It was only a few months after my hysterectomy that I complained to my OB that I was still experiencing pain in the lower right area of my pelvic region and having stomach aches, irregular BMs. “Oh, it’s probably scar tissue. Let’s schedule another surgery to go back in and clean it up,” he said. […]
Read more "Round Two"I’ve been dealing with hip pain for quite a while now, probably about five years. At first, I figured it was caused by my unusual gait due to my bummed knee, so I simply brushed it off. However, the pain got worse and would increase with high activity or use and sometimes would spark up […]
Read more "Not so hip"I wanted to talk about something super serious for a moment, because a lot of people who live with this problem might not have the strength to talk about it. There is a certain level of shame that comes with mental illness, which needs to stop, but it’s so much more difficult than that. When […]
Read more "Being Picky"Here are some videos about my surgery, prior and post-op. After the videos, you’ll find the blog about the recovery process, so check back weekly! Pre-Op #1, a week before the original surgery date. They called me 2 days before and cancelled it at the last second. I had to fight to get approved again […]
Read more "Hysterectomy Updates"Back in October of 2016, I went to the Urgent Care center because I was having extreme, unusual chest pains. I’d been feeling fine otherwise, no stress, no stomach ache. Just hard to breath, a strained chest, palpitations, and pain piercing the right side, under my ribs. I knew something was wrong, so I toughed […]
Read more "Broken Hearted"I remember when I first started noticing that there was something wrong with my stomach, back in 2007. I was living with my boyfriend (now husband) and we were hardly a year into our relationship when I started getting sick quite often. At first, I wrote it off as the stomach flu, then as food […]
Read more "“My Tummy Hurts”"Well, this is a kind of tough one to talk about, especially because many of my family members and friends don’t know this about me, but… at just 29 years old, I got skin cancer. Not the ultra-scary kind (Melanoma), but the still-frightening Basal Cell Carcinoma. Let’s get right to the point: I guess I […]
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Far From Perfect 