Hi Everyone

My name Lorraine, I used to play on this site, but my ratings were so low that I decided to start a fresh, if I was playing you at the time I apologise, but they were going down and down I had no other choice. My username there was lorraine216.

As I said on the other account, I am happily married to Rob who has been my husband now for coming up to 28 years. I have MS, and I am in a wheelchair and at the moment i am completely housebound as well. In December 2010, I was rushed into hospital with a serious chest infection, and I landed in HDU (HIgh Dependency Unit), where I fought to save my life, I nearly died that night, they couldn't get my breathing to slow down whatever they gave me. I was in there for a week, I didn't even know how long or even where I was, but I survive got back to the ward, and it started again, so I was moved up the ward where the patients are more looked after. Then I went for CT scan, which revealed that I had abcesses on my kidney, they battered my body with antibiotics for 3 weeks and at point I was on 4 different lots of antibotics, I was ill that I was eating, and they pretty worried for me again, although in different hospital as I was transfered to second hospital through the night, once I had CT scan. I was then told by the doctor if he didn't remove the kidney, it would close every organ in my body and I would eventually die, so I went of course for the operation, it was success. I was in hospital for a total of 9 weeks, I finally got home on 4/2/11. Then I had to start the long road back to some recovery, I know I would not walk for more than a few steps, or stand up take one or two steps and sit on a chair or my wheelchair again, that's what i was doing before this happen. I won't bore you all with every little detail from then to now. But just to tell I could not weight bear, transfer or even sit up in bed with assistance at the beginning.

I am now at the stage where up out of bed, back upstairs in my own room (which I wasn't when I first came home, I had to sleep downstairs), do my personal things like washing myself (I had carers coming in doing that at the beginning), other personal things I needed help with. I needed and still do after 8 months 24 hour care. I am weight bearing allbeit with a frame, also can walk from seat to wheelchair with the help of a frame. I can transfer using transfer board if required, don't use that as much now since I have been weight bearing. But I am getting slowly but it has been a long struggle.

Right I have two sons, who I am afraid have flown the nest, I have my eldest who is 26 years old and him and his girlfriend, is expecting their first child in August. The younger one who is 21, him and his longterm girlfriend had their first child on 14 November 2010, so he is 9 months now.

I don't work because of my disability, but my husband is a Mechanical Engineer.

Well that's all I can think of telling you, I hope you didn't find it too long and boring but I won't be here if it wasn't for doctors, my family and everyone my mum had praying for me. I hope my friends I did have on here remember me on this my new username.

Thanks for reading

Lorraine

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