Hey, honey, I’m ho-o-me.

Two years is a long time to be dead.  Not that I was exactly dead, but most of the time except towards the end, I felt like it.  And I worried…about my blogs.   I had no creativity and little energy left.  This is the only time I’ll tell this tale.

My appendix had been taken out when I was small…or so I thought.  Turned out that it was my adenoids that went missing when I was a baby.  And then, as a ripe, mature adult, my appendix decided to make itself known.  It exploded.

And I died.The surgeon admitted he hadn’t thought I was going to survive.  Part of the problem was the fact that my appendix was a foot or so away from the usual sane position and twisted slightly from its original shape.  It had spewed poison into my interior cavity causing many of my vitals to malfunction.

I was in the OR for six hours, and the surgeon was on the verge of giving up.  But he tried one more thing…an extra pair of hands from another surgeon at the hospital where he practiced.  After another four or so hours, they finally admitted they had done all they could and sewed me up.

When I woke up, not only was the physical pain incredible, but because the pain meds I had been on had caused a build-up, the dam blew and I kind of went off my rocker.  The staff had to restrain me and finally decided I truly couldn’t stand the pain.  They induced a coma, and I slept in happy, unknowing bliss until they woke me up five days later.

The hospital owned me for months.  I was dehydrated and had IVs for that.  I also was low on several necessary vitamins, nutrients, and minerals, especially Magnesium.

Did you know that Magnesium is vital to life?  No, neither did I.  According to the Doctor Axe website:

Magnesium is arguably the most important mineral in the body, which is why magnesium deficiency can be such an issue.

According to Norman Shealy, MD, Ph.D, an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer in pain medicine, “Every known illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency and it’s the missing cure to many diseases.” Not only does magnesium help regulate calcium, potassium and sodium, but it’s essential for cellular health and a critical component of over 300 biochemical functions in the body.

Even glutathione, your body’s most powerful antioxidant that has even been called “the master antioxidant,” requires magnesium for its synthesis. Unfortunately, most people are not aware of this, and millions suffer daily from magnesium deficiency without even knowing it.

I had to learn to live all over again…things like feeding myself, going to the bathroom, dressing myself, sitting down, standing up, and eventually, slowly and carefully, walking.  I fell many times, the last being in March of 2017, where I blacked out momentarily, toppled, and cleverly stopped the fall with my face.  So far I have lost eight teeth–six right at the time, and two more afterwards, loosened by the fall but not falling out until later.  The Yorkton specialist charges over $4,000 just to extract the remaining teeth.  Health Care pays some, leaving over $1500 for us.  Then there is the enormous cost of false teeth, with no guarantee that my sensitive mouth can stand the pressure of the plates.

Nearly two years later, here I am.  My surgery area has healed up, I can walk, feed myself graciously, and talk without stumbling over the words.  I go to the hospital as an outpatient twice a week for magnesium infusions.  My levels have finally started rising, as have my other deficiencies.  I am starting to enjoy life once again.

And I can write.  This blog is important to me because it is the first piece of writing (other than emails and grocery lists) I have written in two years.  I’m a little rusty, so thank you for having patience with me and reading this far.  I can’t say how often I will write, but I am aiming for at least once a month, if not more often.  Starting out slow and easy, my first few attempts will be book reviews…and I have read some awesome books lately.

Thank you so much for dropping by.  I’ve missed you.