Hey y’all!! How are you doing? I hope you guys are doing good and hanging in there! Y’all this past week has been rough, BUT I am still remaining grateful. Here comes my check in post:
Quick Rewind: So those of you who may not know, I’m a cancer/leukemia survivor. While I was battling cancer [3/10/15-7/7/17] treatment consisted of steroids and chemotherapy. The treatment helped save my life, but it also caused some damage. The damage is called Avascular Necrosis, which I’ve experienced in my right and left hip. This gets super painful, chronic pain to be exact. [6/15/18] I received a total right hip replacement to relieve my pain; my left hip wasn’t as bad at the time.
Present Day: I am still in remission from leukemia; thank God! Everything is going well with my right hip, but my left hip’s pain has intensified A LOT. It’s currently hard to sit, stand, or lay down for a long period of time. I’m also struggling with sleeping throughout the night. Dealing with this during quarantine has made it even more difficult. This has resulted in follow-up appointments getting cancelled, doctors not being available at all-not even virtually.
I’m grateful I was able to get an appointment scheduled for this week; praying I can get some real relief soon! Real relief will result in another total hip replacement because unfortunately the illness I have there’s no reversing, which I’ve come to peace with knowing that. I’m just looking forward to living a pain free life again. I am a spiritual person and even when it gets rough I know God won’t put more on me than I can handle. It’s not only important to have your mental and spiritual state together, but it’s also important to have support during rough times.
I would like to personally thank my parents, my boyfriend, family, friends, and co-workers. From waiting on me hand and foot, feeding me, helping me get dressed, going to get meds, praying for me, giving supportive calls/texts encouraging me to continue to push through. I definitely wouldn’t be able to make it through these difficult times without the endless support. It doesn’t go unnoticed and will forever be appreciated.
Even though life can get tough at times; we all need to try our best to remain positive and grateful. These two things will lead to great outcomes. I know when it’s tough it gets difficult; trust me I’ve been dealing with the same exact thing. I do know and believe I will get through this just like everything else that has come my way. Life brings you challenges that later will become testimonies. Always Remember: IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE!
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