She went into septic shock and needed partial foot amputations. What she wants you to know

I went to the hospital for a routine procedure to remove uterine fibroids. Less than 24 hours after I was sent home, I was fighting for my life.

In 2023, at 35 years old, I underwent a hysteroscopic myomectomy. I expected pain and recovery. Instead, I went home and immediately began deteriorating. The pain was severe. My body felt wrong. By the next day, my husband and best friend brought me back because they could see I was getting worse, not better.

We tried to communicate that this was more than routine postoperative pain. Yet the focus remained on treating the pain – possibly with stronger medication – instead of asking why the pain was so extreme.

I didn’t need more medication. I needed someone to listen.

My husband refused to take me home again. We went to the emergency room. Within minutes of arriving, I went into cardiac arrest.

Had I returned home and tried to manage the pain, I do not believe I would be alive today.

As my condition became catastrophic, doctors opened my abdomen. They found perforations involving my uterus and bowel. Infection had spread throughout my body. I developed septic shock, a body's extreme, dangerous…

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