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You make me sick, so it's time to say good-bye....


I thought I should probably give you all an official update on my heath situation. Here goes. Last Friday I was diagnosed with strep throat for the 4th time in the past 2 months. (The Dr. said it was the worst case he has seen in a couple of years, not fun). I was refereed to an ENT.

So today I saw the ENT and they said I had two choices. 1. get my tonsils removed or 2. go off my RA medication and see if it clears up (but it might not and the RA would probably flair....you get the picture). So, really there was only one choice. Get these nasty tonsils out of here!

Here's the kicker, such bad timing. I volunteered to help with my niece's wedding on July 23. I am quickly trying to tie up any loose ends while I can, but I am still not sure what I am going to do about making the cake...hmmmmmm.

I was also invited to sing in the Brigham City Temple ground breaking ceremony on July 31st, that is definitely not happening. (I'll admit I cried for over 10 min. before I could make the call to the director). How often does an opportunity like this come along? I am pretty sure there is a reason they call it a "once and a life-time opportunity". I cried, and had a little pity party but, I am feeling better about that because........

Kent got tickets to Hawaii!!! (For those of you who don't know Kent's parents are on a mission in Hawaii, so the 2 of us and Bubby will go see them) We leave the beginning of Aug. so, the surgery HAD to be soon, very soon. Plans are tentative, but it looks like I will have the surgery on Tues. the 20th. It took some fancy footwork by the office staff (so very grateful to them), but they got me a date that should allow me a full recovery before our vacation.

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Cindy Sage said…
Boy Merriam you sure are having a rough time...hopefully this will change your future. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
July 14, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Anonymous said…
Sorry to hear you are going through more stuff like this! Hope you get well soon and let me know if you need anything!
July 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Rachel said…
Awesome!! about hawaii, anyway :) At least there's something to look forward too. I didn't even know you had a neice old enough to be married... ;)
July 14, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Christine said…
I had no idea you were going through all of this until it was mostly done. I'm so sorry! That sounds miserable.

I know it's been a while, but I hope you're feeling better now. Hugs!
July 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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