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Its My Birthday (4 days late)

I celebrated my 57th birthday on Sunday, September 10th.   I am lucky I was able to.  I have literally almost died 3 times since 2012, two of the times were in the past year.  I went over my most recent medical journey (nightmare) in my previous post.  A friend jokingly said I am like a cat with nine lives - if that is the case I have used up 3 --  I am going to use the next 6 and live my best life!! This past year I have decided that I need to put my mental health first.  Whether it is doing nothing but reading books for hours on end, discovering Ted Lasso, binge watching Outlander, or all of the MCU movies.  Or even standing up for what I thought was best for me and arguing with my surgeon to be released from the hospital to my home instead of an inpatient rehab.    As I enter my 58th year of living I want to thrive no just live.  I am limited in my ability to do things due to my body being beat up so bad this past year, but I am not going to let that stop me from living my best life
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What a year it has been!

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[Please note:  I am going to honestly write about my health issues from the past year.  There may be graphic descriptions and pictures of my wounds and issues of being bedridden.  I am laying it all out there.  Also this post it a long one, they won't all be this long.] Last spring (2022) I started having bouts of not feeling well.   The first time or two I thought it was a stomach bug.  But it kept happening, I went to urgent care in June 2022, they told me it was gastritis.   In mid July I had a really bad incident, lots of abdominal pain and nausea.  I had my husband take me to the ER.   Spent three days in the hospital.  Lots of tests and observation.  I was told that I had a hernia that needed to be repaired.   We started the process of pre-surgery testing and preparations.    AUGUST 14 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 On the evening of August 14, 2022, I had a serve attack of abdominal pain and nausea.  I called the surgeon, he told me to go to the hospital.   I was admitted through the
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Welcome to my new blog.

 I wanted to find a way to deal with what has been going on in my life over the past year.  This blog is my online journal.  I think it will help me move on and grow.  If someone stumbles upon my blog and reads it and something in it helps them then all the better.   I am going to start with my background and what has been going on in my life over the past year.   I also will include tips and suggestions for dealing with all aspects of the healthcare system.  I love to read, craft, garden and travel too, so you will see posts about this things too to mix it up a bit.    I will write more soon.  Just Breathe Kelly
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