I want to mention before that I ("I" being Gabubu) wanted to create this thread for XFlak. I asked for his permission before doing that btw. "I" in the story below refers to XFlak where parts of our conversations have been collected to give you a sense of what he's going through.
Tuesday the 17th of Jan I started to feel uncomfortable pain everyday but was only extreme once/twice per day. Initially we were thinking it could be hernia. I called my GP Wednesday and Thursday and got an appointment for Monday the 23rd. The doctor was confident it was irritable bowel syndrome but just in case call a lab for an ultrasound appointment to see if it's not something else like hernia or appendix. I book it for Sat Jan 28th because it's the earliest date they have an my GP was confident it was IBS anyway. Starting Monday night the pain got worse, with constant non-stop pain of varying degrees from like a 2/10 up to 8/10. I managed through the pain, even still working from home most days, until Thursday morning when I could not take it anymore and started going to ER after ER, but there weren't enough beds for not-serious cases especially during a partial labour strike. Not to mention surgeons don't generally work Thursday afternoons so we're trying to figure out where to go. Ended up going back to that private lab as there was thankfully a last minute cancelation. It's there that my wife and I are told my appendix is toast and I need immediate surgery. Armed with this information the ERs will finally take me seriously and I end up at another hospital where we have to wait for an doctor to arrive. The doctor finally shows up and they have me walking all over the hospital to get bloodwork and CT scans. After these scans the doctor said it's too dangerous to do the typical appendix removal surgery now and they will treat me with antibiotics instead. Then things took a turn for the worse that Friday when I had emergency surgery, turned out to be a perferated bowel, appendix was fine just buried in a mass of puss. The mass popped and shot puss everywhere, causing so much pain that I could barely breath even after 2 shots of morphine and was literally begging to be put to sleep. After another round of CT scans and another 4.5 hours after the puss mass burst they finally began operating. The surgery took 3.5 hours and I woke up. Will be in hospital for 7-10 days, with no drinks for 2-5 days and a colostomy bag necessary for a minimum of 4 months. I may need more surgery after things clear up in a few months and they can see better what's going on. Could need to remove part of my bowel, or a there could be a tumor to remove (Dr thinks tumor unlikely). Doctor said most likely it's "diverticulitis disease". I recently had a nose/stomach tube and catheter removed, and am slowly being allowed small amounts of water, so while the road is tough so far so good.
P.S.: About ModMii's biggest update it is still in the works and if mods think it belongs elsewhere to plz move accordingly. For more check the ModMii's thread (says XFlak)
Tuesday the 17th of Jan I started to feel uncomfortable pain everyday but was only extreme once/twice per day. Initially we were thinking it could be hernia. I called my GP Wednesday and Thursday and got an appointment for Monday the 23rd. The doctor was confident it was irritable bowel syndrome but just in case call a lab for an ultrasound appointment to see if it's not something else like hernia or appendix. I book it for Sat Jan 28th because it's the earliest date they have an my GP was confident it was IBS anyway. Starting Monday night the pain got worse, with constant non-stop pain of varying degrees from like a 2/10 up to 8/10. I managed through the pain, even still working from home most days, until Thursday morning when I could not take it anymore and started going to ER after ER, but there weren't enough beds for not-serious cases especially during a partial labour strike. Not to mention surgeons don't generally work Thursday afternoons so we're trying to figure out where to go. Ended up going back to that private lab as there was thankfully a last minute cancelation. It's there that my wife and I are told my appendix is toast and I need immediate surgery. Armed with this information the ERs will finally take me seriously and I end up at another hospital where we have to wait for an doctor to arrive. The doctor finally shows up and they have me walking all over the hospital to get bloodwork and CT scans. After these scans the doctor said it's too dangerous to do the typical appendix removal surgery now and they will treat me with antibiotics instead. Then things took a turn for the worse that Friday when I had emergency surgery, turned out to be a perferated bowel, appendix was fine just buried in a mass of puss. The mass popped and shot puss everywhere, causing so much pain that I could barely breath even after 2 shots of morphine and was literally begging to be put to sleep. After another round of CT scans and another 4.5 hours after the puss mass burst they finally began operating. The surgery took 3.5 hours and I woke up. Will be in hospital for 7-10 days, with no drinks for 2-5 days and a colostomy bag necessary for a minimum of 4 months. I may need more surgery after things clear up in a few months and they can see better what's going on. Could need to remove part of my bowel, or a there could be a tumor to remove (Dr thinks tumor unlikely). Doctor said most likely it's "diverticulitis disease". I recently had a nose/stomach tube and catheter removed, and am slowly being allowed small amounts of water, so while the road is tough so far so good.
P.S.: About ModMii's biggest update it is still in the works and if mods think it belongs elsewhere to plz move accordingly. For more check the ModMii's thread (says XFlak)
