LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!

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MORNING EVERYONE!

I AM WRITING YOU ALL TO REMIND YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS

TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. I WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU

THAT YOU ARE NOT THE SAME POST OP AS YOU WERE PRE-OP

AND YOU HAVE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE

CONSUMING AND WHAT YOUR BODY IS TELLING YOU.

YOU ASK WHY I AM STRESSING THIS????

SATURDAY NIGHT I WAS OUT WITH MY ROOMATE DANCING, AND

I REALLY HAD NOT FELT WELL FOR SOME TIME. YOU CAN ALL

PROBABLY RECALL ME TELLING YOU HOW I HAVE BATTLED

CHRONIC FATIGUE FOR SOMETIME NOW AND SATURDAY WAS ONE

OF THOSE DAYS. I JUST DID NOT FEEL RIGHT WHEN WE GOT

THERE. I TOLD MY ROOMATE I FELT SICK AND I PROCEEDED

TO THE BATHROOM TO VOMIT. I THOUGHT I WAS FEELING

BETTER AND WALKED MY WAY TO THE DANCE FLOOR. NEXT

THING I KNEW THE ROOM STARTED SPINNING, MY EARS WERE

RINGING AND I COULD FEEL MYSELF GOING NUMB. I WAS

OUT!!! NEXT THING I KNEW 2 GENTLEMAN WERE PICKING ME

OFF OF THE FLOOR AND CARRYING ME TO A CORNER TO SIT

DOWN. IT WAS NOT FUNNY AT THE TIME, BUT IS NOW, B/C

THEY THOUGHT I WAS DRUNK AND ALMOST THREW ME OUT. MY

ROOMATE WAS SO UPSET AND WAS YELLING AT THEM THAT

SOMETHING WAS WRONG THAT " SHE DON'T DRINK YOU IDIOTS! "

I GOT SOMETHING TO EAT & DRINK AND SAT DOWN FOR 15

MINUTES. I WAS FEELING BETTER BUT WAS GOING TO GO

HOME. I GOT UP TO GO FIND MY BOYFRIEND TO TELL HIM

WHAT HAPPENED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I

DON'T EVEN REMEMBER FAINTING. I FELL DOWN THE STEPS

AND ACCORDING TO MY ROOMATE SHE THOUGHT I WAS A

GONER!! SHE SAID MY EYES WERE ROLLED IN THE BACK OF MY

HEAD, MOUTH WIDE OPEN, SWEATING, AND WHITE AS A GHOST.

SHE SAID IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET ME TO COME TO AND

WHEN I DID, EMS WAS ON ITS WAY. BLOOD PRESSURE FOR ME

LATELY HAS BEEN 130/70 SOMEWHERE ALONG IN THERE. WHEN

I WAS IN THE AMBULANCE, IT HAD DROPPED TO 108/60.

WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, I FAINTED AGAIN AND IT

DROPPED TO 77/30 THEN CAME SLOWLY BACK UP TO 88/52. I

WAS IN BAD SHAPE YOU GUYS!!!! TURNS OUT THAT I WAS

SEVERELY DEHYDRATED, ANEMIC, AND HAVE A URINARY TRACT

INFECTION. I GUESS MY BODY COULD TAKE NO MORE.

SPOKE WITH DR RUTLEDGE ABOUT ALL OF THIS ON SUNDAY AND

HE WAS A SWEETIE. I WILL BE SEEING MY PCP TOMORROW TO

HAVE SOME MORE BLOOD-WORK AND TO GET A PRESCRIPTION

FOR SOME IRON PILLS. I STAYED IN BED ALL DAY

YESTERDAY AND DRANK SO MUCH GATORADE I THOUGHT I WOULD

FLOAT AWAY.

WHAT I DID NOT STOP AND THINK ABOUT FOR SO LONG WAS

THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING ENOUGH TO DRINK FOR

MONTHS NOW. I HARDLY GET HUNGRY OR THIRSTY AND I HAVE

TO MAKE MYSELF DO THESE THINGS. I WILL TAKE A

GATORADE TO WORK WITH ME AND WILL NOT FINISH IT UNTIL

THAT EVENING. ULTIMATELY I HAVE BEEN GETTING ONE

GLASS OF FLUIDS A DAY FOR A LONG TIME NOW. I NEVER

REALLY STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT. PLEASE PEOPLE,

DRINK DRINK DRINK!!! I KNOW IT IS HARD. IF I DRINK

TOO MUCH I GET FULL THEN I SURE DON'T WANT TO EAT.

JUST LIKE DR R SAID...IT IS LIKE GOING OUT AND BUYING

A REALLY EXPENSIVE BRAND NEW CAR. IF YOU DID THIS,

YOU WOULD MAKE SURE YOU TOOK EXTRA SPECIAL CARE OF IT,

RIGHT? WELL, WE HAVE TO TREAT OUR BODIES THE SAME

WAY. GOTTA PAMPER AND PAY ATTENTION. REVISION WAS

MENTIONED BY DR R AND THIS IS THE LAST THING I WANT.

I CRIED AFTER HANGING UP WITH HIM B/C I REALLY DID NOT

MEAN TO DO THIS TO MYSELF. GOING TO START TAKING

BETTER CARE OF MYSELF AND WE WILL SEE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT BELIEVE IN PRAYER, PLEASE

REMEMBER ME. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN SO SCARED

IN ALL OF MY LIFE. HOPING TO BE BETTER REAL SOON!

LOVE TO YOU ALL!

MICHELLE D. CAMPBELL

MGB 12/2/99

270/261 DAY OF SURGERY/153 NOW/150 WAS GOAL...NOW

135-140

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