Showing the Love

(*All my links at the top of my blog work now. It took me awhile to compile the posts for those links, but I finally finished doing it...check it out if your curious!)

It wasn't that many weeks ago when I told you guys that I was sad that 3-4 people left my blog on one week...remember that? Well since then I noticed that I got twice as many back on my followers list. I actually tipped 140! So I want to say thank you for sticking around, and thank you for joining! I want to know more about my new "followers" (I feel so weird saying that about myself when we follow Jesus).

So if you're new to my list, tell me about yourself in the comment section of this post.

And if you're not new but have never left a comment before, please introduce yourself by leaving a comment too.

It's awesome having this huddle of on-line friends to walk through life with, and I'm thankful for all of you! You make my life more fun.
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I hopefully will be getting some blood results back today; it's kinda weird because I want them to be normal, but I also want some of the results to tell me what exactly is going on with me. If the urine histamine level (which I won't get back today) is abnormal, I have to say I would be thrilled.

I know that sounds really odd; but it would confirm to me that my symptoms are indeed caused by histamine/mast cells, especially if all the blood testing comes back normal. I just want something in the way of testing and results to confirm my diagnosis of a mast cell disorder--I want it for my internal medicine doctor and for me because secret places in my heart question if I really have a mast cell disorder since the diagnosis was primarily based on assumption thus far.

Granted I clearly have a family history, I have the same symptoms, and the expected response to medication but part of me is a test oriented person; and my internal medicine doctor is too. Having some sort of confirmation however unofficial would be good. It would get rid of any secret doubts that exist in the back of my mind.

Of course a urine histamine test isn't diagnostic for a mast cell disorder, but I think it sends us in the right direction if it comes back abnormal.

As far as other conditions, I really don't have the slightest clue about what is possible.

I'm hoping for some direction today from the Lord; some confirmation of what it isn't--but more so I am hoping for confirmation of what it is.

Leaving that testing phase with Gavin was a huge relief, and I hope to be able to do the same soon!

Have a wonderful rest of your day! Don't forget to leave a comment............