BREATHLESS IN BAMA!

I'M JUST A MOM, A GAMMY, A DAUGHTER, A SISTER, A COUSIN AND A FRIEND. I'M JUST A GIRL THAT IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE! HELLO, MY NAME IS SANDY, I'M A MOTHER OF 4, AND A GRANDMOTHER OF 4 BEAUTIFUL GRAND-KIDS. I AM RAISING MONEY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES, EQUIPMENT AND MEDICATIONS. FOR ALL THE EXPENSES THAT I ALONE CAN'T AFFORD IN THIS ONGOING BATTLE FOR MY LIFE! I KNOW TIMES ARE HARD FOR EVERYONE, ASKING FOR HELP IS REALLY HARD ME. IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH. BUT, I AM UP AGAINST THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF MY LIFE AND I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. I HAVE JUST ABOUT LOST ALL HOPE. I JUST CAN'T CATCH UP!!!! SO, HERE'S A LITTLE BACK HISTORY: IN 2000 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE CANCER AND HAD TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY. IN 2001 I HAD A LAPAROSCOPY SURGERY DONE DUE TO SCAR TISSUE ATTACHING TO MY OVARIES AND PULLING THEM EVERY TIME I MOVED. IN 2004 I HAD SINUS SURGERY AND 2 DAYS LATER I ENDED UP IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PNEUMONIA AND SO BEGAN THE PROBLEMS WITH MY BREATHING. IN 2007 I HAD SEVERE MIGRAINES THAT COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED SO I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ANEURYSM IN MY BRAIN IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS ABOVE THE CAROTID ARTERY. IN 2010 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AVASCULAR NECROSIS IN MY HIPS (THIS IS WHERE THERE IS NO BLOOD FLOW GOING TO EITHER OF MY HIPS AND THE BONES ARE DYING) I HAD A CORE DECOMPRESSION FIRST ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN THE RIGHT SIDE, THIS DID NOT WORK SO I HAD YET ANOTHER RESURFACING SURGERY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I ASPIRATED AND ENDED UP IN INTENSIVE CARE AGAIN AND ALMOST DIED, SHORTLY AFTER THIS I FELL AND BROKE MY FEMUR BONE. THEN I HAD TO HAVE THE RESURFACING SURGERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THIS TIME I DID DIE, I QUIT BREATHING AND MY HEART QUIT BEATING, THEY HAD TO SHOCK MY HEART TWICE TO GET ME BACK AND I WAS IN A COMA IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A WEEK. THIS MADE A TOTAL OF 4 SURGERIES ON MY HIPS. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA A FEW TIMES AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA, ACUTE BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND COPD. IN DECEMBER OF 2015 I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA AND AN ON-CALL PULMONARY DOCTOR SAID SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND AND HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE. AND SO MY JOURNEY BEGAN JANUARY 2016 I HAD A LUNG BIOPSY (WHERE THEY WENT IN AND CUT PIECES OF MY LUNG OFF AND SENT THEM IN TO PATHOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS) AND WAS IN THE CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE FOR A WEEK MY BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS WERE AT 39 AND NORMAL IS 80. (THIS IS A SYMPTOM OF THE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE) THE RESULTS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. MY DIAGNOSIS: PULMONARY FIBROSIS... (THIS IS WHERE THE HEALTHY TISSUE IN THE LUNGS BECOME DAMAGED AND SCARRED THUS MAKING SCAR TISSUE AND PREVENTING THE LUNGS FROM EXPANDING AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH OXYGEN INTO THE BLOOD STREAM AND THE LUNGS BEGIN TO HARDEN UNTIL EVENTUALLY I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO BREATH OR I HAVE A HEART ATTACK FROM MY LUNGS AND HEART OVER WORKING.) THERE IS NO CURE, FROM THIS POINT ON I WILL BE FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. TREATMENT IS TO TRY AND SLOW IT DOWN AND/OR A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT AND SO BEGINS MY JOURNEY TO THE MAYO CLINIC. UPDATE: MARCH 2016: I HAD MY 5TH HIP SURGERY AND HAD THE RIGHT HIP REPLACED AND GOT YET ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS THAT I DID NOT WANT OR EXPECT. I HAVE A LESION ON MY ADRENAL GLAND. I HAVE A TUMOR ON MY OVARY.  I WENT BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY FOR MY 6TH HIP SURGERY TO HAVE THE LEFT HIP REPLACED AND I HAD SEVERAL TESTS ON MY LUNGS. LAST COUNT WAS 15 APPOINTMENTS AND SURGERY AND 2 PROCEDURES, GOTTA LOVE IT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT I FEEL SO OVERWHELMED AND PRESSURED SOMETIMES THAT I AM JUST SO TIRED AND I JUST NEED A LITTLE HELP! UPDATE: I HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF MY MEDICAL RECORDS AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I AM VERY SICK. I HAVE SARCOIDOSIS, ANEMIA, ACUTE RESPITORY FAILURE, HYPOTHYROIDISM, HEART FAILURE, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, GERD, ANXIETY, ADHD, ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITY, DYSPNEA, ACUTE BRONCHITIS, DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE, ARTHRITIS, THEY FOUND NODULES ON MY LUNGS, I HAVE SEVERE ACID REFLUX, AND NOW STERIOD INDUCED DIABETES, AND METAL POISONING! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SO MUCH COULD BE WRONG WITH ONE PERSON OR WHAT I DID FOR ME TO BE SO SICK, I KNOW I HAVE TO FIGHT AND I KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTING I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT I'M STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE! I'M DRAINED AND JUST SO TIRED! ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED I'M IN DESPERATE NEED!!!! YOU MAY DONATE GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE DOOR PRIZES FOR OUR 2ND ANNUAL BREATHLESS IN BAMA BENEFIT BIKE RIDE AND BENEFIT CONCERT.  YOU MAY DO SO BY CONTACTING ME VIA EMAIL: [email redacted]. GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY STORY. I ASK ONLY FOR YOU TO PLEASE DONATE WHAT YOU CAN THEN SHARE WITH EVERYONE EVERYWHERE AND ASK THEM TO SHARE TOO!!! SANDY CHILDERS PLOWMAN BREATHLESS IN BAMA! PLEASE JOIN THE BREATHLESS IN BAMA FACEBOOK GROUP TODAY. P.S. IF YOU PREFER YOU MAY DONATE TO THE SPECIAL SANDY PLOWMAN MED FUND AT ANY ALABAMA ONE CREDIT UNION LOCATION. PLEASE JOIN THE BREATHLESS IN BAMA GROUP PAGE! PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT TODAY!