How can it be? Today, the 10th of January, marks 10 years that I have been pancreas-free. I am stunned at how much time has passed. I had just turned 30 years old less than a month before my surgery. Today, I am freshly forty and feeling incredibly blessed.
For my birthday, my husband and mother organized a card
shower. Getting to read over memories, sweet notes, and encouraging Scripture
passages definitely made my heart swell. Many friends I have known for decades
and others I have only known for a few years. I am grateful for how God has crossed
my paths with some of the most amazing individuals.
A little update on me, I am tutoring math virtually with Air
Tutors and love the students I get to work with. I continue to enjoy reading
devotionals, practicing yoga, baking bread and cookies, playing in my garden,
and spending time with friends and family.
My health continues to be overall miraculous. I have not
needed one hospital stay since my surgery. My A1C (my 3-month blood sugar
average) is in the normal range. I have not needed regular narcotic pain
medicine since recovering from surgery.
I still struggle with malabsorption and chronic fatigue. I
have had a few health hiccups in the past year or so. Thankfully, I have a team
of great doctors in Pennsylvania who are helping me to navigate this next
season.
While I may have been on many pain meds 10 years ago, I will
never forget the outpouring of love and prayers for my family. I was and
continue to be humbled reflecting on how many folks sent cards, made meals, prayed,
and shared countless acts of love.
I have learned a lot in the past 10 years…how to inject insulin,
to jump at an opportunity to bring someone a meal (it can mean soooo much!), to
embrace wearing sweatpants, to work a smart phone (didn’t have one of those 10
years ago!), to never pass up an opportunity to have tea or coffee with a
friend, how to navigate the foster care system (never thought I would be a
foster parent), and more!
Who knows what the next decade will hold and what I will learn.
I look forward to opportunities to reconnect with friends and meet new friends.
Regardless what hills and valleys await, I pray that I will daily look for signs
of hope and record notes of gratitude. I eagerly anticipate what God has to
teach me.
Blessings & deep gratitude, Becky
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