A Good Saturday-11-7-09

Dear Wonderful yous!!

Hope everyone had a really good Saturday. We had a low key great time as a family. It was perfect! Larry got an early morning start with Sandy's fiance Keith surfing. He is learning the ropes are really loving it. I think it's a great out let for him. Thanks Keith!! We did well get up and getting breakfast. We are trying to go out and walk more to strengthen my muscles and made it all the way to the park today. Hooray!! I even made a seasonal favorite carmel corn. We ate all the stuff already that Ann made on her visit.

I do have to tell you though, this muscle weakness has been a burden. I even fell to the ground for the first time today. Just did a little stumble and couldn't catch myself. No injury, just bummed it happened. Anyways, I was talking to my friend Judie Swankosky on the phone the other day. She has been battling right along side me this 3 1/2 years for me 4 1/2 for her at Dr. Rigbergs too. We go to the same Church too. She has dealt with the muscle weakness in the legs at various points of her treatments. So ya-da ya-da...yesterday her daughter Janice shows up at my house with this huge looking p0tty donut thingy for the toilet seat. I'm thinking...No Way! But I had talked to her about thinking about putting a grab bar in bathroom. That is the first place I noticed the weakness. Standing up from the toilet was hard right away.

So me and Janice chit chat and I tell her I'm in denial about the toilet seat thingy and I don't need that. But somehow she gets on this quite time she had with the Lord in Hebrews the other day. She knew it was for someone else but didn't know at the time who. Like she thought she would be bringing a potty chair to someone. I really don't even remember the bible part, but the point of the message was clear. This is temporary. This will get better. Things are not always going to be like this. It was so clear. It's like so many things that I am struggling with right now are steroid related. And I am tapering the dose. Things will improve. Meanwhile God is healing me! You guys are fighting an amazing war with me and I am feeling victory after victory! How can I deny it. She is right. It is temporary, Janice is right. The seat literally just pops on and off the toilet. It's so no big deal and it really helps. I will exercise my legs elsewhere. God uses the stranges things to communicate to us, don't you think??

So really the prayer request I have is to gain strength. And to know how to pace it too. Oh yeah, just remembered a night time difficulty. My knees have gotten sooo sore in the middle of the night. Too pained to sleep. So I get up and take the vioden. It helps to help me go back to sleep. One night it didn't help. But my little army here at home prayed before school and the pain went away as I walked around on them. Not sure what is up with that one. But thanks for all the prayers! It blesses me so much. Looking forward to going to Church with the family in the morning. I hope you all have a way blessed Sunday.!

I love to all I know and don't know. You all mean the world to me! Blessings galore!!

Peggy