Continuing the road to recovery
February 2, 2009 4:31pm
I’ve been finding it therapeutic to write these journals, so here is another update in my road to recovery.
Last week I met with my …
Sharon703
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About Me
Sharon703
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About Me
I'm a newlywed having just married the love of my life less than a year ago, last Thanksgiving. We started our married life with me having health problems, guess that's what in sickness and health means. My story begins with surgery on August 18, 2008. I had to have an abdominal myomectomy because a sonogram showed I had 5 very large fibroid tumors in my uterus. My surgery turned out to be 5 hours instead of 1-2 hours because I had several fibroids that were the size of cantaloupes and I also had a large ovarian cyst. I lost a lot of blood in surgery and was in recovery for over 6 hours because the general anesthesia didn’t wear off in my left leg. I was in the hospital for 5 days following my surgery but was up and walking the very next day. I was progressing nicely for the next week and then on September 1st I woke up and had pain when I breathed deeply. I didn’t know what it was and assumed it would go away. By that night it was much worse so my husband took me to the ER. It turns out I had a cluster of PE’s in my left lung and a cluster of PE's and a larger PE in my right lung. I was immediately put on lovenox (a blood thinner shot), and admitted to the cardiac ICU and put on a heart monitor and oxygen. I was then taken in to have an echocardiogram (ultrasound) of my heart to ensure that when the blood clots passed by my heart they did not cause any damage. While in the hospital they discovered that I was very anemic from my surgery and had to be put on an iron IV drip to bring my iron levels up.On the second day in the hospital I had an ultrasound of my legs and they found a large DVT in my right leg. By the 5th day I was able to go home. I was home recovering for the last 3 months from my major abdominal surgery since my incision was from my belly button all the way down and will take even longer to heal being on blood thinner. After about two weeks of being on warfarin, my eye swelled up and the persistent rash I have had got a lot worse. My hematologist thought I was allergic to warfarin and so I was put back on lovenox. After 14 days on the twice a day lovenox injections they determined it was not an allergic reaction to warfarin (my rash came back while not on it) and so I was able to bridge to coumadin. Thankfully the rash has gone away now, the blood blisters on my heels that I got from surgery have healed, my INR is stable and the PE's did not affect my heart. I've also learned that my gigantic fibroids grew because of the estrogen in my birth control pill and that my DVT and PE's also came from being on the pill and having had surgery. Its been a long, scary and educational road, but I thank God each day that my life was spared and I trust Him to help me through all of this.
I'm a newlywed having just married the love of my life less than a year ago, last Thanksgiving. We started our married life with me having health problems, guess that's what in sickness and health means. My story begins with surgery on August 18, 2008. I had to have an abdominal myomectomy because a sonogram showed I had 5 very large fibroid tumors in my uterus. My surgery turned out to be 5 hours instead of 1-2 hours because I had several fibroids that were the size of cantaloupes and I also had
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Cooking, reading, movies, theater, ice-skating, swimming, home design, hosting parties and lately obsessing about telling all my family and friends the serious risks no one really addresses enough when going on birth control pills.
Cooking, reading, movies, theater, ice-skating, swimming, home design, hosting parties and lately obsessing
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Just a General Update
January 16, 2009 2:16pm
Finally I am feeling much better, almost like the old me, at least physically. J I am so very thankful that I finally have a fantastic new Primary …
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Thank God, finally some help!
January 7, 2009 7:01pm
Oh thank God is all that I can say! And my good friend Pattie, who convinced me to see her internal medicine doctor and consider having him become …
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Frustrated, Sad and conflicted
January 4, 2009 8:15pm
I almost don't know where to begin with this journal entry. I thought it might be helpful to write what I am thinking and feeling. I just re-read …
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The latest in my journey
November 19, 2008 9:08pm
Last week I went in for my weekly hematology visit and learned that my INR was about 3.5. I hadn't done anything different in …
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Chocolate
Aw bless you - I'm pleased you're ok...and it's good that your haematologist made sure you got checked out! You poor thing! Feel better soon! I'm alright thanks - just the usual really...things are still a nightmare as always! Keep smiling! Lots of love x x x
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Rainbow
Hi Sharon, was just thinking of you - so thought I'd stop by to say hi and see how you are? x x x
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Little Love
Hi Sharon, thank you so much for your lovely hug! I know, it's so horrible when you don't have answers hey! I'm finding it even more frustrating, as no-one seems to be any rush to give me any answers too! Grrr...really hope you're doing ok? How are you feeling? I hate this blimin' emotional rollercoaster, as I'm sure you do too...I'm so ready to get off, hehe! Thanks again, keep me posted on how your getting on! x x x
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Rainbow
Thanks so much for your message! Aw bless you, so sorry you are feeling depressed! This whole PE thing is rubbish! So you been having sme problems with the drs then? Hoping they get sorted soon and you get the answers you need! How long have you been off anti-coags? Hope all is going well...and if you ever need a chat, please do get in touch my love! I'm doing ok thanks - same as ever really and still finding it all quite tough. It appears the PEs have caused me to have a heart problem - but they are unsure as to what the problem actually is yet...they just know my test results are abnormal...so as always I'm waiting for yet more tests...boohoo!Please do keep in touch and keep me posted on how you're getting on - always lovely to hear from you! Love and hugs x x x x x x
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Little Love
Hey, lovely to hear from you! Been thinking about you actually - and worried as I haven't heard from you in a while. How are you doing? All good I hope! Thanks for the picture comment - I will upload some more wedding pics soon, hehe xxx
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