Top 5 Blessings: 1) Everything just worked out together for me to go to the hospital tomorrow so we can take care of me sooner rather than later. 2) I had fun hanging out with Tsukasa and Saori today at the office. 3) I was able to get that letter/referral/shoukaijou for a much cheaper price than expected. I was quoted $30-$50. I got mine for $12! 3) I was able to go to the eye doctor today. I was the second person there and it was an expensive but painless process. 4) My branch president told the elders (I can't remember if I already mentioned this) that the ward/branch could help pay for my surgery. (One of the reasons I wanted to wait until later.) 5) This is the most hopeful I have felt in more than a month! :D
basal temp (this one I know is off because I accidentally got up before I took it) 36.64
This morning I got up and got ready to go to the eye doctor. I thought they opened at 900. So I arrived at 835. Well, they opened at 930. I had forgotten to bring my contact boxes so I went back home and got them and then went back. I was 45 minutes early and the second in line! I got in quickly, the language was a miniscule barrier and I walked away with two boxes of contacts, some solution, and left $110 behind. :s Well, I need to be able to see. I actually felt greatly blessed because for the FIRST time since I got glasses, my prescription didn't change! My eyes have FINALLY stopped worsening. That made me feel awesome! After that I pedaled down to the office.
At the office I told them about the past month and a half and gave them my receipts. As I was telling Saori about my pain, I started to cry. I felt like an idiot, but she was very sweet about it. She gave me senbei (crackers) and I chatted with Tsukasa and Saori for a bit. We laughed and joked and as I told them my plan (to wait for my next paycheck and day off to go to the hospital) Saori quickly put the kabosh on that. Tsukasa asked if I was teaching any classes tomorrow, I said "No," so they said, "You're taking that day as a paid holiday and going to the hospital." Saori also said that she would call Hashimoto-s the day before the big high school teachers meet and tell him I wasn't to play any sports. I tried to argue with her and told her I would only play volleyball but she called me crazy and put her foot down (she has 3 kids - she used her mom powers on me). I can't remember if I mentioned this, but my tutor has a friend who went in for an endometriosis surgery and was in the hospital for THREE WEEKS. !! A thought just occurred to me. I keep looking for "my miracle" (a la Nancy). Already it's been a miracle (for me) that the office ladies were so helpful and understanding and pushy about me going to the doctor. I emailed Yasue right away and she is available to go with me tomorrow (a HUGE gift from heaven and Yasue) and is going to go, and that letter was cheaper than I expected. Not only that, I didn't have to wait for it. Saori called down there and said she wanted the letter prepared and that the company wanted it ASAP to take me to the hospital (so it was much more efficient/official). Those already have been AMAZING miracles - now I am thinking that I will not have to be in the hospital long at all. That would be another miracle (for my wallet and my work schedule -- I'm hoping to pitch to the branch president that I pay half and the ward help me with the other half ~Elder Norawong is going to call him -the branch pres- tonight and then call me). Also I have the support of my ward and the elders. I called Elder Norawong and he made some calls for me and is, as I mentioned, going to call me tonight. If the branch is not willing to help, I hope Japan does payment plans. THAT would be a great blessing. (Dang it - I had to spend that $20 I was saving for taxes, but it's a blessing I had it leftover.) After I finished talking to the ladies, I went home. I was able to email Jerod (freaked him out :/ - I'm still not good at telling people what's going on with me. I made that mistake with my parents on my mission. I always am trying to hope for the best and protect those who love me but maybe I'm just not giving them enough credit. Jerod said he supported my decision and that he would pray for me. :,) That was another miracle for me. --Jerod and I both dislike doctors, but he REALLY REALLY dislikes them. So I was worried he would be upset with me. But he was only upset that this is the first he's heard about a potential surgery. :/) Did I say I pedaled home? I did. I went home and when it was time, I went down to the ob-gyn. (HAHA! Saori and Tsukasa asked me what to call a women's clinic and I told them ob-gyn. They said it was really hard to say. I told them that's what we call them in English. A women's clinic is a specific PLACE.) The ride was a little arduous as there is a giant LONG hill so you get exhausted by the time you reach the crest, but I got up it, grabbed the letter, and went back on my way. On the way home I stopped at the bank and got out more money for tomorrow. *sigh* I already used my bus and grocery money this week on contacts and now I'm taking next week's money to the hospital! (Don't worry mom I still have food!) Hard to save up when you have to go to so many doctors! :/ Ok, sorry. Miracle, miracle. I will have many miracles - I was told that in my blessing last Sunday.
After I got back home again, I was overheated but was able to cool down pretty quickly. I was able to kill three mosquitoes (yay me!). I took those pictures I keep meaning to take. Sorry about the lighting. I kept meaning to take them during the day! I then got an email from CS - they added another lesson. It's from a book I don't have and I need to prepare it tomorrow. So I'm hoping for another miracle tomorrow that will leave me sufficient time to prepare (since I teaching that first period on Friday). I also got another email from Tsukasa who pitched to me that tomorrow be my compensatory day off for working that Saturday for CS. I told her that would be great as I might need my paid holidays for my surgery.
So slated for tonight: SLEEP! Tomorrow: Yasue is meeting me at my apartment by bike or car (depending on whether or not it rains) and we will go to the hospital together. I will let you all know how it goes down (on fb first then by blog tomorrow night). I'm feeling so hopeful. It seems the end of my pain is in sight! Oh, I also got a 2 hour call from Limor. She saw my post on fb and called. She also said that she would try to be there for me when I wake up. :) How sweet is that? I told her she HAS to so she can tell me all the funny things I say since I should get a general. HAHAHA! She told me I've got to sort out my priorities (though in a non, unfortunately, Harry Potter way). She called me her BFF. :,) I told her I was feeling nervous about tomorrow - but truly the thing that worries me the most is them saying they won't do the surgery/want to do a long series of unpleasant and expensive tests. So I'm hoping that miraculously they will tell me the end of my pain is in sight and schedule me for surgery. I don't particularly look forward to the cost or being in a foreign hospital, BUT I AM looking forward to sleeping, and not puking, and not having pain until my period (and hopefully much less). It was that first surgery that allowed me to go from 6-8 ibuprofen every 4 hours to 2. Although that heavy previous exposure eventually got me an allergy to ibuprofen, I DO remember it decreased my painkiller consumption. So here's hoping for a quickly scheduled end to my problems, a quick recovery, and a small bill! :D Love you all! XOXO, A
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| this is looking down the street from in front of the eye building - that really cool building straight ahead used to be the Iwate Bank |
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| the flashcards I made for feelings |
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| I made these for the kids (their own flashcards) - I turned over one from each group to show you I wrote the English word on the back with the katakana to show them how to pronounce it, then the Japanese word |
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| the game - where they have to match :D (picture to Japanese and English) |
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