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bai1ey
16-07-11, 05:47 PM
so i dont no how many of you remember me but i havnt been on for a very long time.

Anyway i have been unwell for a long time. i had been trying to get the gp to do something about it and all i got was we have refurred you for test any way i get my test though the post and this was for a further 3 months the time of the date on the letter. i had been ill for well over 6 months now and trying with the doctors for well over 3 months.

Any way i ended up laying on the sofa until i was that ill i went to a&e and was whisked into a side room as soon as the took my blood pressure. They canulated me there and then and stated putting drips up. I was very very dehydrated and had all manner of diffrent infections.
They put me on a ward got me under control. the diagnosis started when i was feeling abit better any way after scans, xrays and cameras turns out i had ulcerative colitis(a deseaseof the large intestine).
They put me on I.V steroids for a few days and hay presto it started to come under control my life was returning to normal. I was seent home on oral steroids to get rid of it all.

i started to go down hill again and numours visits back to the gp and nothing any way 5 weeks have passed and it was time for a specialist visit get there and bam your going back in hospital. so back on ward and they start all drips again so the steroids are not working. they start me on all sorts of other drugs the lastest being very very dangerous. These dont work what is left on the options list now.

so the decision was made to operate any way after a few days of the drugs not working i came to terms with the operation idea this is after 8 weeks of pure pain and suffering and losing 5 stone in weight.
so i was took down and put to sleep and my large intestine was removed woke up in ICU and started making a good recovery of the morphine in a day and not needing pain releif to much. the moved me up to a ward and we then ran into some complication and i had to go to surgery again so of we went. any way its a week later after the second surgery now and they are amazed with my recovery i am now back at home and making progress cant stop eating though.
in case any one is wondering i had to have a iliyostomy(sp).

marc69
16-07-11, 05:53 PM
Very glad to hear you are on the mend, it seems to deopend on the GP, my mum was ill for over 10 yeras with what turned out to be gallstones, but they spent 10 years treating her for angina, panic attacks and allsorts of wierd things. She was down to very little weight at some points, now several years after she has put on a lot of wieght, despite getting fattish, she is just happy to be able to eat with no pain!Hope your recovery is full and well.

steviegsi
16-07-11, 06:06 PM
That sounds like an utter fcuking nightmare mate, best of luck and best wishes for a full recovery

pikey1986
16-07-11, 06:13 PM
good luck for the recovery mate, i remember reading a while ago that you weren't well and did not know what was wrong, glad you can see the light at the end of the tunnel :thumb:

saloonwoody
16-07-11, 06:57 PM
glad ur ok fella :) and in true beavis and butthead styleee uh huhuhuhuhuh you said oral !

Royston
16-07-11, 07:33 PM
Please to hear you are on the mend:thumb:, sounds as if you have been through the mill a bit.

My mother had the same op @ 30 years ago and she's still doing well;)

Bubba
16-07-11, 08:13 PM
:o 5 stone!! feck...tea and cake will help ;)

mowgli
16-07-11, 08:14 PM
i bet you'll remember to put a complaint in against your gp

Tanya.
16-07-11, 08:15 PM
Glad you're on the mend :) Get some munchies down you! :d

TeddyThom
16-07-11, 08:40 PM
i bet you'll remember to put a complaint in against your gp

Maybe some compensation? Loss of earnings at the very least...

Spudly
17-07-11, 12:41 PM
Bloody hell man that doesnt sound like an ordeal, that sounds like a fecking nightmare, i bet youre over the moon now you seem to be past it all and back on the road to recovery, fair play for sharing that one bud:thumb:

Edd
17-07-11, 12:46 PM
Jeez, bets that's been horrible for you, all the best with getting well again :)

mowgli
17-07-11, 01:08 PM
Maybe some compensation? Loss of earnings at the very least...

I was thinking more on the lines of an official reprimand or being hauled in front of the GMC...

mrT
17-07-11, 01:44 PM
also remember to milk it :cry: to the max and enjoy the hospitality/food/easy life for a bit:plol

mowgli
17-07-11, 01:48 PM
it is a png tradition to show us either pics of the nurses or your operation scars.....well, jack did....

nathan.
17-07-11, 04:26 PM
Feel for you buddy.

I have Crohns disease and had a tough time with it like yourself. I had to have surgery and have some small intestine removed.
My GP was **** too, took 6 months for a diagnosis till i went to a&e and like you i was admitted straight away.

Keep your chin up pal, i've been fine for 5 years now with no flare ups.
:thumb:
Nath

Nobby
17-07-11, 05:21 PM
all the best on the recovery mate!

mk1nova_rich
17-07-11, 10:19 PM
Best wishes for a full recovery :thumb:

bai1ey
18-07-11, 11:46 AM
well a bit of a update i am getting more and more movement back most days.
i am going to the gp surgery today to have some of my staples out so hopefully that will go well.

edit 17.20: been to the doctors and had the staples removed i think the nurse is happy with it i have my last anti biotic tonight
and my last steroid in morning hopfully these will leave my system fast and healing will speed up after this.
i have had a fast wean of steroids so i was on a big dose a week ago and now on nothing which isnt ment to be the way to do it but they want me to heal fast so the got me off them fast.

i cannot moan at all about my post surgery care and it helps that my partner is a student nurse and can redress my wound and keep it clean

bai1ey
19-07-11, 09:23 AM
took my last steroid this morning and my dressing is starting to last longer so hopefully good signs

Jack
19-07-11, 10:01 AM
it is a png tradition to show us either pics of the nurses or your operation scars.....well, jack did....
Too right. Chicks dig scars lol

How many staples did you have? Did they use the office supplies staple remover to ping them out? :d

I thought the steroids were to aid healing and reduce infection by boosting your immune system? Think thats why I was on them (had tablets and the injection in the stomach), although it was a while ago now so could be wrong

bai1ey
19-07-11, 10:44 AM
sorry i have no pics of the nurses but i did take this, this morning for you

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/bailey_51088/266650_133833633368798_100002264877414_227090_6060 447_o.jpg

bai1ey
29-07-11, 02:34 PM
well it has stopped leaking as much and we are only having to dress it once a day now. the big hole at the bottom is starting to come togeather and there are a few more that are healig aswell but only small one it is very weird being able to watch you skin grow day by day