Health Update - I'm almost scared to say it....

Oh my gosh you guys, I'm doing really well!  I've almost been scared to talk about it or say it out of fear it'll jinx me...hope it such a dangerous thing sometimes.  I just remember so many times when I would have a decent day followed by a crushing, awful streak of days and days of horrible dizziness that just wouldn't quit and I'd wonder when I'd be lucky enough again to have some relief.  But, not this time!!!

It started with 3 good days in a row which was UNHEARD of, followed by a really tough day at the fair - but granted...the fair is just craziness with the heat, crowds and sensory overload - definitely not good for nerve damage (or anyone, for that matter, haha!)  But, I woke up the next morning and the good streak started again!  It's now been going on 3 weeks with occasional bad moments, a few bad hours and an occasional bad day thrown in there, but NOTHING like it was.  It's so strange, it's like my physical therapy is finally working and something in my brain has just clicked.  PT is easier, I've been able to drive a bit further, and the fog has lifted sometimes.  It's still super random and unpredictable, some of the hardest times for me are still walking slowly in the neighborhood, being on the computer and trying hard to concentrate...but HEY, I'll take it!  After 14 months, I'm just so incredibly relieved.  I'm hoping that this is now a sign of the times and that the dizzy moments will get further and further apart and that I'm able to focus more.

The other amazing news is that I thought my teaching job was gone because you have to teach once a year in order to stay active, but out of the blue they emailed me and said I was able to keep my job if I could attend a meeting last weekend...and you better believe I'd have jumped through fiery hoops to get to that meeting!  My girlfriend was sweet and drove me and I felt so victorious!  It was really tough to focus and I got pretty dizzy, but even just putting on professional clothes and having professional conversations made me feel so...NORMAL and functional, it was awesome.  Score one for the home team!!!

Truly onward and upward.  And as always, thank you to EVERYONE for all of your ongoing support, encouragement, texts, emails, phone calls, visits, prayers, good thoughts, etc.  It means the world and you have gotten Rob and I through this awful year.  I pray we're nearing the end of the hardest part as I'm adjusting to the "new normal" and one that is much easier to live with.  Woot woot wooty woot woot!!!

And for the happy that always I like to end with (not that this needed it), this one takes this cake and is freakin' cute overload.  The last part made me laugh so hard, enjoy: