scottsma
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CYY....are you still incarcerated ? I think you must be or I would have heard the celebrations from here.
For my husband, the fistula looked like a boil at first. The Dr thought it's an abscess. But it never leaked pus or blood. All of a sudden one day it started giving him extreme pain. Sadly, nobody diagnosed it a fistula until the specialist did an MRI. An MRI is the best way, it will give you a clear picture of what's going on. For him, the fistula had one opening inside and the other end outside the body. So they put bands around it and then it started draining outside. Did you get an MRI done yet? I'm sure you're on top of it, but do NOT delay. Don't wait until the pain starts because it's terrible after that. I hope they sort you out soon, cyy.I haven't noticed any other external anomalies since I've had pus coming out of some sort of boil from my behind a few months ago. That one has long healed by itself. You mentioned an internal fistula. Was it causing much pain when it was there?
Haha I see what you did there, Trysha
Anyways, jokes aside, I wasn't discharged yesterday unfortunately, but rather, I was granted home leave until Monday (more explanation below). Thanks for your concern though ^^
Preliminary results of the MRE suggests a stricture in my small intestine, but also shows some warning signs of a fistula in my large intestine. Because the MRE wasn't able to take a clear picture of it, I have to go back to the hospital on Monday for an MRI of the lower portion of my large intestines. The endoscopy has been put on hold.
I'm not sure what's gonna happen next, but I'm just taking it a day at a time. In the meantime, it's good to be home anyways :')
May all who are not feeling too well get well soon, and all who are feeling well continue to stay that way :ghug:
You are a great man, Chris
I haven't noticed any other external anomalies since I've had pus coming out of some sort of boil from my behind a few months ago. That one has long healed by itself. You mentioned an internal fistula. Was it causing much pain when it was there?
The last two nights I've had dizzy spells ? While getting up to the bathroom and it even wakes me when turning over in bed.It wears off when I'm up and about and I did 10mls on little blackie yesterday.Meds haven't changed and BP slightly high.Any thoughs ?
It's sad how many among us are affected by this disease. Wish they would find a cure for it in our lifetime.Just thought this was worth a mention....I now have four neighbours,all within a 2min walking distance,who have IBD,and me makes it five.Two dx'd in the last 6mnths,one 4 yrs ago and a new guy in his 20s who has had it since a child.And me dx'd 11yrs ago.Now I never discuss IBD and all of these neighbours have just come out and told me without any encouragement from me.Maybe I have a sign on my forehead that flashes Crohnie when I'm within touching distance of a fellow sufferer.?
Happy weekend everybody!
I appreciate everyone here
Good job Alex! Ron, give him some petting from me.
Chris, I think you need to build a few outhouses next to your new porch if all of us are coming over for xmas.
You guys are funny! Yes there would be snow involved for sure! I do actually happen to know a guy that rents porta-potties for events. ROTFL!:rof:
Brrrr that is abit nippy Chris no sitting out on the porch for you then my friend.
I can wash my arse with ice water! I'm Canadian, EH!
DOUG......how many sleeps is that ? I know you're counting the days to your early retirement.
I have not really been counting, but on October 16th, it will be 90 days. That day is marked on my calendar because I can file the retirement papers on that day. They will not accept the application unless it is within 90 days of the retirement date on Jan 16th, 2016.
Oh Sandy, I thought of you guys when I read thisHi Madhu, didn't see you there.
Oh Sandy, I thought of you guys when I read this
I was just telling my husband about that. Before our trip last year, I was worried about the exact same thing happening because Vegas is one of the hot spots. I think we went right after the Orlando shooting happened. I remember walking near Mandalay bay at 3 am, and there was always so much crowd thereThat's interesting, I thought of you too with your recent trip there. [emoji169]
So not counting then....:ylol2:
That is great.My sister's family lives in Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas. I know they have occasionally gone to events on the strip. It was a big relief to hear from her this morning on facebook, saying she and her family were OK. They did not go to this concert. Personally good news.
My sister's family lives in Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas. I know they have occasionally gone to events on the strip. It was a big relief to hear from her this morning on facebook, saying she and her family were OK. They did not go to this concert. Personally good news.
Anybody seen CYY? I hope she is okay.:ghug:
Kirsty,Dave.Trysha,CYY,Trev.........come on guys,where are you all ?:rosette2:
Hope the best for you .Here I am! Was enjoying home leave, probably too much ^^;
Anyways, came back on Monday, did all the paperwork, drew another 6 tubes of blood, couple of failed IV attempts, babies crying all night, went for a 2-hour long MRI this afternoon that was only supposed to take 30 minutes, now lying dead beat on the bed.
Preliminary results of the MRI will be available tomorrow. If there isn't a need for immediate medical attention, I should be able to be discharged by the end of the week and come back to the hospital as an outpatient to discuss with my GI doc on how to proceed. The ward doctors want to hold off surgery for as long as they can, explaining that surgery can cause inflammation to develop in other areas of my intestines that are previously not affected.
Hope that everyone here has been doing well. My condolences to the families of the victims in Las Vegas.
Heading off to bed now, goodnight everyone (・ω・)ノ
Carol, the hubby and I recently installed a new toilet. A lot of display toilets in the stores now advertise that you can flush "a bucket of golf balls" down them and they won't clog. It's such an odd thing to advertise, though! I mean, I get that they're saying that you can in actuality flush a lot of poo/toilet paper and it won't clog, the golf balls are I guess a stand-in since they didn't want to outright say poo. But really, golf balls? It just seems so odd to me! It's like, quick, I need to get rid of 50 golf balls, what can I do? *looks at toilet* A-ha!
Ah, but you didn't have my former foster daughter living with you. We had to call a plumber once for a clogged toilet and he found all sorts of things flushed down it, hair accessories, batteries, etc. She was quite the gal.:lol::rof: