This is three days after my brain surgery. My doctor - by some miracle - found that I had an AVM, a rare brain disorder in October 2007. I had my surgery to remove it in March 2008. If they hadn't found it, I probably wouldn't be here today.
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Wow!
Damn girl i guess you get to be the ever rare earth angel, its amazing that you got through this, stay heaalthy
# [x]Jess[x], 01/07/09
omg wow thats amazing,ouchie hun, its amazing they found it b4 hand i remeber when i was 5 or 6, my brothers were throwing bricks into a well, and i stood right infront on where they were throwing them..and one got me right on top of my head i had to have surgery on mine almost had a coma for some strange reason? ..they put me to sleep but i didnt wake up for almost a whole damn day.
# Sarah, 10/08/08
Probably a little odd to comment on my own pic, but I feel the need to explain
When I submitted this (a while ago) I was still in denial about everything that had happened and what was going on in my life. I was extremely depressed and was completely on a downward spiral.
From October 07 when they found my AVM all the way until July 08 I was on all kinds of medication to deal with this. Norcos, Lortabs, Percocet, Xanax, Klonopin you get the idea. My doctor eventually tried to wean me off, but I was completely addicted to them all. After she stopped giving me prescriptions, I would just buy them off of people. I even started taking Oxys, which I swore I would never do.
Eventually it got to the point where I was lying to my family and to myself about how bad the problem was. I went out one night with some people, got completely trashed, and ended up in detox. It was either that or jail. I realized while I was there that I had really hit rock bottom. I have the most wonderful husband and daughter in the world and I was throwing that all away over pills!
I have been clean now for about 3 weeks, and am going strong. I know I just now only have my foot in the door, but I know now what is important in my life and where my priorities need to be. I thank God every day that I did hit rock bottom, because I dont know where I would be today if I hadnt.
As for the surgery, everything healed wonderfully and I never have to worry about it again. God bless and thank you to all of the doctors, nurses, family, and friends that were by my side while all of this was going on.
And to the members of Shinedown: Thank you so much for making the music that you do you are all so extremely talented. And thank you for giving us the opportunity to share with others what your music has done for us.