Wow, a lot happens in 8 months...

Life keeps happening in spite of the fact that I haven't blogged about it in about 8 months. I'll give a quick overview and then "hopefully" I'll be a bit more diligent in my blogging.

In September, Savannah started 1st Grade. She is a good student, and mostly enjoys school. I'm praying for the opportunity to homeschool her, but until that time, I am confident that God will use her (and my) time at that school for His glory.

In October, our baby girl turned 6! She had a doggy themed party. All her guests came dressed as doggies and she had a doggy shaped cake made with love by Grammie. I spent the entire week before the party redoing her room.


November was a time for celebrating family and being thankful for all God has done for us. We had TWO Thanksgivings! One the day before with my side of the family, and then another one on the day of Thanksgiving with Wayne's side of the family.

It was pretty quite around here come December. Wayne had his celebration of Christmas with Savannah. It was a pretty quite day at our house. Just the way I like it. ;)

Savannah also received a Student of the Month award in December, for Responsibility.

January was pretty uneventful. Not much to report.

In February, Savannah performed at her school's talent show with three of her friends. They were gummy bears! She did such a wonderful job. Not only did she remember all of her moves, but she performed wonderfully too! It reignited her desire to dance, so we re enrolled her in dance. So, now she is dancing (tap, ballet, and jazz) and doing gymnastics.

February also brought a surgery to my door. During my yearly "girly" doctor appointment, my ob/gyn found a large fibroid on the posterior of my uterus. He said it was rather large and wanted me to have an ultrasound done to see exactly what it consisted of.

Well, during that ultrasound, the tech found no fibroid, but she did find a large cyst on my right ovary. I have known about this cyst since my ultrasound almost 7 years ago, when I was pregnant with Savannah. I had also seen a picture of it from when I had the laparoscopy three years ago. It didn't concern me too much, until they started throwing around words like "complex" cyst and "solid components."

Due to the fact that it was no longer just a simple cyst but was now a complex cyst with solid components, they ordered a pelvic MRI. After my doctor received the results from the MRI, he referred me to an oncologist. I wasn't too concerned, at this point because of all the research I had done. Plus, just as with the Asherman's Syndrome, I knew God would receive the glory and that He had a plan for this situation. (By the way, only about 1% of ovarian cysts are cancerous, and statistically they are in women 50 years of age or older.)

To make a long story short, I saw the oncologist and showed him the picture of the cyst that I had from the laparoscopy and he too, did not seem concerned. However, due to the size of the cyst, he did say it would need to be removed.

A few weeks later, I went in for surgery and the removed the cyst, which was the size of a grapefruit. It was so large, that it was actually nestled in my colon. It was also a dermoid cyst. The "solid component" was a ball of hair. I've had this cyst my entire life and only really felt its existence when I ovulated. It's a strange feeling to be pain free during ovulation for the first time in my life.

Which brings us to March. This month brought a new mile stone in Savannah's growth. She lost her first tooth! She also had her 1st Grade performance at her school, which had a patriotic theme. Her class sang The Star Spangled Banner and a few other songs.

There are a few other things that I want to add, but they are recent enough to warrant their own posts.

Soooo bad at updating

Life has been life, and there is a lot to tell!  Brief update:

•  Went to Hawaii.  Trip was wonderful.


• Walk with God is amazing!  God is good.


• Savannah had dance camp for a week.  She did wonderful (going to try to upload a clip to You Tube.)


• Trying to find preschool for Savannah. 


• Insurance denied last surgery.  (Don't EVEN get me started.  That is a post for itself!)


• Photo business rocks.  Still slow, but moving.


• Wayne and I are wonderful, praise the Lord, literally. 

That's it for now.  Basically just a commercial of my life.  You'll have to wait until I have a spare moment to post the full show.  LOL!

 Love you all, and thank you for your continued prayers....

 Tami

Sorry to leave you hanging!

I thought I'd give a bit of an update on my life.

They surgery, as I said in a previous post, went well.  I've been in to the dr. twice since the surgery and each time he said my uterus was still wide open.  I was supposed to go soon after for and HSG but didn't get around to scheduling it.  I ovulated soon after the last visit and I know they won't do it after ovulation.  So, I'm waiting until I start spotting and then I'll make an  appointment.  I'm seriously not concerned though.  I know that if I have re-scarred that it means nothing.  I will get pregnant again, so it's all good. :D

 I will not be having any more surgeries no matter the result.  I'm done.  The doctor (who is one of -if not THE- best in this area) has done what I am willing for him to do, and now the rest is up to the good Lord Himself.  He is the ultimate healer and I trust my uterus to Him and Him only from now on.

 As for the rest of my life.  It is awesome!  It is seriously going really well.  We all have our off days (today being one of them) but as a whole God is just so good.  Wayne and I are doing wonderful.  He has grown so much since I started walking with the Lord.  He is not saved, but my walk has really caused growth in him which is so good to see. 

 Savannah is growing up so fast.  She went from a leg hugging toddler to an independent little girl!  She still has her "attached" moments, but that is just her constitution I think.  She lovesdance class.  And I'm sure she'd do wonderful in her recital, but "unfortunately" we'll be in Hawaii for it.  Oh shucks.  LOL!

 We've gotten back involved with the MOMs Club, which has also benefited her socially.  She actually seems a bit excited to start preschool this August.  And, her preschool teacher and I decided to put her in the 4 year old program.  I think she's ready.  I think she'd be bored if she was in the 3's.  Plus, if she's seems a bit behind, we can always hold her back from kindergarten next year.

My photo business is doing well too.  I've had a couple of full paying clients over the last month.  I'm really hoping that it will just snowball from there.  I'm just praying God will continue to bless it.

God is working in powerful ways here in our community.  My prayer group, which meets once a week, has been called to go out into the community in a grand way to spread His word and set people free.  It is going to be awesome. 

So, that's my update.  I'll try to be better about blogging.  My schedule is just so full now!

Surgery... Done!

I don't have any specifics, but I am out of surgery and doing well!  The only real pain I have are these stinkin' gas bubbles in my abdomen.  Blech!  When I know more, I'll post again.  Thanks for all the prayers!

Romans 5:1-11 (NIV)

Just because God's word says it better than I can... 

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."

 It's hard to explain the love of God to someone who doesn't want to understand it.  The only thing we can do, is live our life in accordance to His will and plan, live it lovingly, and hope that maybe they can see His love through us.

Second (and last) surgery scheduled

I had a good talk with God, and it seems as though He's going to use the doctor one more time.  I have my second, and last, surgery scheduled for the middle of March.  The doc will go in and remove the remainder of the scarring in the top of my uterus.  After that, God and I (with the help of my homeopath) will work on building my endo-lining.

 I'm very excited to get this surgery done, and basically over with!  I know that this part of the journey is about to end, but I also know that a whole new journey is about to begin.

 Thanks for all of your support and prayers.  They mean the world to me!

Much love,

Tami

I'm so horrible at blogging!

It's been forever, I know. I'm sure most of you have even stopped checking! :O

Anyway, here is an update. I went in for another HSG which showed the condition of my uterus post-op. Praise be to God, my tubes were open! My doctor said I still need one more surgery though, because the top of my uterus is still pretty scarred and needs to be cleaned up a bit. But, I have faith the this is my last surgery. I believe that it's in God's plan for me to get pregnant this year. :D

So, that's it for now. I'm just waiting to hear from the doctor on when he wants to/can do the surgery.

Long time, no post!

Sorry! It's been so hectic around here, between surgeries, the holidays, and life that I've neglected this blog. My bad!

I had my surgery and all went well. I will copy and paste what I posted on SheKnows:

There are three stages of AS. Mild, moderate, and severe. I have severe. 90-95%
of my uterus was scarred. He was able to remove it all, but he said (and I'm
using his terms here) that the top and bottom of my uterus are now "raw" and
that there will be "oozing." So, I go back in a week and a half for an in-office
hysteroscopy. He'll go in a break up the "ooz" so to speak. Then, I don't think
he'll do anything more until after the initial 60 days of hormone therapy is
done.

God has really given me a sense of peace. I do fret at times about it,
but I have to remind myself (actually one of my best friends who is an AWESOME
Christian reminded me) that I just need to nail it to the cross and leave it
there. God has it in his hands. So, when I begin to worry, I just look at the
cross and see it hanging there and I feel peace again. God is so good!

So, I went back in on the Monday after Thanksgiving so he could break up the ooz. When he got in, he said that there was no oozing, but that the top of my uterus had re-scarred a bit. The bottom and middle look great though and there is even some endometrium growing! WooHoo! My tubal openings are blocked due to scaring as of now. He wants to see how the rest of my uterus is going to do before attempting to remove that scar tissue to reveal the openings. He mentioned IVF if he's not able to open the tubes, but that's not an option due to money. I'm not too concerned though because I know God has a plan for me and my womb. If He wants me to have another child, He'll get those tubes cleared one way or another!

I have a feeling that my faith will be tested through this whole ordeal, but I've nailed it to the cross, so I have faith in myself that I will remain strong in Christ. He is, after all, the greatest of Healers.

God bless you all for following my story. I await the day that this will no longer define my every action, and I will be holding a child in my arms.

Much Love,

Tami

PS. I'll try to update more regularly, on every part of my life so that this doesn't define my every action!