I made it to the 6 month mark!! It feels so wonderful to be halfway to my 1 year mark and I really do feel 100% like the old me again. For those of you who are still waiting to have surgery, trust me, things do get better.
Although you'll have scars and may have some physical reminders of what you've been through, you will live a full, normal life again.
I think, if anything, you might even live a fuller life than before. There's nothing like illness or a serious medical condition to make you reassess what's important to you and realize how unpredictable and fragile life can be. Going through this experience with Iggy has given me the courage to do something that I've wanted to do for awhile but always put off: teach English in South America!
In February I'll be leaving the states to live and teach in Ecuador for a year with WorldTeach. It's a nonprofit organization that sends volunteer teachers to developing countries around the world. I'm so excited to finally be "taking the plunge" and I largely have my acoustic neuroma to thank for it.
If you'd like to find out more about what I'm doing and find out how you can get involved, just head on over to my blog and read my 6 month post-op entry:
www.awkwardturtles.blogspot.com or you can visit the Facebook page I created:
www.facebook.com/ecuadoryear.
What have you been putting off until you have more time, more money, more courage, etc? From here on out I'm going to try and do my best to make the most of the time God has given me. I hope we can all encourage each other to do the same.
**Happy turtling!**
