Surgery, Birthday, School, Fructose...Busy stuff!!!

Kind of a weird title to the post, I know! But I figured it's totally beyond time for me to update this, so I figure'd I use words of things that have been going on for my title--very creative, huh?! ;)
So first off...on August 23rd, it was a crazy day--fall semester started and I was having surgery that morning (so I went to one class and then headed over to the surgical center to have my thumb fused). The surgery went really well--I'm in a pink cast right now! They took a little bone graft from my wrist and put it in one of my thumb joints (the mp joint), put pins through so that the bone could grow together, and it'd be fused! I ended up having an allergic reaction after the surgery so I had to go on some steroids to get it cleared up, but it got cleared, they got the stitches out, and the cast is on so that it can heal completely!
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I also turned 23 a couple weeks ago, and was able to do some fun stuff with my family! On my birthday I went with my mom, grandma, and little brother down to Trolley Square in Salt Lake to the Spaghetti Factory and then we walked around and shopped after...it was tons of fun!!! Then, the next day, my siblings, their families (my brother-in-laws, nieces, and nephews) came over and we had scones for dinner, ate outside, the kids played games, and we just visited and had lots of fun! I love my family!!!
Now onto school!!! I know this might so weird, but I LOVE school! I was like counting down for the semester to start! I have one on-campus class this semester (public speaking...yikes!) and two online classes (stress management--awesome class--and microbiology). They've been great and I was totally excited because I actually finished my microbiology class today!!! I decided I just wanted to hurry and get it done, so I did the entire semester's work in the first 5 1/2 weeks of school! haha...I know, total nerd, but hey, it's done now! But this semester's going great, and I love it!
And finally...fructose! I know you're all probably thinking, what in the heck?! Well, I went and had this test done the other day and I went to the doctor yesterday for my results and to follow-up with everything, and it turns out that I have a very high fructose intolerance! Yuck! It's good cause I finally know what's going on, but it's a little tricky trying to stay away from fructose, high fructose corn-syrup, sorbitol, sucrose, and stuff when it's in like everything! So, if any of you know of anything without these in them that's good, I would love to have any input! haha!
Well, I'm finally caught up now in posting...yea!!! I totally need to do better on this! But I hope everyone's great--I love reading your blogs and hearing what's going on with everyone!