Total Hip Replacement

Hi, I'm Jennifer, and as of today I have been living with Lupus for exactly 5 years this month. I'm 28 years old, and this is my day-to-day life with lupus.

I have the arthritic kind of Lupus. From my neck down to my feet, I have arthritis in all my major joints. Osteoarthritis to be exact. This coming Monday will make 2 weeks that I received a hip replacement because of the extent of damage the last 5 years has taken on my leg in particular.

I was born a sickly baby as it is... Having transposition of the heart, done with a muster procedure, and later having a pacemaker placed when I was 13 months old. So hospitals have been a constant thing in my life.
There was a time I was so happy to not be at the docs office more than twice a year... When I was 23, and once again going thru something that doc's had no idea what to do with.. It was quite devastating. So many of my hopes of medical miracles went right out the window. I suffered so much physically that I was sure God was punishing me for not obeying Him as I should have long ago.

I find myself here at 28, thankful that God is still by my side. Giving me Super Woman strength to endure all the things I've endured so far. I'm re-learning how to walk, but you wouldn't know it by talking to me or even looking at me. I stand a tall 5'3, with my back straight; legs ready to go wherever my feet are ready to take me.

Today, I didn't get group therapy, as they didn't come into the rehab center I am currently staying in. But that didn't stop me from getting up and doing the exercises myself, and then going for a walk in the courtyard... This is who I am... never sitting still. Never allowing the hindrances that life throws at me to hinder me. I keep moving forward. No matter what.. My faith is too big, too deep, and too powerful to not prove that I am strong, and that God has great plans for my life!