Hey friends!
Lots of people have reached out to us..... and here I am to fill you all in! I can't begin to tell you how we both have all the feels. I also can't explain how much love, prayers, hugs and good vibes we feel. What I'm really blown away by, is by the women who have reached out to say, "Hey Ame, I've been in the same boat, and it all worked out" or the women who have reached out and are going through a lot of the same stuff. This literally BLEW my mind! The saying of you never know what someone else is going through... well if that ain't the dang truth! I was actually hesitant to post another update to respect Eric's privacy and maybe I was almost feeling that I wasn't being sensitive to other women by sharing our story, but the response from Eric and other women has been overwhelmingly supportive. Some people can talk about this subject, some can't. Neither is right or wrong. However if I can talk about it and it helps just 1 person, then its worth it. So here we go with the actual update:
I LOVE MY DR & NURSES. (One of my nurses is from Gillette, WY! I knew who she was immediately and I bet I haven't seen her in 15-20 years, what a SMALL WORLD!!)
I can tell a weight has been lifted off of Eric's shoulders... some relief that everything will be OK. (this makes me extremely happy and tingly inside!!)
Eric still doesn't like needles, even when they aren't going in him... he still can't handle it.
Eric can play a mean round of farming on his cell phone when his wife is being picked and prodded.
I don't mind driving to appointments a couple hours away, because it gives my mind a break and Eric ACTUALLY DRIVES!
We found out that Eric needs to take some vitamins and take a little bit better care of his heart! We all should; right? And for me, they want my TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) levels to come down a bit more and we found that my Prolactin level is high. (Google it if you want the details, not that scary but enough to make you think and enough info to really make sense when you are in my shoes). Related to my Prolactin levels we discovered that I have a small cyst on my pituitary gland. This is nothing to worry about but it may be causing some of my irregular periods, night sweats, tiredness, forgetfulness, etc. The nurses are not that worried about it, I just gotta take a new medicine and get a follow up MRI to make sure its not getting bigger. (I have decided I really am not a fan of MRI's)
So really, not much has happened yet, but then again a lot has happened. We know stuff today that we did not know before, and things have been tested that never were. We are also away from excuses, we are on to what is actually causing the problem. I mentioned that Eric is feeling a little lighter.. I have to confess, that so am I. I'm tired and worried all the time, but I'm feeling a little lighter. I can't believe how much we've learned in such a short time and how much the doctor talked with us and how many reasons or ideas he had on what was going on with us. He was also filled with so much heart and so sensitive to the fact of why we were there. It was amazing.
I think with in the next week or two we will have the next round of poking and prodding!
Thank you everyone for following our journey and loving us! XO, Eric & Amy
My new hashtag should be #coachandbearhavenoideawhatsabouttohitthem
