Ok firstly I have to say I have no real idea how I should write this or where to even start, but rather then type the same story over and over to everyone I know I thought I would post a little ditty on my blog and those who wanted to could find out more here.

I’ve had a slight hiccup on my road to weight lost surgery, Many know I was being seen to have it done before finding out I was pregnant….My son Nicholas was well worth the wait!
So now I am re doing the whole process again an have hit a minor snag recently.

Last year before I became pregnant I noticed I was having jumbled speech or sometimes slurring words and even forgetting all together what I was saying and pausing in mid sentence to try and re think what the hell I was talking about.
I thought nothing of this as I know with Fibromyalgia comes what is called “Fibro Fog” it can cause memory loss, confusion, disorientation and what I thought speech problems.

While I was pregnant it began to get worse … but of course I chocked it up to not being on my medication and my fibro fog getting the better of me.
I never told the doctor because I myself never thought it was anything serious, I would even poke fun of myself saying stuff like “I don’t talk much I just read about it”.

A couple months ago I asked my in home care nurse what she thought of it and she said I should tell my doctor right away…..I didn’t.
Not until last week, right away she ordered blood tests and a few exams to test my heart. She also asked to see me again this week.

I’ve just seen the doctor a couple hours ago and what she had to tell me was un settling to say the least.
My blood work came back and it showed I still had high cholesterol which really was not news to me because it was like that before I had Nicholas.
She believes that my cholesterol is breaking off and clogging those arteries causing the speech problem.
Her exact words were “It’s very possible your having mini strokes during these episodes of speech impairment”
My mouth hit the bleepin floor, I held back the tears…..could she really be saying that me at 34 years old is having tiny little strokes? NO FRIGGIN WAY! … sadly yes this is the case.
She then tested my blood pressure and sure enough it was spiked too….she asked me to wait a couple minutes and tested again, it finally came down.
More and more tests are needed to find out just what is triggering these speech problems.

I won’t lie, I’ve cried from the time I got back into the car til the moment I got home and told my mother.
I am scared out of my mind and trying with everything in me to stay calm so I don’t drive myself insane.

I’ll now have a daily dose of baby aspirin to help prevent any mini strokes while they try and sort all this good stuff out.

So yep my surgery may again be delayed as I figure all this stuff out.

I will tell you this one thing, If I ever have something funky going on with me again I won’t wait over a year to talk to her about it!
I guess I now have so much to live for that I won’t risk my health any longer.

On a positive note, if it is simply a case of blood pressure or cholesterol surgery will actually HELP it!
So a few more reasons why this surgery is going to be a benefit to me and my health.

So there ya have it, I’ll keep anyone who wants to know updated

Take Care