The basics...
- My full name is Debra Jean Seyfried (now Feathers) - my mom loved Debbie Reynolds and that's who I'm named after..
- Im 38, married to my first love, We have 3 beautiful children.
- I'm optimistic, I always try to look at the glass half full no matter how bad things seem.
- I'm not skinny, I won't say I'm fat (I hate that word), I say pleasantly plump.. and trying to loose currently.
Interesting medical information..
- I am a epileptic, I have been since I was 15, I had my first seizure 1 month before I turned 16 (major bummer) , I wanted to drop out of high school after this but I had 1 friend that helped me through this hard time and I graduated.
- I have Tourette syndrome, if you don't know what this is here is a link. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/detail_tourette.htm. I will say this now.. It doesn't make me swear , people that make me angry make me swear.. it's that simple.. My Tourette started around age 5 and I was labeled "a nervous child" I wasn't though.. (Tourette syndrome is a whole blog in its own.. trust me !)
- I have anxiety... Seriously though people, who doesn't ??
- I have several medical issues.. too many to list here..
- Brace yourself for this one.. I take 20 pills every morning, 11 pills every night. For a awful dreaded total of 31 pills !!! I hate them so much, they take over my body sometimes, I'm exhausted , irratable, foggy brain, and much more..
- The one medication I take is called Klonopin…it's for my Tourette syndrome. DON'T USE THIS IF IT'S EVER PRESCRIBED FOR YOU. PLEASE !!!! I take 7mg a day, I used to take 8 mg but I got off 1 pill (1mg) and it took four years to do it.. I was a mess. This is a controlled substance, I wish I was never put on the medicine. Please look at this link.. http://www.cchrint.org/2011/06/02/americas-most-dangerous-pill-klonopin/ They are now calling this medicine America's most dangerous pill for a reason. People are dying from overdoses and other stuff. It's a great article and I urge everyone to read it... When a doctor hears I'm on 7mg of it I always get the same response "how are you standing?" I'm too used to the medication...
- I have panic attacks if I'm in a crowded room for a maximum of 5 minutes (seriously don't put 8 people in a room with me, I will go crazy.. I'm freaking just thinking about it...) Yep, ok I seriously had to stop for 5 minutes cause I was going into one.. next subject please.
- I am permanently disabled
- I wear dentures , tops and bottoms. Hate them. Uncomfortable. The reason I had to get them is my first seizure medicines rotted my teeth from the inside out.. Yea they looked fine if you looked at them but the pain was horrible. They rotted at my nerves inside first
- I've had many surgeries.. A total of 9 major ones. Can't count the minor ones...
- I had gastric bypass surgery and I regret it to this day ! Why? Because it almost killed me. Go figure I'm in that percentage of people that shouldn't have it.
My crazy pregnancies (as I put it)
- My first pregnancy was not bad except when it came down to being induced because I was over a week late and it took 4 days (yes I'm serious four !!!) Till I finally delivered.. I was in labor day and night.. I switched doctors after this. Lol
- My second pregnancy was complex to say the least, I started by having the worst morning sickness known to woman .. little did I know I would have it for 9 months… I had gallstones so I basically kept nothing down...
- Also my second pregnancy was for identical twins and unfortunately in my 5th month I lost one, I was having a boy and girl, I lost the boy. But being optimistic about it I could have lost them both... thank you Lord I didn't.
- Labor for her was interesting, I was induced but 2 days went by and nothing. I went home , a week later we tried again and it worked but the nurse checking me said " call the dr. Asap we have a problem" (of course, it's me, I'm not easy, lol) Well the nurse said to me, she felt a hand instead of a head.. What !!! Needless to say this called for a emergency c section and I got rushed down the hall with a nurse holding the baby up in me... go ahead and laugh, I do now.. this is my Chiari Malformation daughter.
- Third pregnancy, I had no clue I was pregnant until I was 3 months along... Yep no morning sickness. Yeah !! Although I was in shock. My grandmother knew before I did and don't ask how but she gets these "feelings" and 99% of the time she's right.. this is my boy (only boy in the whole bunch of kids 7 total ) he didn't want to make labor easy easy for me either. He was a planned c section but decided he wanted to come a month early. So yep another emergency c section. I had my tubes tied, burned and cut.. I was done. I waited to see him all night. No or would bring him to me , he stopped breathing, they had to do CPR on him, I was a mess.. 3 weeks later he came home and was doing well but was on a apnea monitor in case he stopped breathing again. These machines go off all the time , 'll it really takes is the baby to shift and it misses one beat and it's scratching loud!! So 2weeks after we're home it went off at 6am. I jumped like always and this time he was grayish blue. I was taught CPR and I did it and he came around , to this day I don't remember doing it (the nurses said I wouldn't) he ended up having acid reflux and was choking on his formula .
With all this said, I love life !! I just got married September 28th 2014 to my best friend, love of my life, and father of my children. My husband and I both agree we couldn't have had a better wedding and wouldn't have changed a thing. We had our problems in the past but got through them, and 20 yrs later I did finally marry my best friend !
Nobody in this world can say they are perfect, if they do then their kidding themselves. I know my family isn't and I'm happy that were not. Our kids have medical issues, our middle child has had 4 brain surgeries but we're still going strong. Never let something or someone hold you back or put you down. I used to when I was younger but my disabilities have shown me I'm stronger than many people think I am. So are all of you.. I'm a person just like the anyone else on the street. We're all made the same.
I tell my kids all the time , you are just as good as anyone else so don't think your not. Live life to the fullest and get everything you can out of it. The world really is your oyster, you just need to open it up and find the pearl.
Love Deb
