Tagged!

I actually don't think I have ever been tagged, thanks Jenni. Well here goes.

2 names you go by:

-court

-courter (Quarter) I hate this name but really love the people that started calling me courter. My awesome Aunt Claudia and my cousins her children, they still call me that to this day.

Two things you're wearing right now:

-shorts (I'm freezing but we just got our laundry room in working order yesterday, so we are WAY backed up on laundry)

-sweatshirt -I just love warm and snuggly clothes. If only it didn't have to get so cold outside to validate them.

Two things I want very badly at the moment:

-a cure for cancer

-my cousin Leslie back. She always called me Courter and was always my hero. I wanted to be the kind of mom/person/friend she was. I just wish she could have had a bit more time on earth to show me more, and time for me to tell her what a great example she always was to me. She was so commited to the gospel, so funny (I will never forget her laugh), and so selfless. A truly beautiful person, and deeply missed.

2 favorite pets that I have had

-Dexter our Yorkie he was the greatest dog we miss him so much!

-Our turtle Thomas is pretty great. He's low maintenance, doesn't complain, and keeps it pretty clean unlike our Chinchilla.

2 things I did last night:

-I drilled a vent through the wall for our dryer, and did my first load in our new laundry room. I just sat on the floor for about twenty minutes in bliss watching the clothes spin. No more laundry in a tiny little closet/room, no more ironing board on my kitchen door, and no more tripping over laundry baskets trying to access the garage!

-We watched our windows go in the sunroom walls, and the vinyl banister I have always hated come off my front porch! I love progress!

2 things you ate today- today is a very bad day to ask

-about 3 snack size snickers

-nachos loaded with jalapenos and guacamole.

2 things you plan to do today:

-finish this tag

-take a nap- I love Sundays

2 longest trips you've taken in the last 5 years

-Our trip to Italy this summer

-Victoria, Canada -both without kids thanks to awesome in-laws and family!

2 favorite beverages

- trying to go Vegan (except for cheese and fish) I have developed a recent love of soy milk, I definitely prefer it over milk now.

- Ice water with lemon

No Dysplaysia!

Well I was just sitting down emailing my brother who is on a mission right now to update him on my U.C. and I got a call from the hopsital. They said that the biopsies were clean and there was NO DYSPLASIA! I am so relieved I'm just bawling. It has been such a roller coaster the last few months. At my first appointment I thought the doctor said I had low-grade dysplasia, then at my 3 month follow-up he said it was indefinite for low-grade dysplasia, and now it shows NONE! (For those who are unaware there are three stages of dysplasia indefinite, low-grade, and high-grade. At high grade it pretty much means removal of your colon which has many nasty side effects.) These results are far more accurate as they were taken while I was in remission. I am so grateful for everyone's prayers, I truly don't think it was by coincidence or accident that there was such a difference in the biopsies from last time to this time. Miracles do happen!

It's All Good!

I just went in for my 6 month follow-up colonoscopy, and things went really well. The Doc. discovered that my U.C. is officially in remission, and ulcers were healing up well. There were only a few red areas that he saw, and where they removed the polyps last time has healed up really well also. He said that on a scale of 1-10 regarding how worried he was about me he used to be a 7 and now he is less than 1. He cut me back to 2.4 g of lialda, so that will be nice. It is a very expensive prescription. He took a ton of biopsies and we should be hearing back from the pathologist by Wed. of next week in regards to the dysplasia. I am really interested to hear what these results are because the last time they were reviewed was when the disease was active, and it is far more difficult to diagnose dysplasia when the disease is active. So cross your fingers for me. Last time they said the cells were doing something abnormal but were indefinite as far as confirming or denying dysplasia (a precancerous indicator).