Hi Everyone,
Here's my story:
Early this year I was suffering from severe stomach pain & constant vomiting. I was extremely weak & fatigued. My husband called 911 when I was too weak to stand. I lost about 30 lbs in 3-4 months & I looked like the crypt keeper! lol
I was admitted right away with severe anemia & malnutrition. I was told that had my husband not called 911 when he did, I would have died of heart failure. After SIX blood transfusions, it was discovered that about a foot of my lower intestine was diseased & holding blood. That 1' of intestine was removed & resected. Afterward, I developed an infection that my body was too weak to fight off & I had to be attached to a wound vac for about a week. In total, I was hospitalized for 33 days. I was on prednisone & metrodizadole for 4 months following.
Even tho I was diagnosed in May, I'm really just starting to deal with it. A recent colonoscopy on 10/30 showed a lot of inflammation & my doctor started me on Asacol 800mg 3x day. I have to go for an X-ray where you have to drink that chalky white stuff prior (don't remember name of test). My doc also informed me that I'm most likely looking at another surgery. I'm kinda scared about having more surgery.
I'm glad I found this forum for not only myself but for my husband as well.
Here's my story:
Early this year I was suffering from severe stomach pain & constant vomiting. I was extremely weak & fatigued. My husband called 911 when I was too weak to stand. I lost about 30 lbs in 3-4 months & I looked like the crypt keeper! lol
I was admitted right away with severe anemia & malnutrition. I was told that had my husband not called 911 when he did, I would have died of heart failure. After SIX blood transfusions, it was discovered that about a foot of my lower intestine was diseased & holding blood. That 1' of intestine was removed & resected. Afterward, I developed an infection that my body was too weak to fight off & I had to be attached to a wound vac for about a week. In total, I was hospitalized for 33 days. I was on prednisone & metrodizadole for 4 months following.
Even tho I was diagnosed in May, I'm really just starting to deal with it. A recent colonoscopy on 10/30 showed a lot of inflammation & my doctor started me on Asacol 800mg 3x day. I have to go for an X-ray where you have to drink that chalky white stuff prior (don't remember name of test). My doc also informed me that I'm most likely looking at another surgery. I'm kinda scared about having more surgery.
I'm glad I found this forum for not only myself but for my husband as well.