Life can change in an instant. in 2015 Mayo Clinic removed half of my pancreas due to a insulinoma (a benign tumor). The surgery was preformed due to severe low glucose. Life went on for 5 years and my health declined March, 2020. It started with a severe episode pancreatitis that never went away. As things progress I went back to Mayo Clinic and saw my endocrinologist. My sugars started dropping every couple days. I continued to check my blood sugars, keeping a perfect log and praying my endocrinologist would help me. As things got worse, multiple test were complete. However, the nurses did not complete the proper test. As months go on I received a letter from Mayo Clinic stating I am fine and my endocrinologist discharged from her clinic. I will never forget the this I was in complete shock. I knew if didn’t get help I would die why? my pancreas was failing. My blood sugars started spiraling out control. Dropping non stop. My sugars were in between 30-40s. I knew this would be the end of my life. My body was fighting against me.

as time goes on things are worse. I knew i had a huge fight. Keep in mind I was in AZ paying for hotels and rental cars. I was unable to work at all.

I finally got help! It was a 2021 at this point. I saw the top surgeon, I will be ever forget that appt . The surgeon needed some proof before preforming a Whipple procedure. The surgeon sent me to the top GI doc. My first meeting with the GI doctor was a miracle. He looked at me and said we are going to get proof some how. After months of my sugar dropping to the 30s-40s and not going up. It took over 12 hours of eating, giving shots to make my sugars come back to. my Gi set up a calcium stimulation test. It was an intense procedure. After months of awaiting for results. I received phone call from my GI.

He stated we have proof and the test shows there is a non cancerous tumor. My case was then sent to the the Az tumor board to create a plan. I knew the whole time something was wrong. I went back to the pancreatic surgeon and drew out the Whipple procedure.Unfortunately, robotics would not work the tumor was smashed. The procedure took 6 hours. however, its changed my life. August 15 2022, was the last day I had a low blood sugar. The day of my surgery was so surreal. I had multiple complications which were discussed prior to surgery. I was in the hospital for over a month. I am so happy God does show the future. Why? Because i was admitted back to the hospital for infections and bleeding. Keep in mind these stay were not short. Since my surgery I have only been home for about 2 weeks. I had a couple stays that were so senseless. I have gone septic 4 times, caused 4 weeks in the hospital fighting for my life. Here we are December 2022. And I am still dealing with issues. I can’t at eat at all without throwing up bile. on Tuesday I will be getting a feeding tube in my stomach. December flew by and I spent it in the hospital. I am battling GI issues and have a Ileus. Which is extremely painful, and causes the intensities to have issues. This will cause me to go right back in the hospital.

Mentally, this is not easy. I want to be healthy and get into a career. I have My masters and bachelors degrees and I am unable to work. Its hard to process sometimes, but I keep reminding my self God has a huge plan for me. My identity is not a sick person forever. It’s hard to keep my faith but I am reminded again that God is with me through it all.

After seeing how some nurses are once I am healthy I would like to go back to school to be a nurse. Why? Because you see so much that’s no ok. Nurses and doctors who don’t listen. You truly have to advocate for yourself.

So with all this being said I am still in Az reserving all my treatment because no in Ca could figure it out. I have so medical bills just pulling up. I cannot afford anything because o can’t work. I have thousands of medical bills even though I have good insurance but the bills just keep coming in.

I decided to make a go fund me because I need so much help and prayers. Anything can help.

I am still fighting infections and have a long road of recovery.

thank you for reading my story! Anything can help❤️