About Me (In My Own Words)
not quite sure what to write so here goe's.. my names sandra but like to be called sandy, im 40 years old and have 5 girls , ive been with my partner jason for 14 years ,i had dilated cardiomyopathy 8 years ago. 6 weeks after giving berth to my daughter emma. at first i was being sick had the doctor out he said it was a bug. after 4 days of being sick and no energy to move my partner rushed me to hospital only to be told i was very sick, i had cardiomyopathy, my mum, dad and partner was with me and was told by the nurse it didn't look good, my heart was beating at 187 beats per minute, spent 2 weeks in hospital on tablets and kept asleep but was lucky i pulled through, then in 2009 i was rushed into hospital again being sick and heart beating fast, was told an infection went to my heart , then july 24th 2011 i was rushed to hospital again with an infection and was told i have 2 leaking heart valves, my mitral valve and my aortic valve. have had tests but not really been told to much,and i keep going back to the hospital for check up's, then july 26th 2012 this year i was back in hospital, again being sick, heart reaching 130 beats a minute, and in lots of pain was told i had some sort of infection again, i try and stay strong as much as i can for my girls.but most of the time do feel alone , no one bother's to visit anymore lost my mum and best friend to cancer 3 years ago she was my rock, find it hard to speak to people as they dont understand, and feel guilty for not having the energy to play with my children and do much with them . im back seeing my heart doctor august 16th 2012. two days time, i am a bit frighten'd in what he is going to say as im terrified of having open heart surgery ..
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I am from:
Swindon, United Kingdom