Endometriosis blog entry for 7/31/08:
"OUT OF OFFICE NOTICE"...
Yesterday I didn't "practice what I preached". I meant to rest but instead I didn't. What I saved in blog-writing time, I made up for in blog-related emails and long replies to yesterday's comments.
Therefore, I am going to take a true day off from blogging today: no posting entries, no replying to comments, no networking with fellow bloggers, no installing tools on the blog, no checking blog traffic.
This will be the first 100% ***REAL*** DAY OFF since I began blogging on June 1, 2008!
After that we have relatives coming into town and I will be pretty busy. So if you post any comments and don't get an immediate response, you'll know why. I'll do my best to catch up on answering comments when I return but they will remain in moderation until I resume blogging.
So we'll call this my "out of office" message for at least a day.
I hope you'll keep those comments coming in while I'm away and that you'll stay with me/check back soon on my endometriosis & chronic illness blog!!
This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.
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7/18/2008
Endometriosis & Chronic Illness/Pain: YouTube Video Has Touched Many!!!
Just a quick update for endo blog readers! Two threads have been very active with comments...
(1) The YouTube thread: "Monday, June 9, 2008 YouTube Video Clips --- Endo, Infertility, Chronic Pain, Pelvic Pain..."
(2) The followup YouTube thread: Monday, July 14, 2008 Jeanne's Endo Blog: YouTube Video Clips --- Endo, Infertility, Chronic Pain, Pelvic Pain... ***PART TWO***
If you have not viewed the chronic illness YouTube video referenced in these 2 previous posts (6/9/2008 and 7/14/2008), I highly recommend the video! If you read the 2 previous posts mentioned above, you'll see the video and the conversation about it.
It is emotional, touching, and ultimately uplifting. I can't say enough about it. I believe ANY chronically ill patient would just love it AND it's an educational tool for helping healthy people to begin to comprehend chronic illness (not just endometriosis but any chronic illness). It's very special!
By the way, the video clip is called: "Don't Judge- the saga of chronic pain" and was posted on YouTube by "booknhorsefreak" (a/k/a caiquecrazy, the screen name she used here on the endo blog). It's AWESOME!
This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.
(1) The YouTube thread: "Monday, June 9, 2008 YouTube Video Clips --- Endo, Infertility, Chronic Pain, Pelvic Pain..."
(2) The followup YouTube thread: Monday, July 14, 2008 Jeanne's Endo Blog: YouTube Video Clips --- Endo, Infertility, Chronic Pain, Pelvic Pain... ***PART TWO***
If you have not viewed the chronic illness YouTube video referenced in these 2 previous posts (6/9/2008 and 7/14/2008), I highly recommend the video! If you read the 2 previous posts mentioned above, you'll see the video and the conversation about it.
It is emotional, touching, and ultimately uplifting. I can't say enough about it. I believe ANY chronically ill patient would just love it AND it's an educational tool for helping healthy people to begin to comprehend chronic illness (not just endometriosis but any chronic illness). It's very special!
By the way, the video clip is called: "Don't Judge- the saga of chronic pain" and was posted on YouTube by "booknhorsefreak" (a/k/a caiquecrazy, the screen name she used here on the endo blog). It's AWESOME!
This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.
7/08/2008
Gratitude Moment --- Crisis Averted: Test Came Back Normal On the Second Try!
Some of you are aware that I had an abnormal test recently that looks for a rare cancer called a pheochromocytoma. Due to the numbers coming up high, I had to do a second test and was nervous, to say the least.
I have had several "cancer scares" over the years and I had a "surprise" carcinoid tumor removed in 1996 during my (planned) combined surgery to remove endo and a foot of my colon. (Back then I had a hemicolectomy, entire appendix with the carcinoid tumor removed, endo removed... the works... during a laparotomy. I have also had 6 laparoscopies). If I had had a pheo, the surgery used to remove it is either a laparoscopy or laparotomy. I personally have no desire for an 8th abdominal surgery!
I was supposed to get the results of my 2ND 24-hour urine test last Thursday but they weren't ready then. This just increased my anxiety over it. I just spoke with the nurse at my primary care physician's office and the 2ND test was normal. Yay! I'm so relieved!
A pheochromocytoma is a tumor on the adrenal glands (which sit on the kidneys). So the PCP thinks the reason behind my first (abnormally high) test was the extraordinary level of stress I have been under. After all, my adrenaline has been getting a workout lately.
Thank you to everyone who sent me positive energy, prayed, listened, etc.!! Your support and kind words have helped me more than you know.
I have yet another reason to be grateful today! :)
P.S. THANK YOU to all who emailed me with their support! I really appreciate it!
This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.
I have had several "cancer scares" over the years and I had a "surprise" carcinoid tumor removed in 1996 during my (planned) combined surgery to remove endo and a foot of my colon. (Back then I had a hemicolectomy, entire appendix with the carcinoid tumor removed, endo removed... the works... during a laparotomy. I have also had 6 laparoscopies). If I had had a pheo, the surgery used to remove it is either a laparoscopy or laparotomy. I personally have no desire for an 8th abdominal surgery!
I was supposed to get the results of my 2ND 24-hour urine test last Thursday but they weren't ready then. This just increased my anxiety over it. I just spoke with the nurse at my primary care physician's office and the 2ND test was normal. Yay! I'm so relieved!
A pheochromocytoma is a tumor on the adrenal glands (which sit on the kidneys). So the PCP thinks the reason behind my first (abnormally high) test was the extraordinary level of stress I have been under. After all, my adrenaline has been getting a workout lately.
Thank you to everyone who sent me positive energy, prayed, listened, etc.!! Your support and kind words have helped me more than you know.
I have yet another reason to be grateful today! :)
P.S. THANK YOU to all who emailed me with their support! I really appreciate it!
This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.
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