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| Teresa Walsh's Survivor Story |
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people who are just starting this journey of recovery take your time and
celebrate ever milestone you make. It will help in your spirits and when
your spirits are up you heal faster. I am a wife and mom of four children.
Who happened to get sick the day before Easter. They do not know how I
got NF. All they know is I did get it. I had a pain on Saturday morning
around 4am and by that evening the pain was so severe I could no longer
bear the pain. I went to the ER thinking it was a appendicitis attack
but it turned out to NF. I then had one surgery and three debridements
I was in the hospital for about one month. I had a wound vac also which
was extremely painful since my wound was from my inner thigh to my hip
some nerves were exposed which caused tremendous pain I also had a wound
on my groin both of these were open wounds that needed packing 2x a day.
That was very painful. While I was in hospital my sister in law and her
4 kids moved into my house to help my husband deal with life also my mom
and who lives 4 hours away came to help out along with my father who flew
in from California. So we had alot of support from our families. I did
not realize how sick I was until 2 weeks later. I over heard my husband
talking to another doctor. I was very heavily medicated in that time frame
so my memories are very sporadic What I do remember is the pain of vac
changing and pain of physical therapy also the feeling of loss of control
of life and body. This illness comes on quickly and strongly remember
to always wash your hands for at least the time it takes you to say the
alphabet.
God Bless you all survivors and may we all have a speedy recovery. My progress now is coming along slowly and I am working on getting full range of my leg back along with dealing with my scars. This illness takes a hold of your life and flips it around. Getting NF did have some positives. It gave me a new appreciation of my daily life. I also lost some weight on what I named Fairview Hospital Nutra Systems Diet.The meals were prepared for you and all the meals were balanced it was the perfect diet. Update August 24, 2006 |
Teresa Walsh teresawalsh@sbcglobal.net June 2006 |
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