What Happen to Trina

Well it's been 7 months since I last blogged anything. I had surgery on my knee healed from that. My right wrist started to hurt. Thought I had injured it, went to my doctor he did x-rays no injury, said it could be Rheumatoid Arthritis ( RA), I laughed. Test came back positive my RA. In November I was in so much pain I didn't want to get out of bed. I hurt like hell now I couldn't eat what I loved. I could not work.. My doctor put me on Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), was the first med I was on it made me sick, gave hair and skin rash, I lost muscle tone. It didn't help much for pain. So after 3 months, I'm now Methotrexate it makes me not as attentive as normal the day after I take it. I do feel almost pain free. I found out I have food allergies, no sugar, and yeast. There are few other things that I can't eat on a regular basis so just have a taste every once in awhile. Once I figured that out I started exercising. I take arthritis swim classes 2 times a week. They really help! Well I've lost 55 pounds I weigh 226 down from 281.

My family have been my rock thru all of this, Couldn't have done it without them. Thank you… Thank you… Thank you! My kids are doing great enjoying summer break. We have done some fun stuff I'll post pictures later.

So basically I have been fighting my way back to OK. The Workers Comp. people decided I was not able to work as an electrician any more. I don't know if I'll settle for that one. I am being retrained in the IT field as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) then start Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP). I'm A+ and Network+ certified. So I can repair my own computers… that's a good thing. Going back to school has been hard since my medicines affect my concentration. And being unemployed is hard but I know I'm blessed to be getting a chance at a new career.

On the creative side I have started back doing things I love… scrapbooking, making cards, quilting, blogging, Gardening, home decorating and sewing. I plan to finish my quilts I started right before I became sick. My garden well… It was a little better than last year but I still need to improve my skills. I'll show you later what I mean. I made some invitations for my little sister's Independences day/ house warming party. I joined a cool sewing instruction class to improve my sewing skills.

So I had been trying, meaning to, getting around to posting on my blog and I have done it. Yeah Me!