Eventful Day!

Today was a wild one. This morning my friend and I volunteered to pray with a group from our church at the local p.lanned parenthood. It was a good turn out and I think I'd like to go back to pray with everyone each month. After, we went to a friend's house for a fat tuesday brunch. There wasn't too much there for me to eat, avoiding both gluten and dairy does kind of limit my selection when at someplace new. I always like to make a good impression when meeting people for the first time, don't we all? That's why I thought I'd go ahead and pass out after using the bathroom and then proceed to throw-up everything I had just eaten! Yes, you read that right. It's bad enough feeling sick and throwing up in the comfort of my own home. Forget at someone else's house, my very first time visiting! Ha! I even got to leave with a lovely thank-you-for-coming gift, my newly aquired throw-up bucket! Yes! I can't wait to visit again real soon. You may be wondering what the heck I ate? Nothing too unusual, I had some fresh fruit, fruit snacks, a juice box and I was eating the broccoli out of a small piece of quiche. I tried to avoid the cheese and didn't eat any of the crust but I wonder if there were small pieces of cheese that bothered me. Do fruit snacks have gluten? I thought no, but my husband told me after he thought they did. I noticed sharp pains in my stomach after eating the above foods and then while in the bathroom I started feeling super hot and sweaty. I thought, oh no, this is the first time I've ever been over here and I'm going to be sick. I left the bathroom and motioned to my friend that we had to leave now, but the next thing I knew I was on the kitchen floor with people over me asking if I'm okay. I've never truely fainted before, so this was all new! Then I laid on their couch and threw up after some very sharp pains a couple times. I'll spare you the details on the vomitting, let's just say I was very happy to get that food out of my system! I'm home now feeling much better. What a wild morning though!

Doggie Time

We have been dog sitting for the past week. Rusty is so loving and sweet. I think he would make a good therapy dog, although he barks really loudly and often when there is something outside or someone at the door. He also barks a lot when my husband and I hug! It's really funny! He wags his tail and gets all excited, I think he knows love when he sees it! :) My good friend really wants me to get a dog, but honestly, I have never trained a dog before and I think the reason we're able to watch this dog is because he's house trained and older. He really just lays around all day.

I love it. :) Oh yeah, and he comes upstairs and sleeps by my side of the bed. I'm pretty sure that I'm the master, while his real master is away on vacation. He sleeps in, just like I do, too. I've really enjoyed having a dog around while my husband is at work. I think I'm going to miss having him leave!

Do you think we should get a dog? If so, what kind?

And Now For Your Listening Pleasure

My husband and I are in the choir at our church and we're singing this as a choir next Sunday at Mass. I can't get enough of this song and have been listening to it a lot today. I thought you might enjoy it!

New Evangelization

If you haven't read this, you are missing out! Please head on over and enjoy!

Questions

Yesterday I had a really anxiety-filled day.  I've been noticing that if I have even a little bit of gluten that I react strongly to it now that I've been avoiding it for quite a while.  I got all stuffy and started having to clear my throat a lot, and then the anxious thoughts started flooding me.  It's like I'm unable to have a reasonable conversation about something, instead everything I say is kind of anxiety filled.  My husband tries to explain how my mood is different, which helps to have some objective take on how I'm acting.  I talked to my parish priest and am going to be receiving a low-gluten host when I receive Communion from now on.  I felt so anxious even talking to him about it, I hated the thought of him thinking badly of me or thinking it was all in my head.  Thankfully, those were indeed all just anxieties, as he was very understanding and said that a lot of people are developing allergies lately and that it's certainly okay to have a small piece of a regular host or to have a low-gluten host.  I just may need to remind him, as he might forget.  I had done some research prior to talking to him and knew that the low-gluten hosts were approved by the Vatican, apparently an order of nuns has made them specifically for people with gluten sensitivity.  I find it so crazy that I am so sensitive to it now.  I really do feel more out of sorts and anxious after eating something with gluten in it.  My sister has celiac disease, so I'm not surprised that I have reactions to gluten.  Apparently gluten sensitivities can manifest themselves in different ways with different people.  Some may get stuffiness, others may put on weight, others it may affect their fertility, others may have mood and emotional problems, and then the obvious, others suffering from celiac disease in which the celia lining the intestines are damaged by the gluten protein.  I am trying to get my whole family to try avoiding gluten for two weeks and see how they feel.  My Dad is not keen on the idea, but he is similar to me, prone to anxiety, so I think he would really benefit!  Have you limited gluten from your diet?  If so, what were the benefits you noticed? 

I am still so thankful my HSG went well.  But, and maybe I'm still anxious today because I'm wondering, should I be confused that we haven't found out what is wrong yet?  What is the next step here?  We haven't done the test for my husband yet, so that could reveal some important information.  But what about after that?  Do I need to have surgery if my HSG came back normal?  I know they can't rule out endo until they do a surgery but I'm just not convinced enough to go through with a surgery yet.  I want so badly to have the HSG be enough.  I don't want to do anything invasive unless I absolutely have to.  I hope I'm not upsetting anyone, because I know a lot of you have went through multiple surgeries and I really shouldn't complain.  I know we will do it if we have to.  I guess right now I'm just holding out hope that maybe the HSG unblocked something and now I'll be ready to become pregnant.  This is the start of my TWW.  I want to remain hopeful and trust in the perfect plan and love that Jesus has for me. 

Happy Day!

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers!  I thought of you praying for me as I was driving to the appointment and thought how cool it was that people I've never even met before are lifting me up in prayer.  I may not be a fan of FB, but I sure am loving having a blog and getting to know such wonderful ladies through it! 

So, my appointment went well!  The radiologist said that both tubes are open!  Yay!  He showed me some of the images taken and it was pretty cool.  My uterus looked so small!  He said my uterus looked good and didn't notice anything wrong with it (I guess as much as you can tell from an image?  maybe he meant there were no adhesions or growths? I don't know, I wish I had asked for clarification.) Then he showed where the dye was all over the place after it came out of the tubes.  I thought it was so cool!  I'm always fascinated when it comes to the human body and medicine.  I remember having a surgery for a lump in my left breast when I was in high school and afterwards I was so fascinated with surgery and wanted to be a surgeon!  haha.  I dream big!  Anyway, back to my appointment.  I'm so very happy it went well.  And the pain, I noticed some as he was letting the dye flow through.  It felt just as if my period was coming on.  It lasted a couple minutes and then when he was finished and I sat up, the pain was already easing and I felt fine.  I had a little cramping on the way home, but nothing to really complain about.  I didn't need medicine and feel normal now.  So I wouldn't say I'm in the "felt no pain at all" camp, but it wasn't unbearable, thank goodness. 

My husband was asking if the tubes were previously blocked and I wasn't sure how to answer that.  I just know they are open now, so maybe the dye helped open anything that was blocked?  I guess time will tell because I have no clue.  I was so excited and wanted to share the news with my bloggy friends.  I made sure to tell my hubby first though.  :)  haha I'm talking as though it were a pregnancy announcement!  Not that big of a deal, silly me!  My husband would have come with me but had a big meeting he couldn't miss.  So I waited until now to tell you all.  I'm thankful to God for this little gem of good news! :)  Thanks to you ladies for praying for little me. :)  You are the best!

Waiting For Tomorrow

I haven't written an update yet, as my appointment was switched from yesterday to tomorrow.  I'm anxiously awaiting my appointment though and am so interested to hear the results.  Prayers are greatly appreciated tomorrow 1 pm eastern time! ha :)

It is super warm here today.  47 and SUNNY!  I love love love this kind of weather.  Thank you God for bringing Spring early and this makes me want to do something to my blog header.  It's time for a change, winter look, you've been nice but Spring is on it's way and I'm ready!

Hope you're all having a wonderful day.