Monday, June 28, 2010

Day 7

Still in hospital. Attitude fluctuating. Drugs help, but make me sleepy. I miss my life.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Acute Complicated Diverticulitis

This is what I have. I thought it was the flu at first, you know barfing, stomach cramps, the standard business. But my stomach continued to ache and the barfing wasn't letting up even though there was nothing left. So off to the hospital I went, (last Tuesday night). After lots of tests they diagnosed me with diverticulitis. If you're over 40, you probably have it too, so watch out.

If you'd like to know more about this lovely disease, check this out:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/diverticulosis/

Basically, I had a bulge in my colon. As I said before, most of you out there have one too. It's normal, and usually you have no symptoms. Usually. The bulge is sort of like a hernia. In my case the bulge turned into a hole and then the pain got worse, and the fever, etc.

The cure? Lots of IV antibiotics, with the hope that it will heal naturally, sort of like a scab. It can happen. It just goes real slow. My fever is down. I still have a little pain and some other problems (that I will not get into).

I'm hoping to go home tomorrow or Monday. It's strange to be in the hospital so long. Extremely boring, but I feel too sick to do much to keep me from being bored.

Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer.