Part 2- Family

Family is one of the most important things in this world. Without family to support and love you, this world would be a very lonely place. I am blessed with one of the most strongest supports systems there is, my family. To be more specific, my parents have been one of the biggest parts of this. Besides the fact that they raised me, they also were a strong pillar and still are a strong pillar for me when I am sick. They did whatever it was to ensure that I got the best care and the best doctors. So many things were changing with my body and I was a bundle of emotions. You never know what may happen in your life. This is a lesson I quickly learned! After my first surgery in October 2012, I thought I would be done with surgeries for good, but little did I know that I was just getting started. The first surgery really did not do me much good. My problem worsened and I felt very bad. There were many days where I could hardly get out of bed and function. I am not going to lie, I started to struggle with a little bit of depression. I was questioning everything in my life and I was wondering what in the world was going on and what was going to happen. But my family was always there for me and loved me no matter what! The Lord blessed me with such a great family and great friends and knew exactly the type of encouragement I would need. As I still underwent treatment, I was having more attacks. They finally determined that the Lupron injections I was getting each month was the culprit of the pancreatitis. I immediately stopped treatment but it would take a few months for the medicine to get completely out of my system. I would still suffer from attacks but they were more minor. The Mirena IUD was still installed bit had yet begun to work. So I was kind of back to square one with my cycles. The pancreatitis started to calm down but my female problems got worse. One of the best days was when we were put in contact with a specialist. Dr. Sinervo started giving me hope for my future. He began to talk about a procedure he wanted to do and all of the benefits from it. He wanted to go in and completely excise all of the endo. This doctor is only one of the few doctors in the country that can perform this surgery. We had to travel about four and a half hours to get to his clinic but it was completely worth it!! Dr. Sinervo is a very fine doctor and fine Christian man. He was so compassionate and understanding and wanted to answer any questions I had. The day before the surgery I had to go in for a checkup and an exam. He did an ultrasound and saw that I had several cysts on my right ovary. He explained how he would remove those and anymore he saw and how he would excise the endo. I was beyond ready and excited!! Of course with every surgery comes preparations for it. I had to drink nasty medicine that would cleanse out my body. It was one of the worse days of my life!! To make it a little easier, my sweet fiance at the time came down to be with me :) The day of the surgery was finally here and I was ecstatic! I know it sounds weird to be excited about surgery but if it will help you get out of the constant pain you are in, it is worth it and exciting!! This was in June of 2013, only seven months after my first surgery. As I was wheeled back into the OR, his whole staff were beyond nice and loving. They wanted to know everything about my engagement and the wedding plans:) Dr. Sinervo prayed with me before they put me under and held my hand  as I fell asleep. You have no idea what that meant to me. It was more than an act of kindness or pity, it showed me that this man really did care about my health and really wanted to help me. It was a very touching gesture. I woke up in the recovery room and was very shaky. After they got me all settled down and comfortable, they moved me to a regular room where I would spend the night. It was such a delight to be able to see my fiance and parents. As I was becoming more alert and awake they began to tell me how the procedure went. Dr. Sinervo went in and excise all the endo and there was only a 5% chance it would come back. The endo was evidently very bad. It had grown all over my bowels causing them to be unaligned in my stomach. He had to put them back into place as well as put my right ovary back in place. There was a good amount of scar tissue from my previous surgery. All in all, he ended up performing seven different procedures in one surgery. Naturally I could not believe all he had done! Within a few hours I was up and walking around a little bit. I was very very sore but I was so thankful for this doctor and all he had done for me. The right doctor makes all the difference in the world and I am so thankful and grateful that God saw fit to put Dr. Sinervo into our lives. His staff at the hospital and at his office were amazing and treated me just like family. I will never forget their love and their kindness to me. I returned home and began to recuperate and tried getting on with my life but only to figure out that the long road to recovery was still going to be very long and winding.