I Am Back (Hopefully)

I have to start off by saying it's been a rough couple of months.  I started at Microsoft late November and started getting ill in the middle of January.  I can't say I am completely better yet, but I am taking a lot of steps to get things under control.

Basically my whole digestive system has stopped functioning properly.  A lot of things came together at once to make it just a horrible experience.  First I started having acid reflux and intense heartburn caused by GERD.  Then I stopped being able to digest a variety of foods.  And finally I had a lot of inflammation throughout my digestive system that put me in almost constant pain.

The acid reflux is being controlled by medicine I have to take twice a day timed with my meals so that I don't have intense pain for hours.  I am waiting for the results of some tests to determine what my body can no longer digest and am controlling my diet in the meantime.  And finally, I am taking lots of supplements to make sure my body has all of the enzymes, etc. for digestion.

Currently I am taking 16 pills a day to control everything.  Hopefully my inflammation will go down shortly and I'll be able to cut down the amount of medicine I am taking.  In the meantime I am just happy for every mostly pain-free day I have.

I am extremely lucky to be working at Microsoft during all of this.  My schedule has been tailored to my needs and my manager has been more than understanding.  At a lot of companies I would have been fired long ago considering I haven't been working that long.  Hopefully I'll be able to repay them with some hard work and great results.