, Dr. Bill from California, and the pain in my back and shoulders soon dissipated. He also adjusted my foot after a month of me trying other things to get relief. He doesn't like to do extremities, he is "a spine guy". The foot felt better within two or three days. Of course this was coupled with me staying off of it whenever possible. So my foot started to feel better then for no reason at all on July 5th my left knee swelled up along with my calf and ankle...my roommates where a bit dismayed at it when I asked if they thought it was swollen, it was very swollen. Since then it has been stiff and painful to bend. This caused a bigger problem, I was now trying to keep weight off of both legs, the right for the plantar faciitis and the left for the swollen stiff knee. Grrrr.... My fingers and hands have been swollen and painful since about that time too. Well the knee is muscle related, when I get massages at the Chiro it feels much better and when Dr. Bill works on it it feels better (but man does it hurt when he is rubbing that muscle that seems to be contracted and not releasing causing me knee to be pinched to one side, thus causing my body to go outta whack and my other knee to try and compensate and it hurting too....sigh....it truly is amazing how the body is so closely interconnected.) Anyway I am slowly feel better everyday and I am trying to make sure I force myself to walk as normally as I can for longer and longer distances each day. I can't let my body get used to sitting in that darn chair! So far I am up to about a block. This means I can walk a block with out being in worse pain the next day. We are about to start our second week of vacation so it has been a blessing not to have to worry about teaching. I hope to be able so spend more time in my classroom getting ready for next semester.
I got pretty down at the end of last semester. The pain was changing how I could teach and that really made me mad. I know I was shorter with the kids, how can you not be when you are coping with large amounts of pain with every step you take. I know I was not the best teacher I could have been for the last month. I am hoping that the next semester goes much better. I thank you all so much for your prayers, I know that I have people praying for me in at least seven different states, people I don't even know, I am so glad I am a Christian and have such an amazing extend family!
We also have more good news...we got our replacement camera!!!! Hooray!!! So in the next several days check back on both this blog and the Peru blog for picture of our schools 28th of July Peruvian Independence day program. (My kids looked so cute but MAN is was a hellish day...sigh four year olds don't do well when their entire normal schedule is thrown out the door and barely controlled chaos is given to them instead. Did I mention they look cute though?)
Keep up the great work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day... (I must admit, there have been times in the last month that I have been ready to give up, yet some how God has carried me through.)
A lot has gone on since I last blogged. I have been in an enormous amount of pain. It started with me feet and then spread throughout my legs specifically my knees, causing stiffness, swelling and pain. It got to the point where I was in a wheel chair if I was not teaching, and when teaching I was using a cane.
The good news is that I believe the worst is over now, the bad news is we are unsure what is causing it. It start as plantar faciitis in my right foot. Extreme pain in the heel, and unable to put much pressure on it. However at the same time I became stiff and achy all over my body, all my joints. You know how you feel when you have the flu and a fever? Well it was like that all the time. My back and shoulders began to hurt and I couldn't sleep at night because of the pain. I began going to the Chiropractor, Dr. Bill from California, and the pain in my back and shoulders soon dissipated. He also adjusted my foot after a month of me trying other things to get relief. He doesn't like to do extremities, he is "a spine guy". The foot felt better within two or three days. Of course this was coupled with me staying off of it whenever possible. So my foot started to feel better then for no reason at all on July 5th my left knee swelled up along with my calf and ankle...my roommates where a bit dismayed at it when I asked if they thought it was swollen, it was very swollen. Since then it has been stiff and painful to bend. This caused a bigger problem, I was now trying to keep weight off of both legs, the right for the plantar faciitis and the left for the swollen stiff knee. Grrrr.... My fingers and hands have been swollen and painful since about that time too. Well the knee is muscle related, when I get massages at the Chiro it feels much better and when Dr. Bill works on it it feels better (but man does it hurt when he is rubbing that muscle that seems to be contracted and not releasing causing me knee to be pinched to one side, thus causing my body to go outta whack and my other knee to try and compensate and it hurting too....sigh....it truly is amazing how the body is so closely interconnected.) Anyway I am slowly feel better everyday and I am trying to make sure I force myself to walk as normally as I can for longer and longer distances each day. I can't let my body get used to sitting in that darn chair! So far I am up to about a block. This means I can walk a block with out being in worse pain the next day. We are about to start our second week of vacation so it has been a blessing not to have to worry about teaching. I hope to be able so spend more time in my classroom getting ready for next semester.
I got pretty down at the end of last semester. The pain was changing how I could teach and that really made me mad. I know I was shorter with the kids, how can you not be when you are coping with large amounts of pain with every step you take. I know I was not the best teacher I could have been for the last month. I am hoping that the next semester goes much better. I thank you all so much for your prayers, I know that I have people praying for me in at least seven different states, people I don't even know, I am so glad I am a Christian and have such an amazing extend family!
We also have more good news...we got our replacement camera!!!! Hooray!!! So in the next several days check back on both this blog and the Peru blog for picture of our schools 28th of July Peruvian Independence day program. (My kids looked so cute but MAN is was a hellish day...sigh four year olds don't do well when their entire normal schedule is thrown out the door and barely controlled chaos is given to them instead. Did I mention they look cute though?)
Keep up the great work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day... (I must admit, there have been times in the last month that I have been ready to give up, yet some how God has carried me through.)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Update number...whatever
I am letting you all know that life here is still going...and going...and going.
Things have been hard recently, as I have been having chronic pain. Burning throughout my entire body. It came to the point that getting out of my bed was almost too much for me. Two weeks ago I went to see the Chiropractor. Dr. Bill is from California and is a Niner's fan. Other than that I love the man! He is up front with what he does how it works what it costs and the pains of the process. He is great. I have been put in much more pain by both Dr. Bill and the massage therapists. But...in my everyday life the pain is slowly ebbing away. Little by little it is leaving. I still have a ways to go but I am feeling a better poco y poco.
I truly am enjoying my job, and now that I am seeing a possible end to the pain I am getting excited about working with my kids again. For a bit there it was very difficult to go into work and interact with the kids. But God is faithful and I know that I will again be able to function in life without the pain and enjoy the everyday things around me. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to remember both Emily and myself in them.
Keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.
Things have been hard recently, as I have been having chronic pain. Burning throughout my entire body. It came to the point that getting out of my bed was almost too much for me. Two weeks ago I went to see the Chiropractor. Dr. Bill is from California and is a Niner's fan. Other than that I love the man! He is up front with what he does how it works what it costs and the pains of the process. He is great. I have been put in much more pain by both Dr. Bill and the massage therapists. But...in my everyday life the pain is slowly ebbing away. Little by little it is leaving. I still have a ways to go but I am feeling a better poco y poco.
I truly am enjoying my job, and now that I am seeing a possible end to the pain I am getting excited about working with my kids again. For a bit there it was very difficult to go into work and interact with the kids. But God is faithful and I know that I will again be able to function in life without the pain and enjoy the everyday things around me. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to remember both Emily and myself in them.
Keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
hello for an old lady
Hello all. Well on Sunday I turned 31. When someone asked how old I was and I told him he said "Wow, that's not young." Well thanks....geez... My birthday was fine. We had a party and lots of cake on Saturday. The best part was that on Monday I got a package from the STATES!!!! My most wonderful friend ever in the world Wani sent me a package. It contained many things, including: Crystal light individual bottle packets of powder, Serendipity (DVD), popcorn, pens and pencils, her little sisters book (Yes that is right ladies and gentlemen her little sister is a PUBLISHED author!) and the bell that used to hang on the porch of the CCF campus house. It made me cry! I love my friend. I gotta go but i just wanted to let you all know that I am not young and that i am fine with it.
Keep up the good work people if we don't give up we might just make it through this day!
Keep up the good work people if we don't give up we might just make it through this day!
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