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hope you feel better fast
hope you feel better fast
I no longer crap out my arse!
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No... really I don't.
As some of you know I've been in Hospital ALOT recently.
I have a condition called Crohns Disease (I know others here have it too) and have suffered with it for 13 years, well before Christmas it got really bad where I was in constant pain, couldn't eat and my weight fell to 6st 4lb!! so they had to take me in to Hospital for urgent treatment which meant blood tests every day, blood thining injections every night, numerous different fluid drips and 4 blood transfusions! Oh and ofcourse the only way I could eat.... through an NG Tube that goes up your nose and down the back of your throat into your stomach! and have a lovely vanilla looking milkshake thing pumped slowly through it 20 hours a day!
The bottle on the right of my drip stand:
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Went....
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Yep.... through the tube up my nose!
As you can see I look rather ill and not too happy!
So anyway, I was in there 3 weeks untill they were happy I was putting weight on again and my Crohns was under control, so New Years Eve they finally let me go home!
All seemed to be going well untill a fuck up by Healthcare At Home meant my Injections I needed to keep the Crohns under control were got to me 3 weeks late! and on Feb 19th I couldn't take it anymore, lost even more weight and had to be rushed in again for more of the same treatment!
Once again!
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As you can see I look even worse.... if thats possible! lol
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This time I wasn't gonna be there as long, they were due to let me out on March 4th BUT on the day, my inflamation markers in my blood shot right up and they decided to give me a CT Scan of my stomach.... Good job they did! My entire Colon was badly diseased and on top of that there was a big Abscess on it ready to burst at any time! So they emergency called the Surgical Team to come see me and let me know what had to happen!
They then rushed me into Surgery to Operate!
They removed my entire Colon, part of my Small Intestine (was diseased too), closed off my anal passage and re-routed my Small Intestine to come out my Abdomen as a 'Stoma'
Nice huh...
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That is now where all my poo comes out and into this Stoma Bag!
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Which I just have to empty down the toilet when full and change it every 2 days or 1 day if I want to.
Anyway, on Tuesday they finally let me out again, very sore, very weak! (even standing is a chore right now!), very thin still and not able to eat much of anything due to the pain (Allergic to Morphine!.... trust me!) and the fact my stomach has shrunk so much through not eating. I've spent the last couple days trying to get myself to eat more which I am slowly doing day by day as the pain gets less!
Once everthing has properly healed I can finally have a new lease of life! After being held back for so many years! Roll on the Summer Dub Shows I can finally start to attend!
So that brings us up to today and the end of my Crappy Winter Story!
As some of you know I've been in Hospital ALOT recently.
I have a condition called Crohns Disease (I know others here have it too) and have suffered with it for 13 years, well before Christmas it got really bad where I was in constant pain, couldn't eat and my weight fell to 6st 4lb!! so they had to take me in to Hospital for urgent treatment which meant blood tests every day, blood thining injections every night, numerous different fluid drips and 4 blood transfusions! Oh and ofcourse the only way I could eat.... through an NG Tube that goes up your nose and down the back of your throat into your stomach! and have a lovely vanilla looking milkshake thing pumped slowly through it 20 hours a day!
The bottle on the right of my drip stand:
Went....
Yep.... through the tube up my nose!
As you can see I look rather ill and not too happy!
So anyway, I was in there 3 weeks untill they were happy I was putting weight on again and my Crohns was under control, so New Years Eve they finally let me go home!
All seemed to be going well untill a fuck up by Healthcare At Home meant my Injections I needed to keep the Crohns under control were got to me 3 weeks late! and on Feb 19th I couldn't take it anymore, lost even more weight and had to be rushed in again for more of the same treatment!
Once again!
As you can see I look even worse.... if thats possible! lol
This time I wasn't gonna be there as long, they were due to let me out on March 4th BUT on the day, my inflamation markers in my blood shot right up and they decided to give me a CT Scan of my stomach.... Good job they did! My entire Colon was badly diseased and on top of that there was a big Abscess on it ready to burst at any time! So they emergency called the Surgical Team to come see me and let me know what had to happen!
They then rushed me into Surgery to Operate!
They removed my entire Colon, part of my Small Intestine (was diseased too), closed off my anal passage and re-routed my Small Intestine to come out my Abdomen as a 'Stoma'
Nice huh...
That is now where all my poo comes out and into this Stoma Bag!
Which I just have to empty down the toilet when full and change it every 2 days or 1 day if I want to.
Anyway, on Tuesday they finally let me out again, very sore, very weak! (even standing is a chore right now!), very thin still and not able to eat much of anything due to the pain (Allergic to Morphine!.... trust me!) and the fact my stomach has shrunk so much through not eating. I've spent the last couple days trying to get myself to eat more which I am slowly doing day by day as the pain gets less!
Once everthing has properly healed I can finally have a new lease of life! After being held back for so many years! Roll on the Summer Dub Shows I can finally start to attend!
So that brings us up to today and the end of my Crappy Winter Story!
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A member of our lass family has had a similar time and op done.hes doing realy well now im sure youl do the same, keep your spirits up matey it can only get better
Jim
Jim
Bugger!! All the best fella
shit rob i saw a bit about it on facebook but i'm glad you should now be on the mend glad the docs did a good job. feel better soon and keep the chin up
At least you won't be subjected to the portaloos at shows
Wishing you a speedy recovery :hug:
Wishing you a speedy recovery :hug:
I knew you'd been ill but didn't want to pry by asking!
Hope you are putting on weight again and things are improving.
Good luck fella
Hope you are putting on weight again and things are improving.
Good luck fella
my mum had ulcerative collitus and had a stoma in 1981, she was climbing snowdon 12 months later, never looked back, at 65 they are off with there caravan for 6 weeks this summer via the pyranies(sp), 12 months after a new knee too.
so good luck, the only way is up now
so good luck, the only way is up now
glad you're on the mend now
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