Friday, February 28, 2014

Prayers For My Friend

During the time I was sick, I heard alot of false misconceptions about my sickness. I was told I was fat, lazy, and moody. Just because I wanted to be that way. I was told maybe I should be healthier. I was told maybe my dogs gave me Cushing's. Also, I could just be stressed. I was told I that I am being tested by God. All these misconceptions made me feel I must have done something wrong to get myself this sick. Oh and this one is my favorite, "you're asian, you don't get Cushing's or tumors because those are Caucasian diseases." Could you imagine how crazy that sounds?

So I just want to set the record straight that it was none of the above that caused my illness. Cushing's is a abnormal mutation of the adrenal gland. It could have been any kind of mutation anywhere in my body but it was my adrenal gland. So that's that. The one that peeved me the most was the stereotype that asians don't get Cushing's. The reason I made this blog was to raise awareness for anyone who will stumble upon this, a cushing's patient, but I also made this to give voice that asians can get Cushing Syndrome/ disease. Or anyone else; a caucasion, latino, african, indian person...

Recently I was approached by a young lady from Vietnam named Nga Do. She emailed me asking for some advice because she thinks she has Cushing's but the doctor cannot confirm the source that is causing her Cushings. All they are telling her is that she has Pseudo-Cushings but no explanation. I am deeply affected that this girl cannot get an explanation for all of her symptoms. Also for the fact that we are both from the same country, it hurts that I cannot do more for her than to give her advice and pray for her. So I am posting this entry today for my friend Nga. With her consent I am sharing her story. I saw her more recent picture and it was almost like seeing my reflection in the mirror during the time I was sick too.  Nga, I know you will get better and I will be here for you whenever you need to talk. Thank you guys.

I ask that we can help pray for her to find an answer and have the best health she deserves.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

If My Makeup Smears All Bets Are OFF!!

I'm kind of bored right now so what better way to be productive than to write down my thoughts. The last post I had made was basically me swooning over my lovely dude but last week on Valentines day, I was NOT swooning for him.

 On Valentines day we got into a heated discussion on the way to our dinner date and the discussion became me and him getting annoyed that neither of us understood each others perspective on a certain subject. Well in the moment, I felt like my Vday was going downhill. All bets are off when my cat eyeliner smears! >.< It was not how imagined our day to be. After that we lost our reservation and ended up driving down the street to a random restaurant. At 8:45pm, the line was very long out the door (and around the building) and the hostess said it'll be about 1 hour and 30 mins of wait. I was annoyed but instead of calling it a night we decided to just wait it out and went to the bar. We bought some wine at the bar and just talked to each other, not about the argument we just had but about random things, funny things, anything. (for ex: what was the worst thing you ever did to impress someone?) That will sure get a conversation started! Then our buzzer went off and it was our turn to be seated. My muffin looked at his phone and we both realized 2 hours had just passed and we didn't even noticed. But we were in a better place than we were before we left the house and before our argument. I want to write this down so I remember the lesson I learned was that our relationship is not perfect but if you choose to love and laugh then the rough patches become smoother. I try to remember now that I have a choice. Do I want to suffer and make others suffer because I am unhappy? Or do I want to be happy and my happiness makes the person I love happy too. haha now i'm confusing myself. Well that was my imperfect Vday story.

After Vday, this Sunday I ate some medium rare fajita meat takeout at Taco Cabana loll NEVER EAT rare meat from TC!! That was a bad idea... Well a few hours later I felt sick with a sore throat. The next day I felt terrible and that night I had symptoms of a cold. In the morning I was hot and sweaty but cold. My joints and muscles were in so much pain, my head was throbbing and my throat felt raw. Muffin immediately got up at 6 in the morning and went to Walmart and bought some medicine and a thermometer. When he got home he got some soup and took my temprature I was burning up to 102 degrees. He was worried because never had I gotten the flu and fever combo for years. and if it reached 104 I would need to go to hospital. I guess having Cushing's really suppressed my immune system and allergies until I had the surgery. Now I get sick pretty often but this was by far the worst. So Muffin was worried and decided to take off work to stay home and nurse me back to homeostasis or till I stabilized loll. So we doubled up on the Cortef steroids and stayed in our bed the whole day sleeping, checking my tempurature, taking meds and watching tv. Even though that was the worst fever I have ever experienced, it was my favorite sick day I've ever had.
^ The Soup Police!


 So I guess this is really a lesson that losing expectations on what you want and what you need. I don't know if that makes sense, im getting tired and my thought process is declining haha well have a blessed day for anyone who is ever going to read this entry! And remember that you have happy choices! <3