Surgery Day

8:38 a.m. I am sitting in the hospital in my sweet and sexy gown waiting my turn. Although I am anxious as hell I know this is the right decision. If I don’t update you later it’s because I’m sleeping off the sedation. 5:43 p.m. Just walked in the door from the hospital, everything went

One Last Sleep, and Why self care is important

With tomorrow being the big day and my anxiety out of control my thoughts turn towards self care. This is something we have all heard of and benefit from but what exactly does it mean? It means taking time every now and then to do something just for you. Everyone is different in what relaxes

2 Sleeps; the Anxiety has taken over!

I suffer from anxiety as do a lot of people that we interact with on a daily basis. One of my anxiety inducing moments is being in a hospital. It is 100% not rational and doesn’t make sense but here we are. Whenever I find myself as a patient in a hospital it doesn’t take

3 Sleeps and a brief intro to Fibro(myalgia)

I’m going to tell you a story so you can understand a bit about how Fibro works. I want you to imagine your central nervous system like a 7 lane super highway that brings all the information from your nerves to your brain. Now imagine this highway has a bouncer (we will name him George).

T – 4 Sleeps

What could the count down possibly be for? On Monday November 30th I will finally be getting a surgery I have been waiting for: a hysterectomy! That’s right we are starting strong. During my research I was able to learn a lot about the procedure itself and the emotional recovery….but nothing on the physical side

Welcome

After a pretty crazy couple years I have been encouraged to share my story so here are my thoughts/opinions on topics that come to my mind. AT NO POINT SHOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. My experiences will be different then yours but should give you a jumping off point. I am a 34 year