Two weeks ago I went in and received my 7th Xolair injection. I am so unbelievably close to a hive free life. I don’t think I have hives daily anymore, and if I do they’re not noticeable!
Within the last few months I have realized that stress is the biggest factor in my hives. When I am anxious, nervous, angry, or generally stressed I start to get hives on my shoulders. Sometimes my lips and eyes swell a little too. This realization caused me to look back at the beginning of the year and think about my life and how unhappy I was. I am not surprised I developed hives, I was stressed out.
I wasn’t mature enough at the time to accept that I cannot change what others do. I slowly learned throughout this year to work on myself and not allow others to bring me down to that low point I was finding myself in often. I had to let people make their mistakes without constantly trying to save them.
So…. Where I am at in life now after having such serious hives.
Right now I am not in college. You can read more on that in my post about college here. Next semester I will start back up completely online. As of right now I think I will continue to work towards a business degree of some sort. I am full time at Indian Creek Marina with my parents. This November marks my 5th year here. I truly love my job and this place. I couldn’t see myself anywhere else. For the past month I have been working with H&CO in Monroe City on creating a website for their salon and boutique. I am really loving building this website and working in a more girly setting. It’s nice to work hard in a mechanic shop from 9 to 5 and then come to a boutique and sell some fashion! It’s a great mix of my personality.
I have a huge abundance of friends. I have never had so many friends in my life. In high school many people didn’t like me for many different reasons. As I have grown most of those people have gotten to know who I truly am because I am finally showing who I truly am. I am not hiding behind insecurities and I am no longer living my life to be cool and impress people. Surprisingly, people actually like me for me! It’s pays off to be yourself! You gain new friends and you’re happy, who knew??
I have officially decided 2018 has been the worst and best year of my life. Throughout my pain I have grown into a person I can be proud of. I have received many blessings in my life, the most important being discovering who I am.
Thank you all for riding this year out with me. As it comes to an end I will continue my self-help journey. I hope and pray you guys do too.
Wishing lots of love and happiness.
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