
I hope the following will answer the questions that have been
asked about me and hopefully you will know me a little better from this. :)
I got married when I was 16 and had my daughter when I was 17.
I developed uterine cancer when I was 19 and had to have surgery to remove the
cancer. I would never have all the children I had hoped for.
The surgery was on Mother's Day. No one (including me) knew that I was with
child. This was found out during the surgery. I lost this child but I was
thankful I would be alive to see my daughter grow up and have children of her
own.
At 23, I lost the vision in my left eye and was informed I no longer had a pupil
or iris of the left eye. I decided to keep my eye anyway. lol
When I was 25, I underwent 6 kidney surgeries in an attempt to save my left
kidney. I weighed 98 lbs at the time and my kidney had to be removed.
At 36, my husband told me he no longer wanted to be married. So we got a
divorce.
At 38 or 39 I had to have major surgery and was told I may have to wear a
colostomy bag for 6 months. The surgery was a success and I didn't have to wear
the bag. lol The surgery lasted 9 hours.
I am 54 now, and have diabetes, Lupus, Fybromyalgia, have had 2 strokes and have
COPD. I also have been through some violence in my life.
Why am I telling you all of this? Well, for those who wonder why bad things
happened to them in their life, it is intended to be a message of hope.
Bad things happen, but I have this saying that I use when things happen to me.
It is simply, you can rise above it and be thankful for what you do have, or you
can sink below it and let it tear you apart inside. I choose to fight to rise
above it.
You know even tho wrestling to the most part is scripted, the pain and injuries
they suffer are real. The wrestlers choose to wrestle even tho they are in pain,
both physical and emotional pain.
When I had a stroke in 98 and lost my ability to express myself verbally. I
would look at a cup for example, my mind knew it was a cup, but my mouth would
say crop. lol
Shortly after being home I started my webpages about wrestling. I worked
everyday, even playing word games on the internet. I chose to rise above my
verbal challenge. lol
My speech has improved and continues to improve. I now can say cup when I mean
cup. lol Before my struggle to rise above it, I couldn't remember my grandson's
name.
Now if I slip up and forget his name ect, he jokes with me and say Oldtimers got
me. lol
I have a beautiful daughter and two wonderful grandchildren now. I still have
bad things happen to me but I choose to live and enjoy the good things in my
life. :)