About Me

Hello! I am a right BKA and Stage III Large B-cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma survivor since 2005. I had surgery for abdominal pain on January 3, 2005, and they went in to take my appendix. My appendix was perfect though, but they found the lymphoma tumor. They took that out, along with the blood vessels it was wrapped around. I had a blood vessel bypass, but my leg swelled up to twice it's size. It became gangrenous and had to be removed one month after my first surgery. I had chemo and went into remission, but I got MRSA and had to have two more surgeries. Then had two more surgeries to close up the wound. I spent 15 months in a hospital bed in my living room, with my family, my husband and two sons taking care of me. I finally got my temporary prosthesis two days short of a year from my amputation. I now have my permanent prosthesis and I am still in remission, whew! Only two more years to go!

My Profile

My Location:  Upper Peninsula of Michigan
My Sign:  Aquarius
My Age:  48
My Status:  Married

Hobbies and Interests

Hobbies: Cross-stitch, gardening
Interests: Relay For Life volunteer and amputee rights supporter

Favorites

Music: Rock N'Roll, pop, some country and classical
TV Show: ER, Deadliest Catch, Family Guy, All Creatures Great and Small on DVD
Movies: All 3 Lord of the Rings movies, anything with Tom Hanks
Books: All Creatures Great and Small series by James Herriot
People: Happy people

Groups

Me and Disability

Date of my Disability: 1/3/2005

 

I am:

• A medical professional
• A person with disability
• A friend of a person with disability

 

My level of function:

• Limb Loss

 

My conditions:

• Amputations - Adult
• Phantom Pain