It’s where I was supposed to be already. Like. . . . by Friday. Due to a sudden and mysterious fever spike,my chances of heading home were swiped, and still remain elusive. We have yet to determine what caused the spike, but the surgeon thinks it was the removal of the drainage line from one of […]
Read more "Elusive ‘H’ & The Kamikaze Fever Strikes"Today is Friday. The last time I wrote was a day after my operation which was Tuesday. I did not write Wednesday or Thursday because I couldn’t muster the strength, desire or focus. I have to spell these days out for my own good. Not yours. Everything is a blur. Thursday was the worst day […]
Read more "Emotional Ghost Poo"I had my surgery yesterday, and all went well. There are five holes in my body at the moment. One for solid waste. One for draining fluid (looks like bright-red, fake blood), and three that have been sutured that were the access points for the robot to do its job. That’s right, kiddos, a ROBOT […]
Read more "Christmas On a Cracker That Hurt!"Before I get started, let’s address this side note: ‘surgery’ and ‘sugary’ are far too much alike. Speaking of sugar, it’s Halloween 2014 and my wife and I are cooped up in this hospital room. Chillin’. Okay, got that out of the way. I had to spend a number of days in the hospital before […]
Read more "Surgery Prep Rally"After spending October 15th – 22nd in the hospital, I was being admitted again Monday October 27th. It took my body nearly five days to show me it wasn’t quite ready to be healthy again. It told me I needed IV steroids, not pill-form Prednisone in order to run properly. The hospital door is a revolving one. <cue […]
Read more "Hospitalization 2014 Pt. 2"Proctocolectomy (aka: Laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy; J-Pouch Surgery). This topic had come up a couple of times in the past 8 years, but it was supposed to have been the very last angle of pursuit; the last action I would take to extinguish this terrible condition. That was the plan at least. The thought of permanently removing a functioning […]
Read more "A colectomy"As I mentioned in the prior post, the first half of 2014 was glorious. I felt years younger, was working out or doing some sort of physical activity 5-6 times a week, my sex life was in full swing and I was voluntarily taking on new responsibilites at work and school with an ease I […]
Read more "Hospitalization 2014 Pt. 1"While the first half of 2013 was a glorious one, the second half was inglorious. Beginning in July 2013 I began to feel toxic. The bleeding returned along with increased trips to the toilet and increased pain and cramping. This time, though, I did what my wife says is “a typical thing for a man […]
Read more "Hospitalization 2013"After the 2008 diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis, I went on Asacol. This worked for a number of years, however, minor flare-ups still occurred from time to time. If a flare was bad enough, the doctor would permanently increase my Asacol dosage. In hindsight, I see that this method was not an effective one, and I should’ve […]
Read more "A prolonged span of self-management"The Flexible Sigmoidoscopy can be a rather unpleasant event depending on your comfort level with a device entering a part of your body where things usually exit. Additionally, unlike a colonoscopy, you are awake for this procedure – no anesthesia. Here is a nifty, little explanation from the Mayo Clinic. The doctor who performed my first […]
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