Oh boy, I haven’t been the best blogger lately, eh? Well, I have an excellent excuse: I had a 6 hour surgery 3 weeks ago. Stage 4 endometriosis excision surgery. They removed 2 tumors from my colon, and endo implants from my bilateral pelvic brims, bilateral pelvic and abdominal walls, bladder, ureters, liver and diaphragm…along with removing my Fallopian tubes. Yeah, it’s been quite the 3 weeks around here. I feel like shit, but less shitty than when I first got home. Your diaphragm is a muscle, so breathing was pretty painful the first 2 weeks. I imagine this might be what it feels like to be run over by a van. Just guessing.
I’m also taking 9 credits online at UMASS Boston. I know. I’m crazy. I’m way behind, but they are working with me, thank God. Today, I came down with a sore throat, headache and chills. Yay.
Tired of hearing me moan and groan? I am.
A great thing that happened this month, and also a funny thing, is that I got published again. What’s funny about it is that I have been so damn sick, I forgot all about it! I remembered TWO weeks after it came out! Ha! It’s in the American Journal of Nursing. If you’re interested, click here.
I’m hoping to feel better enough tomorrow to start catching up on my homework, but I have a feeling I’ll be plopped on the couch. Sometimes, you just gotta roll with the punches and let go of what you can’t control…something I’m working on in many areas of my life.
This post was written in response to Linda G Hill’s Stream of Social Consciousness Saturday
So very sorry to read you have gone through all this, Jami!
Hope you will feel much better soon đ .
Best wishes from Ken
Thank you so much, Ken!
Youâre amazing. You know I started a blog and have written exactly one entry. đ
When it feels right, you will write the second oneđ
Wow, that’s a bunch for anyone person to handle. Hope the rest of your recovery goes smoothly.
Thank you so much!
Wishing you continued healing and hope that six weeks out you feel like a new person. And congrats on being published! Youâre not alone with not blogging a lot.
Thank you Susan! Itâs been a rough road and I still have a ways to go. I know once I get caught up on things around here I will be back on WordPress⊠I hope
That is a lot of surgery. I know it’s going to make things much better in the long run. I put a note in my phone to pray for you that popped up around three weeks ago. Healing prayers continue. And what an important and well written article! Take good care of you, Jami. <3
Thank you so much! It really surprised me how long I was going to be knocked out from this. Iâm hoping once I got caught up on my schoolwork I will be able to get back on here regularly again. I havenât been able to read anyoneâs blogs in a long timeđ
Your health is a priority. The blogs will be here.