Catch up

Well, I made the New Years Resolution to blog more... and then life happened!  I know some of you know all this, but I figured I should explain what has been going on with us.  Last May, Tim had emergency surgery to remove a herniated disc in his neck.  Then, in about August I began having symptoms similar to what Tim had experienced (numbness in hands and feet, back pain and headache).  I dismissed it, thinking I must be going crazy because what are the odds that we would both develop neurological problems within a few months of each other.  In September, I finally went to the doctor to see what was wrong with me.  After multiple MRI's and being bounced between doctors, I was diagnosed with Syringomyelia, with Syrinx at 3 different levels in my spinal cord.  The largest Syrinx is located at the same level that Tim's herniated disc was at, which is why we had similar symptoms.  Because I needed to see a Neurologist and Neurosurgeon, and there aren't any at Ft. Polk, we requested a humanitarian move to be somewhere with better medical care.  We also asked to be moved to California, so that we could be close to family for help.  Well, not long after the New Year we finally received orders... to Langley AFB, Virginia!  At first, we were upset that it was the opposite direction of what we asked for, but after thinking about it, we realized that Virginia would be really great for us.  So, instead of blogging... we moved!  So far we are loving it here and I have gone back and added tons of posts of what we have been up to over the past 2 months!  Hopefully, I will get better at blogging, but no promises!  :)