Looking for answers

    For the past few years, I've been having stomach/GI issues.  Since I've lived in Tanzania for most of that time, I assumed that it was amoebic related.  Before returning to the States, I took amoebic medicine, worm medicine, and antibiotics to try to cure "whatever it was".  But, once in the States, things didn't really improve.  I went to the doctor thinking that maybe it was IBS, but she told me to try a Gluten Free diet.  Ironically, my mom had just started a Gluten Free diet a few months prior and so she had lots of information and ideas for me.
    I've been on the Gluten Free Diet since November, and started feeling better almost right away.  Not 100% , but SO much better that it was great.  Eventually, I went into a GI specialist to question why I still felt bad at times.  Maybe because I had gluten in the house for my family and was accidentally eating some?  After some tests, he determined that I had an infection in the intestines, something I hadn't expected at all!
    But, after finishing the medicine, I have felt worse again, not better.  I feel back to how I felt before starting the gluten free diet, even though it's been weeks since I stopped the medicine.
    So, now, I'm going in for a colonoscopy in April.  Not sure what answers I'll get, if any.  I am just praying that I'll get SOME answers before heading back onto the field in a few months.  I'd hate to leave again not knowing what's making me feel sick all the time.
    That's all for now.... just alot of uncertainty and wondering.  I'll update when I know something.

Katrina's Vision Therapy

                        Vision Therapy

   Katrina started Vision Therapy in February, and we now go up to the therapist every two weeks for an hour.  It is in Peoria, which is about an hours drive from us.  Katrina's therapist, Callie, has been very nice and has give us exercises to do at home.  The therapy is to improve her eyes' ability to work together, and see larger areas at a time during reading.   She also has glasses now, due to her being far-sighted. (Like me!  I just got my first set of reading glasses as well.)

    Some of what she does seems strange, like walk and forth holding a broom stick, and some seems obvious like tracking my finger moving back and forth, up and down, etc.  She has been very positive about it, and the therapist says she has improved already.  She will be giving us exercises to work on when we return to Tanzania.  We are going to the Vision Therapy Center in Peoria, IL, and I recommend them to anyone with reading issues, headaches during reading, etc.  They have even given us a "missionary" discount, bless them!!