Making decisions regarding one's health is not an easy task. There is always the question of, "What is wrong with me?" There is also the decision on which doctor and which test and which medication and/or which procedure/surgery is best for you and your situation. I know for me personally, I truly struggled when making the decison to have an endometrial ablation. My quality of life was gone from living with menorrhagia and not being sure what to do about it made me feel confused and depressed.

When I was trying to decide between having an endometrial ablation performed or having a hysterectomy performed to put an end to the excessive uterine bleeding I was living, I was very indecisive on just what I should do. I got out two pieces of paper and on one I wrote down all the endometrial ablation pros and cons and on the other piece of paper I wrote down the hysterectomy pros and cons. This really helped me to see things more clearly.

In the book, Finding Joy, by Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph.D., I found a little quote that really helped me:

"There are times to give up having your bases covered and take a plunge. You can write down all the pros and cons of making a decision, but at some point it's time to let go and do it. This doesn't mean you don't check things out. It means that at a certain point you just have to stop worrying about every little thing and just do it. Yes, there may be flaws, it may not go perfectly, but it's folly to think you can prevent all difficulties."

I hope you will see the "light at the end of the tunnel" through your suffering as I did not see it then, and it was there as it always is. ;) I hope this page will be a source of comfort for you during this difficult time. Hang in there. ;)

Sincerely,

Years of time and moments
Somehow seem to fade
Dreams of all my yesterdays
Within a step betrayed

Decisions just a battle
This spirit has to give
Knowing which direction
To take so I can live

Should I go beyond this door
To know what can begin
Or should I stay for comfort
This dilemma is so grim

Only I can choose this path
The one that makes me see
Whatever joy beyond this door
It must begin with me

Faith to know the path in life
These thoughts are so concealed
Within the heart my spirit knows
These truths must be revealed.

~Life is 10% what happens to you, 90% of how you react to it~
-Food for Thought

~Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect
-Margaret Mitchell

~I Am Limited Only By What I Think
-Author unknown

~We are not our thoughts; we are our actions
-Author unknown

~Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be
-Grandma Moses

~You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy
-Carol Burnett

~The love we give away is the only love we keep
-Elbert Hubbard

~A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes
-Hugh Downs

~Do what you can with what you have, where you are
-Theodore Roosevelt

~I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much
-Mother Teresa

~For everything you have missed, you have gained something else
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

~You never really lose until you quit trying
-Mike Ditka

~Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength
-Corrie Ten Boom

~The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them
-Antoine De Saint-Exupery

~You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others
-Henry Drummond

~Nothing is worth more than this day
-Goethe