It's been many months since I've blogged. Almost year. I don't know why. There have been so many times that I have started to write and then stopped. Maybe I was afraid that I had nothing "important" to say. I didn't know if anyone would read it. But that's not what this site is about. Sharing not only makes me feel good, but hopefully lets others know that someone has been where they are now and made it through.
When I first started this blog almost a year ago, I was awaiting my second kidney transplant. My first transplant was failing after 20 years. I felt vulnerable and afraid. Looking back, I now see that I needed this blog so that I had somewhere to vent and to share. I was feeling very sick. I had already lost over 20 pounds because I had no appetite, and thus, I had very little strength. My surgery (which I will talk about in a future post), was scheduled for late September, but I started to get really weak and found myself sleeping a lot. Within a month of having the transplant, I felt so good and so strong that I was too busy living my life to blog. Besides taking meds and getting blood draws, I was busy with travel and spending time with family and friends. I didn't "need" to blog . Or so I thought.
Over the past couple of months, people seem to have discovered "itsgonnabeok.net" and have "liked" it. Many, many people from all over the world! This weekend, as I flew home from a visit with family, including two older parents both of whom are struggling with serious health issues, I realized that I miss writing. I do need to blog and to share. I hope that more of you will "like" and share this site with friends so that we can have a larger sense of community as we face not only what life throws at us, but all that life has to offer. Because there is nothing that we can't handle. It truly is going to be ok.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
It's Time to Start Blogging
It's been many months since I've blogged. Almost year. I don't know why. There have been so many times that I have started to write and then stopped. Maybe I was afraid that I had nothing "important" to say. I didn't know if anyone would read it. But that's not what this site is about. Sharing not only makes me feel good, but hopefully lets others know that someone has been where they are now and made it through.
When I first started this blog almost a year ago, I was awaiting my second kidney transplant. My first transplant was failing after 20 years. I felt vulnerable and afraid. Looking back, I now see that I needed this blog so that I had somewhere to vent and to share. I was feeling very sick. I had already lost over 20 pounds because I had no appetite, and thus, I had very little strength. My surgery (which I will talk about in a future post), was scheduled for late September, but I started to get really weak and found myself sleeping a lot. Within a month of having the transplant, I felt so good and so strong that I was too busy living my life to blog. Besides taking meds and getting blood draws, I was busy with travel and spending time with family and friends. I didn't "need" to blog . Or so I thought.
Over the past couple of months, people seem to have discovered "itsgonnabeok.net" and have "liked" it. Many, many people from all over the world! This weekend, as I flew home from a visit with family, including two older parents both of whom are struggling with serious health issues, I realized that I miss writing. I do need to blog and to share. I hope that more of you will "like" and share this site with friends so that we can have a larger sense of community as we face not only what life throws at us, but all that life has to offer. Because there is nothing that we can't handle. It truly is going to be ok.
When I first started this blog almost a year ago, I was awaiting my second kidney transplant. My first transplant was failing after 20 years. I felt vulnerable and afraid. Looking back, I now see that I needed this blog so that I had somewhere to vent and to share. I was feeling very sick. I had already lost over 20 pounds because I had no appetite, and thus, I had very little strength. My surgery (which I will talk about in a future post), was scheduled for late September, but I started to get really weak and found myself sleeping a lot. Within a month of having the transplant, I felt so good and so strong that I was too busy living my life to blog. Besides taking meds and getting blood draws, I was busy with travel and spending time with family and friends. I didn't "need" to blog . Or so I thought.
Over the past couple of months, people seem to have discovered "itsgonnabeok.net" and have "liked" it. Many, many people from all over the world! This weekend, as I flew home from a visit with family, including two older parents both of whom are struggling with serious health issues, I realized that I miss writing. I do need to blog and to share. I hope that more of you will "like" and share this site with friends so that we can have a larger sense of community as we face not only what life throws at us, but all that life has to offer. Because there is nothing that we can't handle. It truly is going to be ok.