So my fourth operation is booked for 14th June - only two weeks before our family holiday to Centre Parcs; typical - however it will probably be the break I need just at the right time. The operation will consist of 5-6 injections, in my spine, full of a chemical to relive the chronic pain I am in and allow me to have a better quality of life, temporarily, for around a year. As I said before, I don't feel I have much to lose at this point. Things have been really tough - due to a variety of circumstances, I am verging on chronic fatigue; I can hardly move from my bed, my muscles ache, I have constant headaches and my head has started to tremor, which felt like a mild seizure, when I lie down. I have put this towards stress mostly and have vowed to step away from people and activities for the coming weeks until my surgery, unless I feel up to it, listening to my body the entire time. Its been through so much the last couple of years and has still managed to keep me stan...
A young mother's discovery of a sacrococcygeal teratoma and a journey of recovery