So... well. Wow. It's been almost exactly 3 years since I've been here. That's kind of crazy, yo.
Lots has changed, again!! It's really kind of awesome to see how God's been at work in my life since I lasted posted here.
Last time I posted was in October 2011.
Let me see if I can do a quick summary of what's been going on since then!!
- I've been married to my hubby for 6 years. It's been a bit rough the past 2 years or so (long story) but I think things are starting to turn around.
- I've decided to completely stop SI'ing on 25 June 2010. I slipped up twice last year (2013) but before and after that, I've been completely self injury free.
- ED stuff is still a bugger but eh, I'm dealing with it the best way I know how. I'm in therapy again, I'm still seeing the nutritionist that I first started seeing 8 years ago, and I've been losing weight (healthily!!!) for the past year.
- I do NOT actually have fibro. What I thought was fibro was misdiagnosed Hashimoto's thyroid disease. I'm now on thyroid meds and the pain is gone. The fatigue flares up now and again, when my thyroid is flaring, and some of the pain comes back, but I am not anywhere near in as much pain as I was before!! Thank God!!
- I am now in grad school, final year. In May next year, assuming all goes well, I will graduate with my MSW (Master's in social work) and will then REALLY be able to help other people. I'm so excited about this, truly... I am interning right now with an agency that I would like to work with post-graduation, I think. The environment is very positive, the coworkers kind and funny.
- I've been diagnosed with a different "mental illness" but I'm not going to disclose it here. Suffice to say that it's very different from the multitude I've been misdiagnosed with other the years and it fits so much better.
- I went into trauma treatment in the spring of this year. That was my first time traveling by myself (1800 miles away from home!!) and I was gone for ~2 weeks. It was not long enough (the program is supposed to be a month long) but it was as much as insurance would cover, and without insurance the program is $900/day soooo yeah. Aha. I eventually want to go back and do some more work, but that can wait... I'm not at crisis point like I was this spring with returning memories.
I think that's about it. At least, that I can think of right now.
I'm excited to be back, but at the same time, a little sad to see how inactive the forums are where I used to post a lot. Oh well. I'm sure that I'll find my niche somewhere... and if I don't... well. Not going to worry about that right now.
But oh my, CF, how you've changed since I first came here in 2003!!
Lots has changed, again!! It's really kind of awesome to see how God's been at work in my life since I lasted posted here.
Last time I posted was in October 2011.
Let me see if I can do a quick summary of what's been going on since then!!
- I've been married to my hubby for 6 years. It's been a bit rough the past 2 years or so (long story) but I think things are starting to turn around.
- I've decided to completely stop SI'ing on 25 June 2010. I slipped up twice last year (2013) but before and after that, I've been completely self injury free.
- ED stuff is still a bugger but eh, I'm dealing with it the best way I know how. I'm in therapy again, I'm still seeing the nutritionist that I first started seeing 8 years ago, and I've been losing weight (healthily!!!) for the past year.
- I do NOT actually have fibro. What I thought was fibro was misdiagnosed Hashimoto's thyroid disease. I'm now on thyroid meds and the pain is gone. The fatigue flares up now and again, when my thyroid is flaring, and some of the pain comes back, but I am not anywhere near in as much pain as I was before!! Thank God!!
- I am now in grad school, final year. In May next year, assuming all goes well, I will graduate with my MSW (Master's in social work) and will then REALLY be able to help other people. I'm so excited about this, truly... I am interning right now with an agency that I would like to work with post-graduation, I think. The environment is very positive, the coworkers kind and funny.
- I've been diagnosed with a different "mental illness" but I'm not going to disclose it here. Suffice to say that it's very different from the multitude I've been misdiagnosed with other the years and it fits so much better.
- I went into trauma treatment in the spring of this year. That was my first time traveling by myself (1800 miles away from home!!) and I was gone for ~2 weeks. It was not long enough (the program is supposed to be a month long) but it was as much as insurance would cover, and without insurance the program is $900/day soooo yeah. Aha. I eventually want to go back and do some more work, but that can wait... I'm not at crisis point like I was this spring with returning memories.
I think that's about it. At least, that I can think of right now.
I'm excited to be back, but at the same time, a little sad to see how inactive the forums are where I used to post a lot. Oh well. I'm sure that I'll find my niche somewhere... and if I don't... well. Not going to worry about that right now.But oh my, CF, how you've changed since I first came here in 2003!!
