I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. We leave for Panama 1 week from today. So much still to do!! I am getting together all my medical records and prescriptions to take with me. It is kind of tricky knowing which medical records they are going to want - if I brought them all it would seriously fill up an entire file box. And that's just the stuff from the past year or 2. Looking back, it is almost a little scary to think about how many doctor's I have seen for a variety of issues. Sometimes I feel like it's a joke, and most of all, sometimes I feel like doctors aren't that necessary. I think I just get burnt out from all the appointments. Even though I'm not working, I stay incredibly busy with physical therapy appointments, counseling, neurology and immunology appointments, visits to my family practice doctor, etc. Every day is so different!
Now that it is getting so close to the time to have the stem cell treatment, I am starting to look at what the next step might be in my life. Maybe it's working again! I would love so much to be able to work again, and I'm hoping this treatment would provide me with that opportunity again! I'm thinking maybe I should start slowly though and volunteer for awhile first. That will keep me busy but I can still control my hours based on how I feel. I have already interviewed and made plans to volunteer for Essential Pregnancy Services here in Omaha, NE. They are a crisis pregnancy center that provides services to pregnant moms, dads, and even the baby when he/she arrives. I took a tour of their facility and it is really great! They would like me to be a volunteer counselor, definitely similar to the pregnancy counseing position I had at Child Saving Institute.
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