Over 170 million women & girls suffer from the same reproductive & immunological illness worldwide, this is The Story of:
1 Twenty-Five year old
6 Minor Surgeries
3 Major Surgeries
1 Emergency Surgery
1 Case of Infected Peritonitis
1 Severe Anaphalaxic Shock in theatre
1 Cardiac Arrest
1 Code Blue Declared
11 Days in Intensive Care
2 Pieces of Bowel Removed
1 Urostomy Formed
1 Ileostomy Formed
2 Epidurals
1 Bladder Removed
1 Urethra Removed
1 Ileostomy Reversed
3 Opens from Ribs to Waist
48 Staples to stitch up
8 Litres of Klean-Prep
1 Bleed Out
30+ Catheters
100+ Infections
4 Different Types of Bladder Wash
4 Bladder Stretches
6 lots of Diagnostics in UK
1 lots of Diagnostics in Netherlands
6 months of Menopause
1 Operation to rip out Urethral Nerves
Countless Veins Scarred
1 Feeding Tube
3 Stomach Drains
3 times Learnt to Walk again
8 months Home Care
6 months District Nurse Care
8 years of Daily Antibiotics
1 Christmas, 3 Birthdays, 2 Valentine's Days, 1 Easter & 1 missed Honeymoon spent in Hospital
7 Urologists
3 Pain Doctors
1 Neurology Specialist
3 Bowel Specialists
3 Psychologists
3 Immunology Specialists
2 Gyneacologists
4 Stoma Consultants
10 different Hospitals
40 Hours plus in Theatre
18 Tablets swallowed on a Good Day
1 Abdomen of Organs Glued together by Adhesive Tissue
1 Agonising Wait every year for Kidney Function test results
24 Hours of Pain / 7 Days a week
11 Years of Missed Diagnosis
1 Family's Heartbreak
1 Case of Endometriosis
1 Campaign to Reduce Diagnosis Time
10,000 feet being Jumped to Raise Money. Please Support Endometriosis UK's 'BRING IT DOWN' Campaign by Sponsoring me today.
Hi,
Many of you will know that I've spent the last 11 years battling a pretty horrible illness, but what you probably didn't know was the name of that illness, or what it meant for me. The truth is that in spite of everything you read above even I didn't know what it was, and nor did my doctors, until a few months ago. Because of this lack of knowledge I almost died, which isn't surprising really. I mean what chance did I really have? ...do I still have?
So I have committed to do a sponsored (by all you kind people!) Solo 10,000 ft Accelerated Freefall from a Plane in support of Endometriosis UK's 'Bring It Down' Campaign; which fights to bring down the unacceptably long average diagnosis time of 8 years. I have chosen to take the plunge Solo instead of tandem, as symbolic of the intense loneliness sufferers of this illness often feel because of a simple lack of awareness in both the public & medical domain... nobody is there to safely guide us back on our feet when we are scared, undiagnosed and forced to face an unknown future with regards to our pain, our careers, our relationships and our ability to have & support families of our own.
I hope I can count on all of your support - friends, kind strangers, fellow endo-sisters, and those of you who know someone you love is silently searching for the strength to fight this disease - in helping to ensure that in the future what I as a young girl & women went through, will be a rareity, and no longer the shockingly common anomily that it is known to be by mostly only those people directly affected by this life halting disease.
Please Support Endometriosis UK's 'BRING IT DOWN' Campaign by Sponsoring my Big Jump today. Thank you :-)
Solo Diver Progress Update:
Training > Completed!
Exam > Passed!!
Dive > COMPLETED & Qualified Valentines Day 2012!!!
