My NF Life Update, First Half of 2023

My last post, Finding My Attractiveness...Again. It was written half-heartedly, an attempt to publish a post since I have not been as active on my blog this year. My friend Izzy mentioned my lack of blog posts during Cupid's Undie Run in February. I considered removing my latest post but opted not to because even if I am not a fan of what I have written, it helps at least one reader. 

Cupid's Team 

 I've been away because I'm uncomfortable in the body I am currently in. I have been in and out of depressive moods since I was released from the hospital last year. I do not identify with the reflection I see, which devastates me. I desperately yearn for my smile. I am exhausted mentally and physically. 

In December of last year, I was referred to a wound clinic for medical care for the two temporal wounds. Since January of this year, I have undergone 40 hyperbaric chamber treatments and various therapies, such as Medahoney and topical medications. Additionally, I am getting lymphedema massages through Moffitt to aid in the reduction of the lymphedema I developed after surgery last year. 

 Overall, there have been improvements to both the wounds and lymphedema, which is reliving. My medical team is doing everything possible to prevent me from undergoing another surgery, number 24 or 25... depending on who you ask! In order to tolerate the hyperbaric treatments, I had to have a tympanostomy tube, AKA ear tube, placed in my left ear. It was a five-minute procedure completed at my ENT's office, I do not consider this a surgery, but my mom disagrees. What do you think? 

So, this has been my 2023 thus far. It has been a challenging year, but nothing I cannot handle. I know better things are coming to me; I must first overcome this health hurdle.