I'm 35!!-- and a mini update

So, I had a birthday. Shout hooray! :) Just kidding. But, I did turn 35. and I suppose that is something to celebrate. Shout hooray!

I went and saw my local rheumatologist last week. He wanted to make sure we were all on the same page after I had seen the rheumalotogist in {P}. He said he has communicated with half a dozen other rheumatologists around the country and they all give varying suggestions on what my treatment should be. He gave me my choices and I told him I was perfectly happy to follow the changes the {P} Dr recommended. He was cool with that so long as I come in often for blood work to make sure my liver levels stay normal. and so, for now, we stay with that. I have noticed a considerable decrease in the size of my mass over the past couple of weeks! Seriously, I am amazed at how much smaller it is now. It has been like a flat pancake with a scoop of ice cream on top. Well, the pancake has all but gone away, which means I can feel farther around the mass on top. It is also getting smaller and not as firm feeling. I still have the other small fluid pockets, and they seem to be fluctuating in size day by day. But, I have hope now that this whole ordeal might actually be less than a year!! :)   and that, my friends is actually worth celebrating about! Shout hooray! ;)