Me? Sick? Never!

Well, seeing as doctors appointments can't be the only thing this blog is about, I wanted to start chronicling other parts of this journey I seemed to have started. Goodness knows I have enough time to do so.

I wanted to give a little timeline of my life and express how I feel about the fact that I got so sick unawares. Once you look through, you'll understand. Perhaps my life was made easy going on the health side just so that it could all come pounding on the door at once. Hardly fair I think, but as with most things in my life, bring it on now so I can go on and get it over with.

1984- In the womb: As far as my mother said, I was totally healthy and there were no problems. Nothing to suspect anything amiss.

1985- Jan: I was born and everything went smoothly. Healthy baby.

July: Chicken pox came but were very mild. If you look above my left eye, right under my eyebrow you can see a long scar left from where I scratched at it. :) Of course I would.

1991 About age 6 or so: Some random summer we had a party and after eating watermelon, I got the flu. Wasn't fun but didn't last long.

1993 About age 8: Chased after my brother on a bike barefoot and ended up with a rather bloody big toe.

1994 Age 9ish: Rode a bike too big for me and tipped over into a ditch. I hobbeled home and went to the doctors. He said my knee was sprained and i got crutches. I threw them down and was running around with my siblings a cousins within two hours.

1997 Age 12: Got out of a 15 passenger van in a swim suit at the beach. The large hook to close the door sliced open the side of my right thigh. Lots of blood. Still have a long thick scar to show for it.

2001 Age 16- March-April: Mono. This is the worst thing I ever went through. Couldn't eat or breath really. Lay on the couch all day missing school. Had to drink protein shakes to get some kind of food in, my throat was swollen. I lost a lot of weight this time too. Finally was better after about a month with mono.

June or July: Received food poisoning from podunk restaurant in Nevada. Nothin but pure vomit for three days. At least I was not alone.

2005- Wisdom teeth removed. First surgery and first stitches ever. Two days after I was at Godfathers all you can eat buffet. All was well with this one.

2008- Oct: Noticed something strange and after consulting with my medical backgrounded roommate, decided to go to the hospital. Declared a Kidney infection. Antibiotics prescribed, problem seemed solved. (By the way this, to me, with 20/20, was a definite sign of the beginning of all this trouble)

2009- Pretty much free of any health concerns whatsoever. Just the occasional pain in my left side. (Those days my tumor baby was kicking)
Dec: Went to the doctor and they said I had a UTI. Antibiotics were given. Had a Major fever and didn't feel too great during a part of my Christmas holiday.

2010- Well, this is really when it all started. Began to rapidly lose weight, fatigue started setting in, lots of phlegm (No not Fleur :) hehe), and the pain in my side was really starting to annoy. January I went in and they said I had a kidney infection. Antibiotics. March I was tired of all this so I went back to the doctor. Did a PAP a mammogram and blood work. Everything came back perfect and normal. Seriously?! And that is probably why I really didn't go to the doctor at all between March/April and September. Never having any results that said anything.

So, you shall all be able to see now that I have had hardly a scratch in my whole life and now I have this. Really it's all coming at once. I've never had a broken bone, and until my wisdom teeth were out, no surgery or stitches. That's a pretty big deal compared to other people, right? Well, there you go. Now you know a little bit more about me, and it isn't just my latests trip to have a date with a cup and a throne.

-Mallory