06/30/2024
I will be taking some time off to focus on my family and health. .Recently I was diagnosed with Endometrial and ovarian cancer . I have decided I want to share this next chapter of my life with my Facebook friends and family to raise awareness. The last couple years I've struggled with constant bloating,fatigue,no appetite, feeling full , upset stomach, heart burn , extreme headaches and weight gain for no reason. No Dr found the cause and many times I was told it was from PCOS or endometriosis. Then on April 9th I was watching my son and his baseball team warm up before their game. One of the boys missed a catch and the ball hit me in the stomach .I was fine and kids felt bad . I laughed it off . That night I ended up curled up in the fetal position in horrible pain . Being hard headed I decided to just sleep it off . Well the next morning it was worse . I went to the ER . I'll never forget the Dr telling me "Baseball might have just saved your life! You have a baseball sized mass on your o***y" being hit with the ball aggravated the mass. I was then sent to my obgyn . They wanted to just remove the right o***y and mass but my gut kept telling me just to have a complete hysterectomy so that's what I pushed for . A blood test was done and came back elevated for ovarian cancer so I was rendered to a gynecologist /oncologist . Once again I was asked are you sure you want it all taken out . I said yes. I had surgery on May 14th. I ended up with laproscopic and then an abdominal incision because the mass had gotten about the size of a softball. I had so much bloating because my abdomen and pelvic area was filled with a fluid. I spent 8 days in the hospital due to some complications. From removing the mass and fluid I lost over 26 pounds. I'm glad I pushed for a complete hysterectomy because that's how they found that I had endometrial cancer in my uterus.
I've had a hard time healing my abdominal incision but feel better over all. The headaches that once had me bed ridden are gone. I get a headache every now and then but nothing like before. I'm even off my prevention migraine meds. On Monday I had my port put in for chemo treatments and will begin that on July 5th . Many have reached out to me about an Amazon wish list and a go fund me. I will get that started. Above all I just want to raise awareness. So this is the start of my journey .
*Also if anyone has delt with chemo and knows tips and tricks things I may need feel free to let me know .
*https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/EF0D25K1EGX2?ref_=wl_share
*https://gofund.me/bedf8f6b
