02/27/2019
6 MONTHS POST-OP✨
6 months ago today, I took a giant leap of faith and reclaimed my life. It has been an incredible journey of self-love, trust, growth and discovery. There have been some rough days but those days don’t even compare to what were once my “good” days before I had my . Going in to surgery I was suffering from about 60 different symptoms that no doctor or specialist had answers for. I spent most of my 20s searching for answers. Going from doctor to doctor, from one referral to the next. Being misdiagnosed with so many things, having pills and surgeries thrown at me. At best these things only offered temporary relief, no matter how drastic they were.
I woke up from my with calmly telling me to take a deep breath in. That was the first time in 8 1/2 years I had taken a full breath. My breathing no longer skipped and wasn’t shallow. A weight had literally been lifted off my chest. The chronic pain + stiffness in my neck and right shoulder was also gone as soon as I woke from surgery and never came back. I am forever thankful to Ryan and my sweet momma for taking such great care of me and giving me the ability to heal as best as possible. I couldn’t do anything on my own. Very humbling. They helped me go to the bathroom, bathed me, fed me, drove me to doctor appointments and soo many other things. All while making sure I was comfortable as could be ❤️.
I am so happy to say that the majority of my symptoms are GONE 🙅🏼♀️. The things I am experiencing now I’m not scared of because I know it is my body detoxing (under care of a functional med dr) all the harsh metals + chemicals. And my body is doing a freaking incredible job after everything it has been through. I wake up every single day thankful that I put my HEALTH over VANITY and made the decision to explant.