Living Life with a Longing Heart

Good afternoon everyone, As some of you may know, I just was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called: HSP. It has been a really long journey figuring this all out. At the end of January, our family got the flu that was going around and as everyone recovered, I continued having congestion, a really bad cough, and a really hard time breathing. On February 2nd I started developing a rash on my legs, my feet started swelling and a ton of other symptoms started happening. I was throwing up blood and was in pain all over. I wasn't able to talk or anything because I was so swollen. My hands started swelling so bad that I couldn't hold anything, I couldn't text, hold a pen, or do anything with my hands. I was taken to urgent care after a few days with these symptoms. It was very concerning, but the Dr. didn't know what it was. So they told me to see my primary care Dr. I saw my primary care Dr. the next day and he did not want to do anything about it. He just told me ...

Good afternoon everyone, I am sorry that I have been away for so long. I am planning on being on here as regularly as possible now. I am going to give an update in my next post, but for now I am going to go on a rant. Lately I have been going through tons of medical issues that have held me back from being able to do a ton. My life in the last month has changed so much and I feel like I am living a completely different life... Sometimes I love it and other times I really struggle with it. There are other struggles and challenges going on in my life that have made it very difficult for me to process life. Friendship struggles problems with family and struggling with my faith. Honestly everything going on has made me very vulnerable. With this blog, some may read it and think that I share too much. Honestly, I do share a lot in my blog posts, but this is a place that I feel like I can share my heart, show that I am not perfect, encourage others who may be going through similar things,...