This post comes after a significant personal journey.  Over the years, I have been a fair weather blogger.  I get distracted, or let other things get in the way.  My disappearance from blogging and most social media for most of the summer was due to an illness.  Last May I went to the ER with my eyes swelling and my blog pressure extremely high.  It started a series of tests, resulting in the diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism.  My condition was a hormone producing benign tumor on my adrenal gland that caused me to lose potassium and gain sodium.

      On July 10th, I had surgery  to remove my right adrenal gland along with an overnight ICU stay.  Almost instantly my left adrenal gland took over and corrected my electrolyte imbalance.  I still felt that something was not right.  I tested positive for h. pylori in October, and after an extensive round of antibiotics finally starting to feel normal.

Now that I am on the other side of all this I can finally look toward the future.  Normally this is not where I get personal, but there are things to be said everything considered.  I am so lucky my condition was curable and caught before causing major problems to my vital organs.  So now I want to take this opportunity to focus on what makes me happy.

This holiday season I am refocusing on reading, research, and writing.  This is resulting in my decision to revamp The Sassy Starfish self hosted on a new platform and name.  Look forward to new content this upcoming month and into 2016.  Maybe a few other surprises as well!

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to a much better year!