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ByGodsGrace 
Well, it's been about a year since I got on here. Right after my surgery is when I quit making posts on DS. I have fully recovered and don't have any pain at all. No problems at all with digestion. I had to fast for a few days just drinking liquids because I was having a lot of problems. I felt like my digestive system needed to be "reset). I took a lot of probiotics and even considered hydrachloric acid, but my system took care of things with out it. Thank you, God!. My lupus (DLS) has remained about the same. The plaquinil is working and what is awesome is that my face has cleared up! I am no longer sporting all the lovely zits and breakouts. I still get a lovely red glow, but that is okay in comparison to the breakouts. I still get flares occasionally, but that is when I am super stressed or I don't watch my sun exposure--if I stay out too long in the sun, it makes me so tired and wiped out. I am still fighting the battle of the bulge, but I am not as stressed out about it. I am enjoying my exercise dvds and the treadmill daily (I have to get up early to do this) If I don't get up early, then I only get to do my quiet time and no exercise. Quiet time comes first! I am keeping up with reading the Bible in a Year! ( My husband and I joined the Gideon's International and Auxillary and they have a reading plan) I am amazed at how much better I feel when I exercise. If I don't, it feels like the whole day is off balance and I hurt more, especially my knees and feet. That exercise really helps! I have only been doing 30 minutes and that is for the lupus, I have added 10 minutes more and that is for weight removal. (losing something means you are trying to find it again, removal means getting rid of it for good--saw that on Web MD) I am still mentoring on Setting Captives Free with the course The Lord's Table. I am accountable to other mentors and each day I have to report in on how I did. That really helps me to think about what I am doing. I love helping the students learn about God's love for them and how He needs to be number one in their lives, not food. God is good. You just can't wait for life to be perfect to start living. . .
