Moving sucks!

I don't know anyone that likes moving, especially the packing part. I hate it, always have. But having a chronic illness makes all the frustrations, difficulties and headaches of moving magnified by a hundred. And to make things even worse I am doing it alone. This is the first time my parents have not helped me pack and move. (I know I am 32, but you gotta love family. It is cheap help!) And my fiance is already in Dallas because his job there started a month ago. So I am left with an 11 year old and a dog, which more times than not are way more trouble than help.

It takes me about one hour to sort through and pack just one box. Generally that one task leaves me so exhausted that I need to rest for about 2 hours. And then after a morning of packing, cleaning, sorting, etc. I need a few hour afternoon nap just to be able to function! I am 32 years old I should be whipping through this, even though the work sucks. But instead my body is that of an 80 year old, and I am extremely limited in function. I actually look forward to a day when I can pack my house and move without pain, fatigue and everything else that comes along with being sick.

The last two years...

I have decided to accept a challenge to blog for 30 days straight about health, illness and the impact these issues have had on my life personally. So when I logged into my blog and realized it had been almost two years since I had written anything I was pretty sure that I was not going to make it a whole 30 days. But I am determined to give it a shot.

I have spent the last two years fighting Cushing's Disease. On April 7th, 2010 I had Pituitary surgery to remove a tumor causing Cushing's disease. I had high hopes that this would be a one shot cure for me, but like so many other things in my life this hasn't worked out quite like I planned. Two years later I am testing for Cushing's again, and I am just as bad off as before. Except, because of my illness I met the love of my life and his wonderful daughter. And when I thought I would never have things like marriage and children in my life I am now a mother to a beautiful young lady and I am planning a wedding.

I can't promise that this will be the most interesting or witty blog; or that I will have amazing life changing insights, but I encourage you to take this journey with me for 30 days in April as I attempt to bring awareness to Cushing's Disease in particular and illness in young adults in general.

For more information on Cushing's Disease visit: http://www.cushings-help.com/
For more information on cancer in young adults visit: http://www.masskickers.org/