A Peek Into My Life’s Secrets: Big News!

In light of the Boston tragedy on Monday, I know this week has been especially rough on everyone. I still can’t even begin to understand, but like I posted yesterday, I don’t think my words are enough in this instance. I’m just trying to focus on the good, so I wanted to share some of my good news with y’all.

Guys, I’ve been keeping a ton of secrets from you.

If you know me in real life, I’m not sure any of this is going to be a big announcement, but since most of you don’t actually know me (stalkers aside, of course), I’m guessing some of this will be news. And actually, I have a zillion things to share, but we’re just going to focus on two of them today. Ready?

First of all, here is some really good news that may verge on the cusp of too much information: I’m healthy! Back in March, I mentioned that my life had become a roller coaster of peaks and valleys, and part of that pertained to some lab tests. I’ve debated sharing all of this with you guys because it’s very personal, but I’ve decided to talk about it because I think it’s important, especially for you gals. Long story short, I went in for my annual obgyn checkup in March and came back with some bad news: my results were abnormal and I needed to be sent in for some biopsies.

Abnormal results are fairly common these days, but I was in a rare situation: you see, this exact same thing happened to me back in 2009. I went in for the biopsies then, but everything was considered low grade and mild and I was put “on watch.” This meant that I needed to return every six months for two years, just to monitor the abnormal cells. I went in for my first check-up and everything was fine. However, I went back in for my second checkup in December, 2009, and the cells had gone all crazy. Instead of of stage 1, they had made the jump to stage 2. While this wasn’t positively cervical cancer (stage 3 is the “oh shit, it’s cancer, get it out NOW!), it is a scary enough level that doctors wanted the abnormal cells immediately removed for fear that they would quickly evolve into cancer. I had the minor surgery in December, 2009, a couple days before Christmas. ‘Tis the season, right?!

Since the surgery, everything has been fine and dandy, albeit with many trips to the obgyn. Because of the surgery, I’ve had to visit the doc every six months for the past few years. As much as I love my doc, that is far more frequently than I would prefer! I went in last month for my final “on watch” checkup. All of my other checkups have been fine since the procedure, so we assumed this one would be the same. As I’ve already mentioned, unfortunately that was not the case. Some abnormal cells reared their ugly faces and once again, I was sent in for three biopsies. It took a few weeks for the lab to get the biopsy results back to me, and not going to lie: I was freaking stressed. The initial surgery in December was one of the more scary things I’ve dealt with in recent memory, and the possibility of having to go through it all over again did not make me happy. Luckily, my results came back as stage 1, so once again, I can breathe easy. Granted, this is exactly how everything shook out last time, so I’m not so naive to think that it can’t happen again. However, in the meantime, I feel a huge sense of relief!

Curious about what my second piece of good news is? In actuality, I’m flipping psyched to be able to share this portion of my life with you guys because it makes me incredibly happy: Will is moving to Colorado!

We’ve been talking about it for quite awhile now, but we needed to hammer out some details. It’s a big jump for him to make the move and I am so thankful that he is willing to migrate.  I can’t wait to actually live a life with him instead of trying to cram it in to designated weekends. Plus, now we can go on so many adventures!!!

PS Stay tuned! I have another fun announcement coming tomorrow!

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What’s one piece of good news you’ve received this week?