
Getting Michelle Love Healthy
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Hey everybody! It's your favorite girl! I know that GoFundMe is usually generated by a friend or a family member however I felt that my situation would be best coming from me personally.
Since graduating from nursing school I was diagnosed with a tumor that was first said to be the size of a softball on my right ovary. I was sent to Oklahoma cancer research specialist of Oklahoma to confirm. The confirmation that came was that it was the size of a cantaloupe because two large tumors had merged together into one. The tumor acted as an organ all on its own by connecting itself to various muscle tissues and feeding off of my blood supply. The one thing that they did not catch is that I had another tumor on the left side fallopian tube which was the size of a baseball. I was limited to lifting so much or driving for large amounts of time and I was constantly exhausted because the rest of my body was not getting the rich oxygenated blood that it needed due to the tumor that had taken over.
It has been extremely difficult to say the least... to study and work. I fall asleep in the middle of studying everyday. Things started to progress and get worse and I started falling asleep behind the wheel which has never happened to me. So I had to take down my hours of driving. Two weeks ago I had the surgery to remove the tumors however they also removed the left fallopian tube the right Fallopian tubes and and ovary that was about to rupture. My recovery has been great but slow and my body is reproducing the blood cells that it needs and the nerve endings that were cut to the tumor have been very painful. Therefore I have not worked at all.
Accidentally they found that I have an aneurysm on my spleen that is also life threatening. It is attached to the main artery that produces Rich oxygenated blood to the spleen. This explains also why I was so sick the past year and getting every virus and every flu, causing three episodes of pneumonia, that I came into contact with. The spleen acts as a defense mechanism to attack viruses and bacteria. Since the blood circulation has been cut off due to the blockage, I was getting sick all the time. This is another reason why I was too tired to study I couldn't retain information and of course driving again has been very difficult.
Since driving is my source of income until I can take my nursing state board, I am without income. I have so many doctors appointments coming up that require a lot of time. Just for one appointment this morning has taken 3 hours of any type of DriveTime or any type of study time. I have until April 27th to complete the Oklahoma State nursing board licensure and then I have to take concurrent courses that would be out of pocket which I refuse to do. I want this to be done and over with!
My next surgery will be coming up soon, probably in the next four to six weeks because they have to wait for the rest of my body to heal from the current surgery I just had. The splendoric aorta aneurysm is very life threatening. If it were to rupture I would pass away. So I am doing everything that I can think of to keep positive and to keep my faith in the Lord while waiting for the surgery to happen.
I have cried a lot like I am now writing this. Right now I cannot work full time and barely even part-time... I have to be careful with everything. There is so much stress concerning financial obligations which means having a place to live while I have surgeries and continue to heal.
I will also have another surgery after the spleen which is not so life threatening but again another surgery. It will be for a hiatal hernia which means my stomach is protruding through my diaphragm. I've been through so much in my life and I conquered the devil so many times and I'm not about to let him conquer me through this. I cannot move to another place of residence right now because I can't have added stress and I just can't do it by myself anymore so I'm reaching out to my friends.
I'm praying to God that my prayers are answered for financial help, for wholeness in my body, and passing my state exam that I worked so many years to get to. So I'm asking for help which apparently has been very hard for me to do since it took me this long to do so. It is very humbling and makes my heart very sad. I have quite a recovery in front of me and I am believing that God is not finished with me yet, I will make it through until the next surgery and I know that God has me wrapped in his arms. Thank you so much for listening to me share and thank you so much for sharing this on your Facebook and social media.
Love Michelle the Warrior
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Michelle Love Skelton
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Tulsa, OK