This Brutiful Life

Including upcoming payments to our house contractors in the next week, my husband and I will have spent $66,909.95 on my health situation since January 1st of this year. The breakdown is as follows: We have spent $37,034.05 so far on medical practitioners, testing, medications, treatments, and therapy, and we have spent $29,875.90 so far… Read more

We had some good news this week! On Tuesday night, we found out that the initial phase of our home mold remediation project is now 100% complete. We will wait 4-6 weeks, complete a different mold test, and then see if my doctor is satisfied with the results of both types of mold tests given… Read more

I barely know what day it is today, but I am alive! Here are the updates for this week . . . Mold:The first phase (and hopefully last phase) of our home mold remediation is 90% complete. We didn’t have a lot of mold in our house to begin with, but my doctor has us… Read more

What have I been up to? I have been doing a lot of feeling, grieving, crying, laughing, smiling, listening, learning, giving to others, and resting. Our therapist reminded me this week that, sometimes, I need to sit in the mud. I am in the health journey trenches, and I just need to sit in the… Read more

Today is proof that I am not always smiling. (If you are confused, see my previous post.) I have been emotionally struggling for the last 24 hours. In an effort to be as authentic and transparent as possible, here is a list of the most common thoughts/feelings/fears I have struggled with on the difficult days… Read more

This week has been a mixture of ups and downs as usual. My parents are out of town, and they are allowing us to use their house while our house is being remediated for mold. We don’t have much mold in our house, so we are having to guess at which items (if any) will… Read more