Houston, We Have Eyebrows!...

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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” ~ Winnie the Pooh
Within the last two days, my eyebrows have suddenly started to grow again! I realize to some of you this may seem silly to celebrate but I gotta tell you, losing my eyebrows affected me more than even the hair on my head! Once they were gone, there was no doubt I was sick. Looking in the mirror I didn't recognize that sick person staring back at me. So yes, I am celebrating eyebrows today and as an added bonus, my eyelashes are also coming in nicely!! Hoooray for eyebrows and eyelashes!!! I am also quite amazed at how much insulation a baby-fine layer of hair on your head provides. I have a feeling I'm gonna look like a chia pet for a while once it really starts growing, LOL!

I have PT at 8:20 tomorrow morning. I've been doing my home exercises every day and it really seems to be helping a lot. As most of you know, I love technology, and my Dr uses an app to assign me exercises. I open up the app and sign in and it takes me through each exercise with video and verbal cues on when to begin, rest and change exercises. It makes it so easy. I've got some questions for my Dr. tomorrow though because I have been getting stabbing pains under my arm and a burning, pulling sensation in my thumb & wrist when I reach for something sometimes. I just want to be sure I'm not doing anything incorrectly. I assume it is just nerves beginning to wake up again. 

It was so good to be at church on Sunday! Today marks one month since my surgery. I'd say my pain level is about a 4 now...sometimes a 5, but getting better each day. Sleep is still a challenge and very uncomfortable usually but I'll get there. 

I'm hoping to get back to choir this week, depending on how my Wednesday goes. My voice is coming back thanks to not being on steroids and constantly dehydrated. I have missed singing! 

I am slowly putting the pieces of me back together. I tend to be a rather impatient person in certain situations. I don't mean to be...I am just a "get-er-done" "Let's get the show on the road" kinda girl. When I have a task I want to get moving on it. So, sitting back and letting my body slowly mend itself is incredibly annoying to me! I mean, come on body...I know you aren't as young as you used to be but...yeh...quit yer lollygagging! LOL! Anyway, I am trying to be more patient with myself. I don't have much choice when I am constantly reminded by my body that I can't do that yet. I know, this too shall pass. It is one thing to know that and an altogether different thing to really believe it. The struggle is real. In my devotion today the author says, "We are to trust in the God who led His people into the desert so they might know the end of their power and the fullness of His provision.*" He's doing the same with all of us each day. Mine is a health issue, yours may be different, but in the end, it all comes down to having faith in God's provision. He's provided before, and He'll do it again. 

Today's Prayer Requests:
  1. Pray that I will have a good PT session in the morning and that the pain and tingling I'm having is nothing serious.
  2. Pray that I will continue to heal and get stronger each day, the pain will subside and that I will be able to sleep comfortably.
  3. Pray that my next surgery will go well, there will be no complications and I will be able to recover quickly so I can start radiation a few days later.
  4. Pray for me to be patient with myself as I recover.
  5. Pray for me to be brave, stay strong, and stay positive.
Today's Verse:
* Graceland, by Ruth Chou Simons

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