Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34234929-20180309005018

As many know i have been on and out of the hospital for several months. I just returned from icu after almost bleeding to death. So the reason i am writing is because there are so many kind people here. Many know that even though i am relatively young, i am a disabled veteran. I have been renting a house that had no heat until a few days before christmas...btw ty to all who sent me gifts on christmas. I was alone and eating pizza dor christmas and had just discovered this game a few weeks prior. You made being alone a bit less awful and it meant more to me than i can say. So the heat was kind of fixed but only really works on one room so on top of my body trying to rid itself of every drop of blood i had i also developed double pneumonia. Im home again but have to have surgery in the next few weeks. I have a genetic clotting disorder and its not sure of i will make it off the table or not. The reason im telling is because if no one sees or hears from me for several weeks please know that i am most likely not going to be coming back. Please also know that even though i dont know you in person you all have been wonderful and an inspiration when i have been very scared and alone. So... last thing....a warning for friends or friends of friends. I had gastric bypass several years ago after searching for almost 2 years to find a surgeon who would operate on me with my genetic disease. I had 2 surgeons whi worked on me at the same time and they did a great job, kept me alive and my surgery for all intents and purpose was a success. I bo w weigh the same as i did in high school. However, during my recent hospital stay i almost bled to death from my old surgical site. I have always followed my diet, don't over eat or vomit, but i found out from the surgeon that MOST doctors will no longer do gastric bypass but will do the sleeve bypass instead. They have discovered that after several years many people who have had bypass, that the site where they cut and restapled stomach starts to twist amd turn. Pulling apart and developing huge ulcers. This is what happened to me. I had ABSOLUTELY no symptoms until i almost bled to death. I now have to...have no choice but to go back under the knife and habe them either try to reverse the procedure or recut and restaple and hope the same thing does not happen again. I was given a 40% chance of making it through the first surgery. Dont even want to know the odds for this one. So in all. If you or anyone you know are considering gastric bypass please dont do it. Do the sleeve procedure instead. If you have a surgeon urging you to do bypass instead of sleeve it is most likely because it is a more expensive operation and they  make more money. Well. That is about it. I hope i pray im still here chattering in a few.weels. I also hope that my landlord will actually fix my heat and fix the ac before the Texas heat rolls in. Im kind of stuck. Where i live the rent is so high its ridiculous and i dont qualify for public housing because i make 300 dollars a year to much. It doesnt matter that most of my money goes towards doctors and medication or that i would willingly just give away the money, but the rules are the rules. One last thing friends. I know many will think this stupid and laugh but my four old fat cats are siblings, never been outdoors, always been together  abd are like children to me. I have a bit if life insurance and am leaving 10000 to anyone who would be willing to take my kitty's, keep them safe, lived and together, and perhaps do it not just for the money. If you know anyone who would be a good candidate and like i said before if im suddenly gone for several weeks send me a message on my wall and i will give you the info of the person to contact in regards to my will. I really hope im still here next month bugging everyone. But if not please know that a simple game and some kind words from strangers made my life a bit more bearable. Cheers everyone. Be happy. Be glad. Trust in our Lord if you believe and have fun playing. Christie 