I wanted to end this year on a bittersweet note, while ending on the number thirteen for a valid reason. I have a book coming out next year called “It All Fell Down” thirteen chapters total. The age I turned when I had to go through the worst nightmare of my life and how I survived. How years later I was brave enough to share my story, while helping others. Here in a couple weeks I will be having my tonsils removed. I have lost the majority of my voice and my voice sounds completely different. I’ve had a sore throat for months but it’s gotten to the point where it hurts to swallow, eat or talk. I will return next year with new material, but this will be the last podcast I will share this year. I have to give my throat a rest. Who’s gonna know me? Is knowing even after this surgery everything will be different, I’m not looking recovering because the last surgery I had which was this past April I threw up all four weeks and was very sick. I have Fibromyalgia and like I mentioned earlier my body stores pain instead of releasing it. My body store the pain from surgery so weeks later I was uncomfortable. I never hated nothing in my life expect for recovery. Also my tonsils have caused me to become very sick to where I have to use an inhaler to breathe. The infections that are reoccurring every week has put pressure on my chest. I have condition that mimics a heart attack but it’s not a heart attack. It’s very painful and not fun. Being put into the category of chronic respiratory infection sucks, but until my tonsils are removed I will continue to get sick. The first symptom your tonsils are going bad is having ear infections, middle ear infections. This is another issue within itself because I risk losing my hearing from all the ear infections I’ve had over the last four months. Thankfully my hearing test came back and I didn’t lose my hearing but I still run that risk. The cycle starts with an ear infection in one ear or both, then it turns into strep throat or now a chronic respiratory infection then the cycle repeats. I have one week where I’m okay, then pressure starts in both ears and I can’t pop my ears which also sucks. It starts off as pressure, to ear infections to strep throat or chronic respiratory infection. This started back in July to now, and it continues to get worse with each cycle. I am very thankful for the support, I would do more podcasts but it’s too painful to speak. I hope you understand but I can’t wait until next year!