Patti Timp:
CLASS OF 1991
Sheepshead Bay High SchoolClass of 1991
Brooklyn, NY
Patti's Story
Patti is from Brooklyn, New York. Patti's schools include Sheepshead Bay High School.
Patti's interests include Animals, Politics. Music Patti likes includes Temptations, Lionel Richie, Adele. Books Patti likes include John Grisham, Truth is... We hide because we want to be found... We walk away to see who follows... We cry to see who wipes away the tears... And we let our hearts be broken...to see who comes...and fixes them... </3, The Artemis Fowl Series. Movies Patti likes include The Jerk, Lady and the Tramp, The Wizard of Oz. TV shows Patti likes include Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew, The Muppet Show, Beavis and Butt-Head.
One of Patti's favorite quotes is:""Yeeeeah.......ahhhh, no!"
"Take the marker out of your mouth, take the pencil out of your mouth, ........TAKE THE CHAIR OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING, Ronnie!"
"YOU ARE ME"
":-D ......That's My Heart Smiling!"
":-D ......That's My "Kiss Me & Make Me Shut Up" Smile!"".
More about Patti:"I just wanted to tell all of my friends why I am the way that I am today. Some people might call me a smartass, sarcastic, agressive, positive, fun, or just a pain in the ass. I do not give a crap whatever anyone thinks or says, as long as I am smiling and laughing each day I have left in my life.
On July 20th, 2003, my brain began to hemmorhage. At first it started out as a bad headache, and by the next morning I was seeing double and throwing up, and could not stand any light. I went to the ER and that is about all I remember until 3 weeks later. The next part is mostly all second hand. But I was transferred to the first hospital where the neurosurgeon's put a tube sticking out of my head so they could relieve the pressure on my brain. They then decided to transfer me from the 2nd hospital on L.I., to Colombia-Presbyterian Hospital in NYC, where there were Neurospecialists who would be better able to try to save my life.
By the time I reached Colombia, the tube put in to relieve the pressure was clogged, so emergency surgery had to be done again to put a new tube in. This one worked and after a week of tests and poking and prodding they found out that a cyst on my brain had begun to bleed-they did not know why-but they would need to perform a full craniatomy-basically cracking my head wide open, taking my brain out, going to the center of my brain, on the Pineal Gland, to remove the cyst, so it would hopefully stop the bleeding-and to save my life.
I do not remember any of this at all. My family has told me that when I was semi-conscious, I was talking and acting like a baby. I had to be fed, when I was able to eat. The only chance of any kind of normal life was for the brain surgery. My Mom consented, and aft...Expand for more
er a 8 1/2 hour surgery, they put my brain back in after taking out a tumor which was under the cyst and probably would have never been found otherwise. And doctors could not be sure if I was going to have any permanent brain damage, stroke or other complication.
After weeks of touch and go, and lots of complications. And rehab to teach me how to do things for myself again, and to strengthen my body. After 44 days of being in the hospital,
I walked out, with my walker, some severe migraines, dizziness, eye problems-some double vision. But I walked out! No brain damage. Nothing permanent.
I've since had a bunch of surgeries to correct my eyesight and a few other health problems, but I am alive.
I moved to FL, to be with my Mom, so she could help with my recovery. Going to all of my doctor appointments, eye surgeries, rehab, etc. I didn't think I could live thru all of that. But I did. I never thought I would be able to read again. I can. I teach now. I never thought I would be able to drive again. I definitely do. So many things I took for granted. And I can so it all.
Maybe a year after my full recovery, my Mom was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer on April 30th, 2006. She had taken care of me throughout my rehabilitation, and now I could take care of her. After a little over 5 months of intense chemo and radiation, my Mom passed away. And I was with her through it all. I was blessed to be able to care for her, and be able to have a closer relationship than I ever had with her before. I never would have had any of that time with her, because I never would have moved to FL if I had not gotten sick.
I'm not telling all of this to make anyone feel bad for me. Or to make any excuses. I just want everyone to know where I am coming from. Why I want to make sure to smile and laugh each day, and try to help my friends do the same. I try to surround myself with people who make me laugh and smile each day. I make sure to have fun each day, each minute if I can. I try my hardest not to worry about tomorrow. Just to have fun, and laughs, and smiles today, and to do the same for my friends. There is lots of stuff I have done since my brain tumor, said, ways I have acted-just how I live my life now-that I absolutely NEVER would have done before I got sick, and before my Mom, may she rest in peace, passed. I probably would have died first!! Lol. But I do things now with all of these things which have strengthened me. Holding me up, with no excuses. And with the attitude that if there is anyone who does not like me, what I do, say, or how I act, they can KISS MY BEAUTIFUL ASS, and go on their merry way!! Lol
And that my friends, is ME!! Patricia Anne Marie, Tricia, Patti, Guido, Timp!!!! <3".
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