Blog
I thought that I may start a blog. My life is very unique. Many have asked me to write. I have not done it before now because I do have so much going on. I have 7 boys. They are now 10, 9, 7, 5, 4, 2 and 1 years old. My husband is in the Navy. We currently live in Virginia Beach, VA. All of us have something medical or psychological, or developmental going on. This has made our life very hard, but we love each other and Praise God for our amazing family. I will start slowly introducing you to each of our family members. I think it is best that I start with me. I am 32 years old. I was born in Virginia. I'm going to skip over much of my life. Just a few notes, my Dad was a minister, which led to me moving many times in my life. When I was 15, my dad passed away of colon cancer. As a child, I was sick often, but was passed over and thought to be a hypochondriac. I met my husband in high school and we married in 2002. He was in the Navy, so we moved to Washington State. There I began to experience some very strange medical symptoms. I still to this day do not know what all was going on. After years of medical issues, I now have some diagnosis but not everything going on with me has been explained. Here are my diagnosis at the moment. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. This has answered many of the issues I have. You can look online to learn more about this syndrome. The main thing is it is a genetic disorder that causes my body to not make collagen. There are many different levels of EDS, but collagen is in every part of the body. Because of this, multiple systems can be affected. For me, I struggle with easy bruising, sensitive skin, my right hip and right shoulder dislocate often. I have times of pain and times where I am fine. I can not do simple every day tasks. One day while taking out the trash, I herniated a disk in my back. I have to be very careful about lifting and bending over. I do not even give my children baths. My husband has to do it. There is no cure for EDS, and it is a degenerative disease. It is also autosomanal dominate genetic disorder which means a 50% chance for my children to inherit the condition. As you will later see, several of them have. Continuing on, I have 2 blood clotting factors, high cholesterol, sinus tachycardia, chronic bronchitis, pernicious anemia, leukopenia, fused disk at T10/11, chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, PTSD, MTHFR double mutation, pinched nerves in my neck, sponge kidney, calcium deposits in my kidney, and an unknown reason for repeat infections. I know this is a lot. If you were to meet me, you would have no idea that I have so much going on.
Aside from the medical things about me, I love the Lord. I spend much of my time studying the Bible as well as End time prophecy. I am currently going to college for a degree in psychology. I'm taking 2 classes at a time. I play the piano, and I love to sing. I love to learn anything new. I especially like to study history. I think that is good enough for right now. I look forward to sharing more later. God Bless!