Surgery

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Have you ever had surgery? I have had many surgeries. But a few of them were down right scary. The first one I’ll tell you about is my cancer surgery. I had a grapefruit-size tumor in my bladder. It was the most painful surgery I’ve had, I have never smoked a day in my life. Up to 50% of people with bladder cancer have never smoked. It is caused by being around secondhand smoke.

Another one I’ve had was a tumor I had on the carotid artery in my neck. It was found when I was admitted to the hospital for extremely low potassium and sodium. It was the most terrifying because the doctors didn’t know how to remove it. One slip and I would have bled out. They ended up going through my neck from my mouth instead of cutting my neck.

The last one was back surgery. I suffered with back pain for 20 years with pain and numbness in my right leg.. I was given pain patches to relieve the pain. I finally went to a neurological surgeon on the advice of my cancer doctor and after an MRI he found a cyst sitting on my spine. It had to be removed before I caused any more nerve damage in my leg. Having the surgery like any back surgery I had a risk of being paralyzed. After the surgery, I was pain-free, with only minimal nerve damage to my right leg.

Things that have happened in my life make me think God is protecting me. If it were not for Him I know I would not be here.