I almost lost my life on Tuesday afternoon

I had to do a barium swallow for what I thought was an Achalasia diagnosis. I’ve been having issues with my stomach, to the point I had to be seen by 2 doctors to figure out what’s going on. All was fine prior to the barium test I’ve done, which was the 25th of June.

This Tuesday however, the 15th of July was when I almost said goodbye for good. I got really sick at work, and was in such bad pain that I had to leave early and have my grandma drive me to the emergency room. I then had to get an emergency ct scan on my abdomen, which then discovered that I had a small bowel obstruction with severe Peritonitis (which was what almost killed me) I had a dilated bowel caused by scarring from a previous hernia surgery, which almost ruptured my intestine and could’ve caused acute septic shock.

I was life flighted and spent 3 days in the hospital. I’m not fully at 100% but I’m nowhere near death as close as I was 3 days ago. I’m very tired, I lost 14lbs, and my voice is still hoarse but I’m here and I’m blessed to be alive! That was the scariest 3 days I ever had to face! I wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone.