Prayers Please

Let me preface this by saying what I am going to talk about are the real results from many blood and urine tests, x-rays, scans and multiple doctor’s professional opinions.  Additionally, I have had plenty of time to research the diseases that I have. 

I hate talking about myself.  I am a closed off person.  I do not really put my life out on social media for all to see.  Typically, I share very little.  I used to be different. Perhaps age has changed me, I am not sure. Regardless, I decided it was time to start sharing and speaking about my diseases.

As many know, I have had health issues for seven years now. I know what you are going to say; but you look so good. You look healthy.  Well, looks are deceiving. It is easy to slap some makeup on and curl the hair and look good. That is not how I am everyday. I suffer in silence. I have invisible diseases. To me, there are others who are suffering much more than I am, so I have not felt comfortable talking about myself.

Around the fall of 2017, I started having terrible insomnia in spite of taking sleeping pills. I was losing hair and lost all of my eyebrows.  My bowels started not working.  I felt as though I was in a constant brain fog. I became lost easily.  I forgot everything. I forgot how to spell. I had terrible anxiety and depression. I couldn’t take a deep breathe. I was tired all of the time.  My right leg would swell up so that I look like I have a cankle. 

After I went off of the foods that I was allergic to for six months,  I was not getting better.  My doctor kept telling me what he thought it was, but I refused to believe it.  Towards the end of 2018, we ran further tests and the results shocked me.  I had high levels of mold in my body.  Mold is the silent deadly killer.  My doctor told me me if I did not do something drastic, I was going to die.  The mold had already attacked many organs in my body.  I developed a leaky gut, auto-immune disorder, multiple positive ANAs, inflammation throughout my body, an estrogen disorder, my adrenal gland quit functioning, I had yeast over growth, and I was constantly nauseous.  I was diagnosed with three diseases CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome), and IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease).

Needless to say, I am miserable.  For all of 2019 & 2020, I have been trying to detox my body from the mold toxins in it.  I have spent so much money on tests, prescriptions, and supplements.  To understand why my body was not reacting to the medications,  my doctor did genetic testing on me.  This test showed that I have the gene which does not allow my body to detox mold.  28% of the population has this gene.  So what bothers me, may not bother the person next to me.  The medications that I am taking are supposed to grab a hold of the toxins in my body and they are removed thru the waste in the bowel.  (I.E. pooping)  Well , this does not work on me.  Because of the mold toxins in my body, I have this Irritable Bowel Disease.  Typically a person either has constipation or diarrhea, on occasion one can have both.  I have IBD-C.  

I have had so much trouble this year with my bowels.  We did a colonoscopy earlier this year.  It showed I had Melanosis (darkening of the colon), Diverticulitis, and Megacolon which is an enlarged colon from having the contents of the bowel stay in the colon for long periods of time.

The picture on the left below is a normal colon. The right picture is my mega-colon. As you can imagine, once that colon is stretched out that large, there is nothing that can be done except to remove it. We have tried every medication on the market and nothing has worked.  I have been poked and prodded and put through numerous unpleasant tests. So, he last resort is surgery.

The picture above shows what part of the colon they will take out. The second picture shows how they will attach the stomach to the small intestine and then to the rectum.

This is the surgery I will have Wednesday morning. The surgery will be 2-4 hours. I will be in the hospital 4-6 days. To say I am scared is an understatement. But at this point, I am so miserable I have no other choice. I get hungry but when I eat, my stomach bloats out or, I get deathly ill hours later. Seems like I spend most days laying with the heat pad on my stomach. It has been so nice lately and I want to be outside, but I have been stuck in bed or on the bathroom floor.

Here are some interesting facts about mold:

There are about 7 million deaths per year which are contributed to mold. This statistic came from the World Health Organization in 2014, so I am sure it has increased.

Of the 21.8 million people who have asthma, 4.6 million are attributed to mold.

45 million buildings in the United States have unhealthy levels of mold in them.

93% of chronic sinus infections have been attributed to mold.

Below are pictures of mold that I was exposed to. There are no acceptable levels of mold for a person like me. Not only do I have the gene, but I have about 8-10 different molds that I am allergic to.

I have often asked why this happened to me? Why do I have to endure so much? Just once, can I enjoy life without pain? But the person who has gotten me thru these dark times is my Lord and Savior. Oh my, how I have called out to him. When I am laying on the floor sick, when I am stuck in bed, when I am doubled over in pain and crying.  When I haven’t had a bowel movement for two weeks, when I am crying. I cry out to him for comfort to ease my pain. When I think I can no longer go on, something inside of me urges me to not give up.

So why am I writing this? I am asking for my prayers warriors to lift me up in prayer this Wednesday morning.  Ask God to guide the surgeon’s hand and pray for a successful operation.  Pray that God gives me strength to endure the pain that will come with healing. Pray that this surgery heals so many issues that I am having.

I have so much more to tell you about, but for now, I think this is enough. It has helped me writing this. Thank you for listening and for your continued prayers.