I Explore My Journey With You!- Writing Challenge - Day #1
Hello Friends
I have been slacking on my posting lately. More so I’ve been focusing on commenting and resteeming great content. So, with that I have decided to challenge myself! I am going to attempt to write a short series of posts, hopefully one a day, if not oh well! Not much of challenge for you regulars, but for me a challenge non the less. Not sure how many posts this will be, but for the next week I am going to tell you my story of how my wife and I ended up in the lifestyle we have been currently living for the past 4 years. And what continues to lead us through this lifestyle. Looking back this was an epic journey to where we are today. The purpose of this is for you to find inspiration that making changes in your life can have a huge impact of where you are today. I hope you find this useful and insightful. Thank you for stopping by and as always Enjoy and Explore!
It All Begins Here
I am not the biggest fan of mainstream doctor offices, never have been, but I sit here in one. As I wait in a full room, what I hear next drops my heart to my stomach. I jump to my feet and sprint to the back…
Let’s roll back a few months and discuss what brought us to this office. I say us as my girlfriend and I. During the year leading up to this day, Amber has been having undiagnosed health issues for quite some time now. She has been battling through chronic fatigue, sore joints, bad headaches/migraines and sore necks. Every night her body was so badly run down, she could only lay in bed and rest. It was truly sad to witness this, as I know her spirit wants to be active like we used to. This was the longest year of our lives together. I felt helpless but continued a persistent research of what could possibly be wrong.
Knowing her sister has a multitude of autoimmune issues and other issues, we decided to seek professional help and Amber went to see a Rheumatologist (specialist in autoimmune diseases).
After meeting with the Rheumatologist, the recommendation was to seek out answer in Amber’s blood and get tests sent out. No big deal right? Well this leads us back to that doctor’s office waiting room chair as I watch Amber head back to get blood drawn.
Only a few minutes later, to my horror, I hear the nurse screaming from the backroom, “SHE’S SEIZING! SHE’S SEIZING!” I raced back to the room and see Amber half passed out slumped down in the chair as another nurse sprints back and pushes the panicking nurse out of the way. As the nurse and I attain to Amber I remember hearing the other nurse continuing to tell us she seized and she knows she did, she’s seen this before, blah blah blah. I wanted to tell her to “shut the fuck up,” but Amber's priority was much more important.
As Amber started coming back to reality, the nurse and I figured out she had just fainted. What a relief! I ran out to grab an orange juice from the car and came running back in, I remember seeing all the horrified looks on the people in the waiting room. Handing the OJ to Amber I knew I was done with this nurse and this place and wanted to get her home. But to my surprise this nurse would not let us leave and she called for an ambulance to take Amber to the hospital. Great I already don’t like doctors offices, how do you think I like hospitals! FYI, the hospital was only 2 minutes down the road!
After Amber gets chauffeured to the ER. I met up with her about 30 minutes later, which felt like an eternity! That’s where we sat for more than four hours! They did blood tests and a cat scan.
After a very uncomfortable stay for 4 hours the doctor finally came back with results. As she is flipping through the charts, all I wanted was ok your free to go, so we could get on with our lives. Well the results weren’t what we were expecting….
To be Continued….
Stay tuned for the next post on the continuation of how my wife and I got to the lifestyle we live now. If you like to support my efforts here for this week much love to you!! Whatever these posts earn, we will be donating the USD equivalent to our favorite Farm Sanctuary. Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary.
Thank you, I truly value your contribution to the community @iexplore (♥)
my thoughts and heart go out to you and your wife! <3 <3 I suffered through migraines, seizures, and a slew of symptoms like this for more than 15 years.. I hope she finds relief! If she hasn't tried changing her diet, meditation, yoga, and sleeping patterns I would suggest at least looking into all these things - my health has taken a total 180 turn since I started taking that stuff seriously. I've been seizure free for almost 3 years now, no migraines either :)
Thanks for your kind words @amariespeaks! Stay tuned for more of the story to come. I am a total believer in what you have mentioned and you will see the transition we made that changed the course of our lives together forever..;)
oh! I'm so glad - cannot wait to hear all about it and yay! I love seeing proof that these things work to heal other, real people, too!
Oh man! How incredibly scary, I cant imagine the thoughts running through your head hearing a nurse screaming "shes seizing". How unprofessional, and as your girlfriend said stupid!! Followed to read more about how you two got through this and what you do now.
Yes very scary. I don't think I ever had or have since that gut feeling of what the hell is going on!? And oh that nurse! No offense, but she was a young nurse, I believe right out of schooling.. And can you believe she brought another patient back to the room which the EMTs were coming in to wheel Amber out!.. Ugh, I hope I never have to come across her again..
Oh my goodness! Unbelievable!
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You had me at a standstill when you said 'seizing'. I know you had to change your lifestyle with your wife's illness. Thank you for sharing the story with us.
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It was one of those heart stopping moments in your life, I will never forget that feeling that over came me that instant. Thanks for the resteem!
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Oh... I hope she has recvered by now ya
Thank you for commenting...I think i've seen you in some discord rooms...@ifc or @newbieresteemday? It's nice to see people wanting to contribute back to the community. Keep at it! The story will continue so stay tuned!
@iexplore maybe at discord for newbieresteem ? I have joined several discord servers, some are more active than the others, Some are too high level for me but I am working hard to reach the expected level.
I like to learn and contribute back to the community in whatever way I can. Thank yu for yur response.
Cheers
I myself, do not like doctors offices or hospitals either, but sometimes they are needed, I wish they were not. It would be nice to have an old school doctor house calls and such, I always end up more sick leaving a doctor or hospital it seems than when I went in.
Agreed! There are few good doctors...hard to find these days. We have gone through 3 already with my son, age 1.5. I just don't agree with such a conflict of interest here, my lack of health rewards your wallets... And how blindly they can write their scripts not knowing or caring about the underlining cause. Get in my door and get out fast so the next patient can do the same...
I wonder if I should read the next one. This is a bit scary start. It's frustrating when there's little we can do for our suffering loved ones. I dislike going to hospitals and doctors especially now that we have a few well trained doctors. It's just a guessing game with them sometimes.
I do encourage you to keep reading! I just posted the continuation of this story. I promise you it will get better. :) Here is the link to the next part of my journey to the lifestyle I choose today. Enjoy and thanks for following along!
https://steemit.com/writing/@iexplore/i-explore-my-journey-with-you-writing-challenge-day-2
I was about to say that was quick but then I just saw the previous one was 17 hours ago :)
Damn man...sounds like a rough year. I literally despise hospitals. I mean not for what they do just the smell, the feeling when you're inside. I try and stay as far away as possible.
Yes it was...but the story does get better! I hope you find time to follow along! I too dislike the smell of them, just writing this now is activating memory censors of the smell...
Yeah man I think last time I was there my dad broke his femur bike riding and just ughh don't like those places. All the praise for the awesome people who work in them and cure/perform surgeries and everything else but definitely not a place for me.
Of course! I didn't even see you made the first one but I seen the second post so I went back to the first so I wouldn't get a glimpse into the future haha! Looking forward to the positive vibes coming hopefully soon! :)