Hello my wonderful NN friends. Sorry I haven't been on line for a while, but things have been a bit dicey health wise recently.
I just got out of the hospital last week after 13 long days as an inpatient. It's a long story, but I'll make it as concise as possible. I hadn't been feeling up to par for a while, then last month I began bleeding from my rectum.. .first just spotting then it became a torrent of blood. When it got bad I called my MD who told me to go to the ER immediately. My Mom drove me and I passed out on the way and don't even remember arriving there. Next thing I'm in the ER all wired up & getting IV fluids. What happened was that thanks to the radiation therapy I received years ago for my cancer, it apparently damaged/weakened my intestinal wall and it finally gave way, which caused the blood loss and some internal bleeding as well. It took them 3 days to get my fever down, get my fluids up and into surgery I went. The surgeon sewed the tear in my intestine, patched it up and the rest is history. I started getting a fever again and they were afraid that I was still bleeding internally, but luckily it subsided and now it's a wait a see deal. They said I had lost more than 3 pints of blood. Hopefully this was a one time issue. Needless to say, I've very weak and totally homebound for the next few weeks and my stamina is very low. My weight is back under 100 lbs and I'm on a liquid/soft diet, drinking lots of milkshakes & ensure (ugh), lol.
I'm NOT complaining, but very thankful that I'm still around, lol, but sad that I have to let so many of my clients down being unable to do their hair for the holidays. Hopefully I'll be up to doing some hair for New Year's if all continues well.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and sorry to go on and on. I love and appreciate each one of you and am so encouraged by the messages I receive. Much love, Fran |