That wasn’t so bad…

Ok so I did it…I went live! You cannot imaging how hard that was for me to share on facebook, and open myself up like that. Real concern that I was going to perceived as a attention seeking wine-bag left me second guessing myself many times before I hit post. I entered it, deleted it, walked away, texted my sister, re-entered it, and walked away for an absurdly long time to ponder what I was about to do. Finally my sister reminded me that “It’s not porn”, and essentially reminded me to push past my comfort zone and do it. So I did! I shared it on both my site, and a couple of IgA support group sites that I had visited ad nauseam when I was first diagnosed.

The support I have received was overwhelming from both friends, family, and complete strangers. Despite starting a blog and putting my life on blast, I normally hold my cards pretty close to the vest. I’m not an in your face kind of person, or at least I wasn’t 48 hours ago. So thank you to everyone for the kind words and show of support. Thank you to friends and family that reached out with texts, messages, and phone calls to let me know that they got me.

There is more to come from me. I just wanted to take a quick minute before the chaos of the morning sets in to thank everyone who made something scary for me into something rewarding.