Another Anniversary

I met my husband in early 2002 and we got married in 2005, then everything changed. We had about three months of ame-being-healthy marriage before my health got the better of me.We married in May and in August I ended up in the emergency room because I had (previously unknown to me) uterine fibroids, one of which decided to die off which caused a massive internal infection, intense pain, ambulance trip to the ER, followed by several days on an IV antibiotic and a week of bed rest at home (when the roofers put in a new roof).Exactly 11 years ago today, I had a open hysterectomy where they removed my uterus (and all the evil fibroids) and one ovary. I spent six weeks at home before returning to work in downtown Boston. During those six weeks, I was not supposed to climb stairs at first and was allowed one trip down in the morning - with help from my husband - and one trip up in the evening. I slowly got better but it was a fairly big surgery and it took quite some time to get back to ' normal ' .Before that I was healthy and we did a lot of fun things together. A month after my trip to the ER, we were hiking in Lake Tahoe. For another 17 months after, I remained relatively healthy - meaning no trips to the ER or anything. Then I went for my annual mammogram and things went further down hill - healthwise.It was eleven years ago today, I learned how to be a patient with online health resources. When I was told I needed a hysterectomy, it had been about 4 years since my previous s...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: anniversary empowered patient online support group Source Type: blogs