Finding Strength in My Pain

 I know so many of you have been thinking and praying for me as I have dealt with my health issues throughout my life, but especially in the past year and a half. I am so thankful to my cousin Jessica for recommending I reach out to the Mayo Clinic to request an appointment, because I didn't even know you could do that. ;) I also am so thankful to her father for pulling the strings to get me in after I was initially denied (that was heartbreaking). I couldn't have done it all without your support, my rock of a husband and my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you all. <3   The Mayo Clinic was a whirlwind of a week. I went in expecting to be busy with appointments, but I was not prepared for how exhausting it would be. I also went in with the expectation of getting life-altering answers that would require a lifetime of medications and treatment. I have been so horribly sick that I could only imagine the worst, so when I didn't get that... I was almost disappo