- Location
- chicago
oh hai
Hey guys.
I started getting sick in my early twenties but chalked it up to a) drinking, b) late night tacos, and c) not enough sleep. This kept getting progressively worse until I could barely keep anything down, and had to quit working and going to school because of the intense pain.
I started landing in the ER with obstructions. A few days in the hospital with an NG tube and I'd be sent on my merry way with no answers. In fact, by the time I finally got diagnosed I had lost 60 pounds and needed my first resection in feb. of 2008.
After being resected, I felt better for a few months, but in october '08 i perforated spontaneously and needed another emergency resection. Good times, let me tell you. Worst night of my life.
Following that I gained a ton of weight on pred, and did pretty alright for a while, but in the past few months they've found several feet of active disease in my small intestine, and a pretty gnarly stricture in my colon. I spent a week in the hospital (last week actually) for the first time in two years. pneumonia, lytes all screwed up from flaring, and gallstones.
My GI was pushing for a chole on me, my gallbladder failed a HIDA scan in the most spectacular way possible, but the surgeon didn't want to touch me due to my high risk history and active monster guts.
I have a consult in two weeks at the university of chicago ibd clinic to finally get on biologicals. I'm not too excited at the idea of them, but I would really like my life back. I'm pretty sick of feeling like an old lady at thirty.
so yea, hi.
Hey guys.
I started getting sick in my early twenties but chalked it up to a) drinking, b) late night tacos, and c) not enough sleep. This kept getting progressively worse until I could barely keep anything down, and had to quit working and going to school because of the intense pain.
I started landing in the ER with obstructions. A few days in the hospital with an NG tube and I'd be sent on my merry way with no answers. In fact, by the time I finally got diagnosed I had lost 60 pounds and needed my first resection in feb. of 2008.
After being resected, I felt better for a few months, but in october '08 i perforated spontaneously and needed another emergency resection. Good times, let me tell you. Worst night of my life.
Following that I gained a ton of weight on pred, and did pretty alright for a while, but in the past few months they've found several feet of active disease in my small intestine, and a pretty gnarly stricture in my colon. I spent a week in the hospital (last week actually) for the first time in two years. pneumonia, lytes all screwed up from flaring, and gallstones.
My GI was pushing for a chole on me, my gallbladder failed a HIDA scan in the most spectacular way possible, but the surgeon didn't want to touch me due to my high risk history and active monster guts.
I have a consult in two weeks at the university of chicago ibd clinic to finally get on biologicals. I'm not too excited at the idea of them, but I would really like my life back. I'm pretty sick of feeling like an old lady at thirty.
so yea, hi.
