Where has WhittyBeauty Been?

Well for starters, I've been here! Behind the computer. I decided to take a break from my website for a couple months to take care of myself. Those that follow my site probably know that I suffer from a chronic illness called, Endometriosis. If you want to know what endometriosis is please visit this page, https://www.whittybeauty.com/endometriosis.

I took a break because my health took a turn for the worst. I was in the hospital, we had just switched insurance (which in the end ended up being a huge blessing), i took medical leave from work, from school, and basically rested for about three months. Then the physical therapy started up again, and we finally got a good medical plan in place to be able to help my daily tasks. So I got in about once every two weeks for shots to help with the pain.

During this time I also decided to see an allergist to see if maybe that was the cause of my horrible stomach aches that were literally paralyzing. It was! I discovered on top of the endo I had some severe food allergies and environmental allergies. So I get shots for those a couple times a week as well.

So my life has been a little crazy with my health so I decided that with the spare time I had I would be resting and gaining strength to be able to get back into work.

Work has been extremely tough. Staying positive throughout this whole thing has been very difficult to say the least. I think the hardest part is that on the outside I look as though I am fine and on the inside I feel like I am dying and falling apart. My body hurts daily and the exhaustion that comes with it is almost worst.

However I'm not writing this blog post to complain. I am writing it to say that I am thankful! I am thankful that I have an awesome team of doctors and specialists in place to help me get through the tough times. I'm so incredibly thankful to have a family that helps and supports me daily to help me with simple tasks and painstaking ones. I'm thankful for the patience that they show me.

I was watching a Youtube Vlog from a girl that has many chronic illness's. Her life is anything but glamorous but she daily Vlog's to help bring awareness. Something she said in the vlog, I watched, really stuck with me, she said that even though she had a really bad day she would celebrate the small victories. Today her victory was being able to eat some soup that she made. It made me so humbled and really helped me realize that though I may have bad days, because my chronic illness is unreliable and doesn't play fair, I can still celebrate the small victories.

Today I was able to start back up this website and write again to let you know I'm still here chugging along and to me that is a huge victory.

I hope that as a I continue on my journey I too can help bring awareness to those around us, to help those who suffer in silence what ever their battles may be but most importantly to bring awareness of endometriosis and the pain it causes to hope one day there might be a cure.

I'm so thankful to all those who constantly support me.