| Appendix | Removed in 1956. | Addictions | 1) Benzedrine, a legally prescribed amphetamine to treat fatigue --- 1954 - 1955. 2) Marijuana ---- 1972 through 1998. 3) Klonopin --- a legally prescribed sedative --- 1992 and again in 1996. |
Arthritis | Osteoarthritis, as well as fibromyalgia. After decades of suffering, the conditions disappeared (following four years of glucosamine and MSM treatment) about 1999. (Note: In 2006, treatment continues, at a lower dosage, and I remain painfree.) | Bones | Five broken ribs, two fractured inferior pimus bones, collapsed lung, other trama injuries in auto accident in 1995. Broken arm and destroyed wrist in bicycle accident in 2003. |
Cancer | Grandulosa cell tumor removed in two surgeries in the fall of 2003. | Eye Disorder | Near-sightedness - from about 40 on. | Hearing Problem | Titnnitus (ringing/roaring in both ears 24-7) all my life. | Hernia | Hiatial hernia and severe gastroesophageal reflux disease --- for decades. Repaired by surgery in 2005 | Mental Illness | Diagnosed bi-polar (manic-depressive) in 1988, with three major personality disorders borderline, histrionic and ? ? ? . Also sleeping and eating disorders. (Three of my four children were also diagnosed as bi-polar.) In and out of mental health hospitals numerous times from 1988 through 1995. | Multiple Birth | Twin sons born in December 1956. | Obesity | Gained to 215 pounds during my last pregnancy in 1968. Lost that eventually, going down to 125. Regained weight in my mid 80's, lost it, regained it, and so on, up to 225 pounds. Weight is often a problem with the female side of this family. Damn DNA, Girls. :o( | Respiratory Disorder | Diagnosed with Idiopatheic Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2000. Had already been using oxygen for several years prior to that diagnosis. For reasons unknown, the fibrosis growth in lungs has not progressed since 2001. If it begins again, I'm a goner. (But I don't think it will start growing again . . . instinct tells me it won't.) | Thyroid Disorder | Diagnosed at 23 with hypothyrodism - lifelong medication program began. | Ulcers | Duodenal ulcers for a decade off and on - from about 1985 |