Tuesday 23rd August (contโd) โIโve got a space for you on the end of the emergency list today, could be this afternoon, probably this evening though.โ Ward round this morning and surgeon is keen to remove my colon today. Despite being busy, he will stay and do my surgery when his list is complete. Turned out that meant waiting all day โ still experiencing more blood than Iโve ever known…
summer of hell 2016
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In for the long haul
Thursday, August 11th โI feel absolutely awful. If Iโm honest, Iโve felt awful for weeks and Iโm at the end of my tether. Please help me.โ I was on the phone to my IBD nurse, begging for help. Iโve never begging for an admission but that is what came out of my mouth next; โIโd really like to be admitted.โ She wasnโt shocked, just said sheโd need to speak to…
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A Spiral of Set Backs
I last wrote anything about my Crohnโs disease back at the end of June. That is almost six weeks ago but feels so much longer ago. And in retrospect, so much but so little has happened. Itโs just been one thing after another; without the last problem really going away. So I was being discharged in my last post after my bowel infection from surgery. That problem resolved itself a…