I posted in April 5 Challenges/5 Small Victories and thought it would be a good one to repeat today. 5 Challenges 1. Keeping up with appointments. In the next month, I have 3 speech/respiratory therapy appointments, 1 endocrinology appointment, 1 neurology appointment, 1 ultrasound, and 1 dentist appointment. All that while working 3 days a week and dealing with a chronic illness = more than a full time job. 2. Being Calm. If I'm not at work or at an appointment, I'm worrying about what will happen at that appointment and what surgery is next and what that diagnosis means in terms of all of my other diseases. 3. Being on time for work. I seriously have a hard time getting up in the morning. I always forget about the 5-10 minutes I need to add to get from the parking lot to work via the shuttle. 4. Having a new diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism and dealing with what that means (more surgery, MEN-1?) 5. Taking medications every day. I have a weird inability to s
(Formerly known as Life with Cushing's)