Kathleen’s medical madness journey

Kathleen’s medical madness journey Please share this page & ask questions! I’m here as an open book to bring awareness to chronic health Please ask questions, and share this page!

This page was started by one of my best friends, Bernie, whom I consider my sister. She started the page to keep family and friends informed of my status and to raise money for my transplant. I have since taken over and it is now for family, friends and strangers to follow my story and my recovery. The ups and downs and to learn about these terrible diseases. I am here to educate! This is a write up UMMC did on our story. http://umm.edu/programs/transplant/health/patient-stories/liver-transplant/kathleen-dobbs

Don’t be late in changing those menopause patches ladies. Mine was two days late because I was in the hospital when it w...
12/14/2025

Don’t be late in changing those menopause patches ladies. Mine was two days late because I was in the hospital when it was due to change. I changed it right when I got home but today I woke up sad after having a dream that Clayton divorced me, when I suddenly got frustrated the kitchen wasn’t clean enough and rage cleaned then cried for no reason, then rage cleaned harder because I was mad that I was crying. Then Clayton brought the boys down to help clean and then I cried because I was unstable around them and now they had to teal with it. I eventually laid down and took an anxiety pill and bawled. I’m boarderline not crying. So no one say anything sad or mean to me lol I’m exhausted menopause is real, menopause is fu***ng insaine. It’s not you ladies.. its your hormones. but get your estrogen patches …. Like night and day.

Current food fixation… sweet potato casserole
12/14/2025

Current food fixation… sweet potato casserole

So the pain management doc here said there is a new sublingual (dissolves under the tongue) muscle relaxer. My current o...
12/11/2025

So the pain management doc here said there is a new sublingual (dissolves under the tongue) muscle relaxer. My current one is a pill and I have to crush it to be able to absorb any of it and get relief. It’s called Tonmya. It would SO help my quality of life so I messaged my doc and she said she would put it in but it will probably be denied by insurance. I thought “meh, how expensive can it be?”

UMMMMM apparently MORE than my fricken anti-rejection meds that are rediculously expensive. This is through Good Rx which if you don’t know about you should lol but it give you discounts for free… the out of pocket price is crossed out under the Good Rx price. I’m thinking unless she can talk TRICARE into it, I’m not getting it. I have Gastroparesis, no colon, missing 7 feet of my small intestine so also short gut syndrome… any med that is in any form other than a pill is going to benefit my life. But you go ahead random person behind a desk who has no medical knowledge… please … deny my claim cause of course you know better than the doc prescribing it.

Get yourself a spouse that will come to the hospital just to wash your hair and help you bathe. I’m a lucky girl and I ...
12/10/2025

Get yourself a spouse that will come to the hospital just to wash your hair and help you bathe. I’m a lucky girl and I love this man!

They advanced my diet to “post op solids” which is basically soft food. I’ll take it!
12/10/2025

They advanced my diet to “post op solids” which is basically soft food. I’ll take it!

My goal today is to advance my diet. I can’t take the gross lime jello or the broth anymore. Lol but I guess I don’t get...
12/10/2025

My goal today is to advance my diet. I can’t take the gross lime jello or the broth anymore. Lol but I guess I don’t get to choose that the ones with the pictures of my insides do but… that’s my goal. Leem and Jman both told me to binge stranger things. And let’s just say, when he was allowed to watch it at 5 years old when I was states away for my ileostomy surgery, I understand why he was suddenly afraid of the walls. Wtf! This is not a show for a 5 year old! He did get over the trauma cause as a teen he’s rewatched it but it messed my baby up for like 2 years. His kinder teacher even brought it up. Poor kiddo. I’m trying to put that out of my head cause it makes me want to hate it since HE thinks I’ll like it I’m trying. I’m on episode like… 5 I think. When they find the body in the lake.

Anyway, no update as of know. Just still inpatient keeping on.

A buttload of IV meds, fluids and gut rest is the treatment plan. Pain and nausea are being kept in check too. I’m in ro...
12/09/2025

A buttload of IV meds, fluids and gut rest is the treatment plan. Pain and nausea are being kept in check too. I’m in room 536 if any of you locals wanna visit! Now enjoy this pic of Harry being absolutely ridiculously adorable

Well now they are saying it might be a blockage. They can’t tell for sure if it’s biological (scar tissue, irritation, i...
12/09/2025

Well now they are saying it might be a blockage. They can’t tell for sure if it’s biological (scar tissue, irritation, inflammation etc) or not (food) and my WBC was slightly high as well so, I’m NPO (boooo! I want ice chips!) for now since its late and they are going to discuss more tomorrow. But for now, got nausea meds, pain meds, normal night meds, antibiotics, something i dont remember, my 4th Liter of fluids, and a heparin shot. And with that I shall try to sleep. Oh and they are monitoring my heart but im not sure why.

12/08/2025

I failed my test. Pain and nausea after eating. I’m being admitted

Sooo I’m back at the ED. Really didn’t want to go but I was throwing up again. (Don’t remember if I updated but I was th...
12/08/2025

Sooo I’m back at the ED. Really didn’t want to go but I was throwing up again. (Don’t remember if I updated but I was throwing up on Thursday in the car. 48+ oz of vomit… plus a little on the car floor and a bunch on the side of the road.) Turns out don’t have a blockage but a focal ileum (I believe it is called) part of my small intestine (what’s left of it) is paralyzed temporarily. My kidneys are also struggling of course, vomiting and not taking much in will always equal dehydration. So they gave me meds and 2 bags of fluid. Next I have to eat without pain or nausea. If I can do that I can go home. If I can’t I get admitted.

Well last night was fun. Jman’s first high school concert. I meant to get pics of him in his tux but I was feeling so cr...
12/05/2025

Well last night was fun. Jman’s first high school concert. I meant to get pics of him in his tux but I was feeling so crappy. Thankfully it was “just” pain during the actual concert so I got to see that as “normally” as i could, but as soon as it ended I was super nauseated. On the car ride home I had the window down and my side of the car temp set to low. It didn’t work. About 2/3 of the way home I know I can’t keep it in. I panicked and took the top of my empty waterbottle and barfed in it. Then again, theeeen it started getting reeeeally full so I eeked out “pull over” farfed in the bottle and it overflowed, we pulled over and I dumped my waterbottle and then barfed again twice outside of the car. Then two more times when I got home. Good times. Taking it easy today (the best pic I got
Of Joseph and he turned away right as I took it. Also a pic of the awards they won this year in marching band comps

So I careened into the corner of the high pantry cupboard door. Now, several days later, My parents keep trying to bless...
11/27/2025

So I careened into the corner of the high pantry cupboard door. Now, several days later, My parents keep trying to bless me cause I apparently remind them of Ash Wednesday.

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