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7 years ago
Hey everyone, thought I should get around to doing an update about how things are going. Spent 12 days in hospital with a toxic mega colon which was close to perforating. Was in a critical condition for about 5 days with surgeons on standby to cut it out if need be. I also have severe ulcerative colitis which I'll be treated for for the rest of my life with medication and infusions. For the most part, I shouldn't really notice anything bad from it but I just gotta be careful.
I am home and it's so nice to have my own bed and not be woken up multiple times during the night for observations. Also not getting blood tests every day is a big bonus! XD
So I am slowly on the mend. I have to take things easy for a while to let my body recover. Standing for a while or walking too long makes me get a bit dizzy but I just gotta slowly work on that to get back to normal. I'm working on getting my strength back and all this before I have to return to work. Bit nervous about that but my boss knows about it and will make sure it's not too much for me and slowly ease me into it again.
So 2019 hasn't really had a good start for me XD 3 days in and was in hospital. I really should have gone to hospital sooner but I had hoped it would go away on it's own. Didn't realise how bad it was until I went in. The specialist there had never seen a case as bad as mine except in a textbook.
The first week was the hardest. Was in quite a lot of pain and being hooked up to iv drips with antibiotics and saline all the time. Not to mention a lot of pills as well. As someone who has a fear of needles, it was also terrible since I was getting a lot of needles XD So many blood tests, morphine injections and a bunch of other stuff. The fear isn't as bad now as when I went in since I got used to it but it still is something I cannot watch. I cannot look at needles >.< it also still hurts so damn much. But I can almost breath normally when it goes in XD
I still have a long way to go. But I am just so happy to be home.
I am home and it's so nice to have my own bed and not be woken up multiple times during the night for observations. Also not getting blood tests every day is a big bonus! XD
So I am slowly on the mend. I have to take things easy for a while to let my body recover. Standing for a while or walking too long makes me get a bit dizzy but I just gotta slowly work on that to get back to normal. I'm working on getting my strength back and all this before I have to return to work. Bit nervous about that but my boss knows about it and will make sure it's not too much for me and slowly ease me into it again.
So 2019 hasn't really had a good start for me XD 3 days in and was in hospital. I really should have gone to hospital sooner but I had hoped it would go away on it's own. Didn't realise how bad it was until I went in. The specialist there had never seen a case as bad as mine except in a textbook.
The first week was the hardest. Was in quite a lot of pain and being hooked up to iv drips with antibiotics and saline all the time. Not to mention a lot of pills as well. As someone who has a fear of needles, it was also terrible since I was getting a lot of needles XD So many blood tests, morphine injections and a bunch of other stuff. The fear isn't as bad now as when I went in since I got used to it but it still is something I cannot watch. I cannot look at needles >.< it also still hurts so damn much. But I can almost breath normally when it goes in XD
I still have a long way to go. But I am just so happy to be home.
EDIT: Oh, and my start to last year was also pretty unfun. In fact, it was literally New Year's Day. I had gotten a virus that gave me nausea and diarrhea. Could barely keep anything down, even water. By the time we had gotten to Urgent Care, I was so dehydrated that they hooked me up to a saline IV. Went through two bags, felt better, got anti-nausea meds, went home, slept it off.