General Health Updates

I've had people asking about my general health, so here are the updates:

My finger was noncancerous, but typed as something that could have turned out cancerous if left alone.  It was a mass of red blood cells clustering together underneath my skin.  Who would have thought it was anything to be concerned about?  It is healing much slower than I expected and I notice I'm having trouble stretching my hand out now.  Almost like the skin has tightened around the area.  Hopefully that will go away someday!

I am due to have another cutting into my breast even though my biopsy showed no cancer.  But after a different doctor looked at the lab results, he told my primary doctor to schedule getting the rest of the growth/tumor out in May.  I will keep you updated on that if you are interested. 

My depression is doing great, mainly because of new things that Avon is bringing into my life.  I call it my life-saver because if keeps me social, active, busy, and feeling like I have a purpose.  If you want to go to my website you can click on my link http://www.youravon.com/tblume 
I also think the spring weather is helping my depression and I am getting outside a little more.
I recently saw my back specialist to get updates on what can be done to lessen my constant pain.  He explained to me that my pain is largely due to the tight muscles that never relax, which is what Fibromyalgia is all about.  It's also why I have discovered that taking a muscle relaxer instead of a sleeping pill makes me comfortable enough to sleep at night.  But I don't recommend them during the day because you will get sleepy!

My knees have been x-rayed, and other than normal aging there was not anything to be concerned about.  Yet, the last two days I have hardly been able to walk with terrible knee pain.  I've had to take anti-inflammatory meds to keep the pain dulled.  I think it is simply another Fibro Flare-up caused by a trip I took last week that was hard on my body.  I had a lot of fun, but became terribly ill on the way home, and ever since I have had pain and tenderness more than usual in odd places.
It would be nice if we could actually define a Fibro Flare-up, but because it is different every time, there is no easy way to explain it.

My allergies have worsened to the point that my allergist suggested doing shots over a period of years.  I have doubled my medication on this, but still having problems.  I will wait the spring out and hopefully see if they get better.

I am not trying to get attention from all these issues, as much as let others know how things are because if no one talks about things, then we tend to feel alone when it happens to us.  I want to be a tool for God to work through me to give you information when you need it.  I'm also open and encouraging you to let me know how you are doing.  Sometimes we need to tell someone without feeling like a hypochondriac!  My hope is by sharing the little things and big things, you will know that there is someone else who understands and feels the same way you do.
Take care of yourself friends.  And I MEAN THAT!
 

"Fear of the unknown is the worst of all the fears; it kills the creative powers that come from Curiosity."-- Dr. Nirvikar Dahiya