update

Wow has it been an exhausting couple of weeks! There’s been a lot going on with the Blundell’s, well with me anyway. I’m not going to go into much detail at all but after months and months of waiting for something I really wanted, I finally got it and then had to turn it down for some specific reasons. It was a difficult choice but in the end I felt it was something I had to do and now I feel at peace with my decision. About a week or two ago I had another episode with my heart and it’s still not back to normal yet but I talked with my cardiologist and to make a long story short, she feels it’s best to have another surgery. They would do 1 of two things, or both–1- repair the issue they fixed in my heart 3 years ago that might have regrown, 2- fix another area of my heart, or do both of those. They really won’t know what to do until they get in there. My doctor feels it’s best to do the surgery again to make sure everything is okay and if not, fix it then. I currently have another heart monitor for a few weeks and after that I’ll talk with my cardiologist about a plan. So in the mean time, I’ve doubled my meds again and continue to be completely worn out, out of breath, lightheaded and have my heart beat out of my chest all day long. It’s great!

Good news–well I think it is. I had a follow up Cat scan and appointment with my nuerosurgeon this morning and as he said “the fractures in your spine aren’t getting any worse, that’s good.” “They aren’t healed but they aren’t any worse.” He said as of right now, he doesn’t think I will need a surgery to fix it but he wants to see me back in 3 months and get another CT and we’ll go from there. I’m still in a lot of pain and can’t do much without hurting but life goes on whether you are in pain or not. And unfortunately since you can’t see my injury people tend to forget about it and either not believe me when I say I’m hurting or think I’m a baby because I still have pain. I asked the doctor how long it would take for the pain to go away and he said about 3 to 6 months. Seriously! i have like another month or 3 months of hurting!! O’well, like I said–Life goes on.

Needless to say, it’s been a crazy/stressful couple of weeks around here. Hopefully it will get better, i’m sure it will!