Victory!!!

I'm doing a victory dance because I won my disability case! Amazing as it is on my first try I was able to not only get approved for disability but they also back paid me for the time I was unable to work since May of 2008 when I first got hospitalized. So I've got a pretty good chunk of change sitting in a savings account and I'm finally not having to worry how I'm going to pay my bills each month. Wow! It's amazing how much better you feel when you're not constantly stressed out over money issues.

So since things are on the up and up I'm signing up for school to be a medical transcriptionist. My plan all along has been to get a treatment regiment that allows me to be in a sort of "remission." I'm going to use this next year to go through treatment, do school at my own pace, and just get myself in better health. Of course this may take more than a year but at this point my doctor and I are shooting for the goal of "remission" in a years time. After which point I would like to get off disability and go back to work full time.

At the moment I'm sitting here going through medical bills and calling to settle what debts I can. Luckily through all of this I've learned that since it's taken me so long to be able to settle my debts I'm able to haggle back and forth until we come to a lower amount that both parties agree will cancel out the debt if paid in full. I'm trying to make the money stretch and pay as many people off as I can.

I'm really enjoying the fact that my fatigue (which for the most part has been the hardest symptom for me to deal with) has lessened drastically and I'm now able to things that I enjoy. Zane will be flying in on the 23rd to stay for a couple of days and meet my family. I'm super excited about this and hoping everything will go well. Guess that's all the news I have for now :)

Update on Life and Treatment

So I didn't realize that people are still constantly stopping by here to read this blog... Guess it's overdue that I update you guys on how life and treatment is going.

Well, we fought a 5 month battle with the insurance company but we finally got them to agree to pay for a portion of my Rituxan. So I'm currently doing 1000mg every other Thursday. My bcells are staying under 1% and I'm happy to report that I'm doing much better. If only this Texas heat would dissipate I might be able to get out of my house more often. All in good time though.

I'm doing so well that I was able to go on vacation! That's right my boyfriend flew me out to Ft. Bragg, NC for 10 days and it was wonderful. Since it was only in the 80's the entire time I was there we were able to go swimming, play putt-putt, and even go to Carawinds amusement park! It was wonderful to be able to do all these things and even better to be able to spend time with him.

Zane and I

As for disability they were supposed to make their decision this week but it's a holiday so I haven't heard anything back yet. Hopefully I will know Tuesday morning, keeping my fingers crossed and just praying for God's will in this situation. If the decision is a no I do have an interview set up Tuesday afternoon for the position of Senior Financial Associate with Raytheon. Whatever happens I know I'll be able to make it work because I have God in this fight with me and he won't let me fail.

That's a quick update for now... I'll update as soon as I know more about my disability case. For now I'm just learning to grow closer to God and enjoy life day to day.