That Idaho Girl

Most of you probably know what this post will be about based on the title. It's not about me admitting that I am addicted to drugs, I have never taken anything nor will I ever. This little diddy is about prescription drugs which is something almost everyone can relate to! If you have been reading any of my posts you will know that I am not the healthiest thing in the world. I have a little list of health issues that I am trying to get under control. My most pressing issue is my Hepatitis C. I was unfortunately born with this so don't even have a crazy story to tell :( It is something that has been looming over me since I found out I had it. Four years ago I started on a treatment regimen of three different drugs. Within a week I had developed congestive heart failure due to one of those drugs. I was in the hospital for five days and finally got to go home. As you can imagine, it has taken me a very long time to try any other medication. Recently though my doctors and I deci

I decided to start on a journey today. One that focuses on self love. Self love has been something that I have struggled with my entire life. I have always been the girl that got bullied and told she was ugly, the one that never got picked to go to prom. My own family has a habit of putting me down instead of lifting me up. I feel that as a result of all that, I have had such a problem with my self image and self esteem. I feel as though I don't love myself like I should and that is unacceptable to me. A friend of mine told me about this YouTube channel called Yoga With Adriene. She told me that this lady is not like other yoga instructors that pretend life is perfectly zen and nothing is wrong with the world, I was a little skeptical but decided to try her out. I LOVE her!!! She is so down to earth and REAL! She messes up sometimes and goes with the flow because guess what that's what life is about. I have been picking through her videos and have loved all the ones I have tr

I find myself sitting here this morning with my cup of coffee and my computer. I am trying to calm my mind down for 2 seconds as it has been going nonstop for a while now and I am driving myself insane. I have a window to the right of me that looks out into my back yard, and as I look out now I see the most stunning Central Oregon sunrise. Seeing those breathtaking moments makes me remember that the universe has my back and that it will all be ok. I have been dealt some pretty shitty cards in life. At 26 years old I have experienced things most people will never have to in their entire life. I want to share some of this in hopes that there is someone out there going through the same thing and will know that they are not alone. My mother passed away from liver failure due to Hepatitis C. Unfortunately for me I contracted that virus at birth. I had no idea I had it until 2010 when I started getting strange spots on my legs that I now call flare ups. In some cases Hep C causes something