This year has been one doozy of a year! A friend lost her Mother to cancer. I started battling a depression I never thought would come back. I fought it back, that and anxiety. I managed it with the love and support of my wonderful husband and my tremendous PCP.My husband and I had an issue that needed dealing with. It made us the stronger for having our way through it.
Our Uncle took the pad off his finger and seemed to be about to lose it but was able to keep it with the help of his wonderful doctors,
The Steelers won the superbowl.
We took on the care and feeding of a barely month old Neko-Chan. Of course there was never a chance of her leaving!!
Wayne turned 30! And it wasn't so bad.
Got to see Fleetwood Mac, Celtic Woman, Joan Baez. All live. All amazing.
All that music inspired me to do something I'd always wanted to do. Learn to play the piano. I started my lessons and got a keyboard. Still loving it. I move slowly but surely.
I expanded my costuming skill and detail work. I've still been enjoying that. Its a blessing to be able to have the time to do these things. I count myself immeasurably lucky to have the luxury to do these things.
I started a garden with the help of my husband and friends. This year was about learning what NOT to do.
I kept working on my weight loss. My weight having begun to plateau. I began, with my bariatric surgery office's blessing, to look into plastic surgery options for my excess skin.
Got to see an awesome revival of Rent. Also got to see Spamalot.
We got to take that cruise and see Japan, Russia and Alaska. Had loads of fun. We loved Japan and planned to go back. And we will be, in November.
Wayne's sister had a lot of trouble with her pregnancy. Things like depression and crippling anxiety. They took forever to find a medication that was safe for the baby and that helped her.
A man we barely had the chance to know but would have liked to know better passed away. This left a hole in the lives of many people we care for.
I had an interesting fling with a girl who is still a good friend. With the hubby's blessing.. Hell, encouragement!
I joined Twitter and Facebook.. And even LiveJournal. Good grief!
Wayne's Mom gave us quite the scare. We thought she had several mild heart attacks. They weren't that, but we're not sure WHAT they were.
Wayne's sister had her baby. A beautiful boy! Liam Alexander.
I went off my antidepressant meds, briefly, and was very frightened about it. And it was worsened by a friend's girl friend's actions stirring up many of my 'old issues.' (See December 7, 2009 for details) I ended up in a bad place made worse by my reconstructive surgery. A lot of physical pain mixed with emotional left me very vulnerable. But what happened, happened.. And I'm back on the Cymbalta now. Doing much better. Still having some lingering issues, but the sort I can work out on my own.
My recuperation has been of average speed. Some days are not the best, others are much better.. But each day sees improvement. I rang in the near year surrounded by good friends!
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