Thursday, February 11, 2010

New Year

I know I am kind of late when it comes to writing about the new year.. But a lot has happened for me with me since the year started. I brought in the New Year with some great friends, but the next day I was rush to the hospital with pains in my stomach. It was then that I was told that I needed to have a Myomectomy.. What that is in plain english surgery. They would open up my stomach and take out a large fibroid. Now some people don't know this but I have had fibroids in my stomach just hanging out with my uterus for a year, well I found out a year ago. I have been to 4 doctors since learning of me having them. The first two after my doctor found them told me that I needed to have a hysterectomy, I was devastated being as though I was only 30 years old with no children at all. Then I said I will get a 3rd opinion, well doctors 3 and 4 told me I will need to get a partial hysterectomy. I wasn't as devastated because to me that was progress. To some it may not seem like it but that meant that I will still be able to have children just wont be able to carry it. But once I was rushed to the hospital twice in a week I was told all I needed was a Myomectomy. All they would do is go in and just take out the fibroid they would touch anything else in my body. It was like a weight lifted off of me. Now came the big part of it all. I was so nervous and so scared, it was my first major surgery and I didn't know what to expect. I have seen so many tv shows where things went wrong in the hospital but this was something I had to do. So I was told that it wasn't just one fibroid but two the size of grapefruits, one was on my uterus the other was on my stomach. I have always known I had great family and friends, but it really helped that I had some people here for me besides my Mom, being as though the rest of my family is in Philly. So I had the surgery and have been losing my mind but all in all I am a lot better. So I started out this year with surgery, a lost of 15 lbs and a new view on my life.. I just want to get out of bed so I can enjoy it..