Wow!!! Over a year!

I am such a horrible blogger!!! I totally haven't even posted anything on this blog in well over a year.

There is a reason, a really good one, I promise!!!

I have been battling something terrible since July 28. On July 28th, I woke up with chest pain so bad that I was concerned that I was having a heart attack. I went to the hospital, I wasn't having a heart attack. I have been undergoing so many tests that it is insane. They still have no answers for me.

Well, that is the depressing news. The good news is that I am learning how to cope with chronic pain. Chronic pain is a terrible, terrible thing to be dealing with.

I have had some very terrible experiences with doctors, but the doctors at Rush University have been so amazing that I have to rave about them.

I haven't been able to work, I haven't been able to do almost anything. It hasn't been great. I have learned so very, very much about myself. I am a lot stronger than I ever thought I was, not physically, but mentally and emotionally. I have learned to ask for help. I have learned that there is more to life than just working.

I have also learned that if you eat right, you can stave off weight gain after almost a year of not being able to workout.

I have learned that when you have chest pain this bad, you lose most use of your upper body. It has been insane, but, hopefully, soon, I will be up and running, metaphorically speaking.

Well, I am going to try and keep up with this thing better, now.