So I am finally a college graduate!  I never really thought the day would come - it seems like I have been working so hard for it for so long that now I dont know what to do with myself.  Besides the obvious, job hunting! :)  The best thing is that I have now been normal for almost 2 years and it was such a great feeling looking at my pictures from graduation and seeing that I dont look puffy, and better yet my eyes are the same size for once!  I think that alone made me happier then actually graduating (lol)

Ok that’s all for now!  Hang in there and stay strong - just remember when life takes your wings just keep walking until  you can fly again

 Maggie

So February 20th will be 6 years since I have had RAI (and of course my 24th birthday!).  It’s exciting to realize that I have come so far since then, and scary at the same time…..it’s almost hard to make yourself stop expecting the next shoe to drop and something else to be wrong with you, but I’m working on it

Lets see what all has been going on for the past few weeks……..so for the past few weeks I have been battling with the flu and then bronchitus - and now just getting the oral steroids they gave me for my bronchitus out of my system.  They always make me feel so yucky and mess up my blood sugar so badly!  My mom has been visiting alot and helping take care of me, but mostly studying for the bar - so keep your figers crossed she passes!  I have faith in her

There have been alot of changes recently - none really bad just shifting a little bit.  But things will all work out in the end

As far as the 5k, it looks like we are going to have to push it out until the fall :(  I called around and started finding out everything I would need to do, and two months just isn’t going to be enough time to complete it.  Probably is better to wait until after graduation afterwards anyways…

Just had ultrasounds done from my hips up to my chin basically yesterday (lol) more specifically one of them was my thyroid.  Turns out there is a little tissue left, but not much.  Worries me a little bit because I thought last I knew there was no tissue left….so I need to get my old ultrasound frmo 4 years ago and compare it.  Other then that my organs appear to be normal in the ultrasound :)  Always good news with tests come back normal for me!! 

OK well these might be few and far between for a few months while I am finishing school, but once I make it to May I will have more time again.

Hope you all are doing well, had a good Valentines day and have a good evening!!

 Maggie

Hi Everyone!!!!!

First off I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  I know I sure did

Did a fair amount of traveling at the beginning of my school break - went to Puerto Rico for a long weekend then Atlanta for another long weekend.  Both were great of course!  Just not a huge fan of traveling so much back to back - atleast when sick that is.  But we have been home now for over a week and it feels great spending two weeks back home, it’s nice getting out of Miami.

Now I am starting to prepare for the Miss FIU pageant - I decided umm like two days ago to do it and it’s 1/13/09 so needless to say it’s a little last minute! But that’s ok :) 

Well just wanted to fill you all in!  Still feeling great!  And am waiting to hear back still about what I need from the city of Indialantic to do the walk in March.

 Maggie

So my design final is officially over with!!! Such a relief! 

Went to the doctor last week - she thought I might have mono because my spleen was a little swollen - false alarm as usual!  But my cold decided to make an appearance just in time for finals! :)  Starting to slowly feel a little better now that I have some antibiotics!

Feels so good to know that in a few more days I will be able to go home for a bit!!!

Well hope all is well!! Have a good one!

Maggie

So just got home for the Thanksgiving Holiday - and it feels so good to be home for a few days!  It’s hard to keep myself in a good mood sometimes when I am stuck in Miami for a bit.  Things have been looking up a little bit, got to see Twilight on Friday :)  and then I finally took the Math portion of the CLAST exam yesterday and surprisingly passed it!  That for sure made my day!  So far I am getting things straightened out a little bit at school - not all the way but its a start.  They have given me a temporary parking pass that lasts me through this semester, have agreed to discard of all the tickets I have been given this semester, gave me my parking decal, and are supposed to lift my hold allowing me to register for classes finally.  The down side is that they still haven’t decided on what to do about the initial tickets I received last Spring or what to do as far as getting me some sort of parking accomodations after that.  I was told I had to go through the State to get something, only I dont qualify - and my only problem is at school because who ever designed our parking accomodations was an idiot (basically -  lol). 

I have never been so dissapointed with the office of dissabilities - I mean I had these similar issues almost 6 years ago when I was put on severe restrictions with my heart.  It just amazes me that while they are supposed to be there as our advicates to make sure we get the proper treatment necessary it never happens - instead I have to fight tooth and nail to get anything done.  Like the director has been the one assisting me in the ODC and she looked at my note and goes there is no timeline on here for how long you will have hypoglycemia (my endo is the easiest to get notes from) and I had to tell her there is no timeline because it’s life long it’s like diabetes it doesn’t just go away!  And she goes oh well we can’t help you then past these 4 weeks……

I just can’t believe that these people are here to help and they do the exact opposite!  I feel bad speaking so badly about my school, but the entire time I have spent there on and off the past 6 years has been horrible, and now that we have budget cuts it seems to only get worse and worse…I have no pride for my school at all - which is really sad!

On the plus side so far I am still on track for graduation in the Spring (unless they find something else to give me a hard time about) now I just have to figure out what I want to do with my degree after college! lol!

I see the doctor tomorrow - trying to find out why I keep feeling like I am coming down with a cold and dont.  Still feel pretty well thyroid wise which is great!! Spent 6 hours at Bascom Palmer to be told my eyes are fine, I dont know why you dont see well, dont wear your glasses - super helpful! lol!

Sorry I know it sounds like a lot of complaining, but honestly I have been feeling pretty well recently and in a bit better of a mood - some of the stress is finally getting taken care of!  Emailed alot of people in the City of Indialantic, one said she would get me the information I needed and get back to me so hopefully that will be soon because March isn’t that far away!

Have a happy and safe holiday everyone!!

Maggie

So as you can probably see things have been pretty busy recently!  It’s almost time for finals - only 2 weeks left and then we have finals!  Can’t tell you how glad I am that this semester is almost over.  So since I last posted my blood sugar got really bad, apparently since I have been stressed out I havent been eating as much or as frequently as I should have been - so Halloween my blood sugar dropped very very low and I was definatly the worse I have ever been with this.  Fortunatly the place we stopped at to eat had a bar and OJ so that helped me alot.  In the mean time it has just taken me a bit to get back to normal, feeling a bit better though just having to be careful with my eating.  The good thing is that when I saw my endo my levels are still perfect and normal - which means I reached over 1 year of normal now!  He also said that I lost 8 pounds since I saw him last in August I believe - needless to say that made me very happy!

 I finally see the eye specialist tomorrow - which is good because my eye sight has been kinda messed up recently…will let you all know how it went!  Oh and 5k update we are pushing it back to March - gives us more time to get it all set up properly.  I will update with an exact date when we get it figured out!!!

 Have a good day!!!

Maggie

How is everyone today?  Had to fedex my mouth thingy back to my mom because I left it out on the coffee table and the dog chewed it lol!  It’s just a little cracked so should be repaired pretty easily - I hope anyways :)  The good news is that we received a check in the mail today our health insurace paid for it!!!  So hopefully when I finally get an apt to see a specialist at shands they will cover it all.

Going to get blood work done Friday - have been feeling a little off for a while now so want to make sure I get it checked out.  Nothing major, just the itchies have been coming and going for a few months now, and am feeling a little puffy, plus my eyes have been bothering me alot - could be stress just making me feel like my levels are off when they aren’t but never hurts to be on top of it just in case.  Plus I am seeing an eye specialist the 17th and I know they always want to know that my levels are good before I go.

Nothing new on the 5k yet - I need to get on it more and contact the city of Indialantic!  Ok well I’m going to go read New Moon - the Twilight trailers have been all over TV tonight and I am so excited!!! yes I am a big book worm! lol!

 Night everyone!

Maggie

So today is a not so good day, I think all the stress from recent events finally caught up with me.  I was driving home for the weekend and my blood sugar dropped I guess - which always makes me feel all panicy - feeling a little better now I am just now super tired.  My eyes have been bugging me alot recently too - but again I am waiting to do anythign about until some of the stress subsides because I know stress affects my levels.  Well just wanted to make sure I kept you all updated!  Hope everyone is having a good day!  I’m going to go take a nap

Maggie

So sorry I haven’t been on for a week now,

 Things have been kinda crazy between school and my family - my boyfriend is having some health issues and its been occupying majority of my time lately - not because he wants me to but more because I am kind of scared and am not handling all the stress so well.

But I slept alot last night and am feeling a little better for the time being

Talked to Shawna today about WOH 5k help - she pointed me even more in the right direction.  Right now the biggest thing I need to do is contact the city of Indialantic and then send out letters to businesses and doctors for their help and support.  I’ll keep you all posted!!!!  Ok that is all for now!  Have a good one guys!

Hi everyone!

 Just another day sitting here in the studio!  Taking a little hw break…….

Overall a pretty good day, I am hoping it will be sunny this weekend so that during my hw breaks I can get some sun - I have a feeling it wont happen though.  Which I suppose is best for my hw and planning the 5k!  Talked to The Running Zone yesterday - they gave me a checklist to help me plan it effictively and are willing to sponsor us - which is great seeing as how they are the first people I contacted in town!  All I can do is hope the rest go that way now….

 Well I need to get back to my hw now - have a good day!

Maggie