New Year's Day

Well.  If it isn't New Year's Day 2014.  I started this blog almost two years ago when I decided I was going to try and go off my medication for my clinical depression to prepare for pregnancy.  Holy shit.  I had no idea what I had coming to me.  It became so much that I couldn't even be bothered to blog about it because it just became ridiculous.  Here is what happened in nice neat bullet points:

• Feb. 2012: started medication withdrawal, started blog.  (This was a failure.  Not ready to go off meds.)
• July 2012: moved to a new house, started med withdrawal for real.  Sought help from a chiropractor.
• August 2012: completed withdrawal.  Bumpy ride, but worth the trip.  Feeling physically better being unmedicated for the first time in twelve years. (see old post about side effects)  Got my IUD removed.  Successfully audition for a local semi-pro a cappella group.
• September 2012: diagnosed with nodules on my vocal cords.  I am a singer and a music teacher.  Not good.  My voice feels like hot lava.  Have to quit a cappella group after two rehearsals.
• October 2012: came down with pelvic pain condition.  Whoa.  Had doctors tell me I was crazy, that it was all in my head.  No one is crazy enough to tell the doctor that their vagina hurts.  Fuck that. 
• February 2013: Everything was awful.  Pain so bad I can hardly stand for one hour.  My depression/anxiety was crazy because of all this crap going on.  Vocal cords were in shreds.  I decided to take time off of work to figure out what was going on because doctor's appointments are taking up too much work time.
• March 2013: Came down with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a potentially deadly allergic reaction to a supplement (Sees 2000 lomatium dissectum/desert parsley).  Had to be hospitalized on IV meds for four days.  Finally had an appointment with a specialist in NYC who found something with my hip.  Refered me to hip specialist.
• April 2013: DX (finally!!!!) with bone impingement and a labral tear in my left hip.  The doctor told me that the head of the femur was too big for the hip socket, therefore tearing the labrum and sliding out of the socket against the ilio psoas tendon which was inflamed.  The ilio psoas is connected to all the nerves in the pelvic floor.  What?!  Unbelieveable.  But at least it got figured out.  Got told I should not go back to work as I will be anticipating surgery.  Got a phone call from my job saying they have decided not to renew my contract because of some lame reason they came up with to cover up the fact that they are afraid if they renew my contract I will still be sick.  Illegal.
• May 2013: My ENT told me my nodules were responsive to the speech therapy I had been doing and were 99% gone.  Got surgery to repair my hip.  
• June 2013: Started physical therapy.  
• July 2013: rejoined a cappella group.  Best thing to happen to me in 2013!  Feeling optimistic.  Had HUGE pain flare; worst since before I stopped working.
• August 2013: Got an injection into my pudendal nerve to calm the pain.  Came down with stomach condition.  Right when things were starting to get better with my pelvic pain.
• September 2013: Got offered a long term sub position in a nearby school district.  Hooray!
• December 2013: Finally saw a doctor that might have a clue what is happening with my stomach.  Implemented new diet starting today.  So we'll see.  Job ended.

Sound like fun?  Cuz it wasn't.  Now I am going to start thinking about infertility testing this month too.  You know, since there's no baby yet either.  And I'm 34 1/2.  Ugh.  Anyway, my hope is that this year will be a lot better and that I will be able to put all this shit behind me.  I will try and get this blog going because I'm tired of feeling like I have nowhere to vent my frustrations.

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