The best birthday present

[Momma_Halo]

Is family. I don't know why I waited so long to tell them about my tests. But after listening to the doctor refer to my fluorascopy as a "failed to go down" referring to that oh so yummy contrast (saying this with complete tongue and cheek) going down and then coming back up... I knew he found something. And then when he did a "routine" x-ray it clicked in my head. And even though I tried not to be a worry wort I kept asking them "what did he find?" 

No one could answer me and they just said things to placate me. So I came home exhausted, sick from the contrast, and unhappy about my birthday events. I must have slept for hours because I awoke to find the sun setting.

Many have called me to wish me happy birthday but none could get me out of my funk. Although they tried I just couldn't get out. Until my Mammy called. I knew she had a lot of health problems but I never knew to what extent. 

We talked for hours about symptoms, when they started, and how long it has been going on. And slowly we realized we both have the exact same symptoms and she has GERD. She told me my second option might be Celiac disease. 

I feel so thankful for my Grandmother or Mammy as we call her. I felt so hopeless and my faith was shaken terribly. But she pulled me out and now I have a new found desire to keep fighting. She is one of the women I look up to. I had a lot of strong women to look up to but she has set my mind on what kind of woman I want to be.

I may not have a lot but I have a good husband and now after all these years a supportive family. I couldn't ask for more.