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I WAS RELEASED FROM ST. JOESEPHS HOSPITAL FIVE DAYS AGO, AFTER SUFFERING A 2MONTH ORDEAL, AND A NEAR BRUSH WITH DEATH. I HAD MY ORIGINAL SURGERY NOV. 20/09 . THE MINUTE I WOKE UP IN RECOVERY I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.... I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN LOCATED MOSTLY IN MY LEFT BACK AREA, THE PAIN WAS SOOO INTENSE , SHORTLY AFTER BEING RELOCATED TO MY ROOM I STARTED TO BLEED FROM MY LAPROSCOPIC SITES, AND THE BLOOD WAS POURING OUT. I WAS STICHED UP WITHOUT ANY FREEZING, I COULD NOT EVEN FEEL THE STICHES FOR THE PAIN IN OTHER AREAS. THE NEXT DAY MY STOMACH WAS BLACK AND BLUE, DUE TO THE FACT SOME OF THE STAP;ES HAD GIVEN WAY AND I WAS BLEEDING INTERNALLY, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN , THAT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I THOUGHT DEATH WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION. THE WEEKS FOLLOWING I STARTED TO THROW UP BILE AND THEN FOUND IT WAS LEAKING AND BUILDING UP IN MY BODY, I NEEDED DESPREATLY TO BE DRAINED, AFTER RECIEVING MY DRAINAGE BAG I STILL WAS NOT GETTING BETTER..... MY BOWELS WERE NOT WORKING AT ALL. A MONTH AFTER MY FIRST OPERATION I WAS GIVEN A SECOND OPERATION. THIS ONE SHOWED THAT MY LOWER INTESTINES WERE SCARRED AND TWISTED, THEY HAD TO REMOVE A PORTION IN ORDER FOR MY BOWELS TO START WORKING AGAIN, THEY ALSO REPAIRED SOME STAPLES IN MY STOMACH. THE PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND OPERATION (WELL THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE PROBLEM, BUT HERE IS THE FIRST) YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HORRIBLE GAS AGAIN.. AND AS MY BOWELS WERE NOT WORKING SO WELL IT WAS DREADFUL. SO I SEEM TO BE ON THE MEND, ABOUT A WEEK LATER MY SURGICAL WOUND GETS INFECTED,,,,, AND IS NOT HEALING SO THEY HOOK ME UP WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE VAC WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO SPEED HEALING. ALL THIS TIME OF BEING SOO SICK iI AM VOMITTING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND UNABLE TO EAT EVEN A LITTLE BIT,, THE NUTRITIONIST PUTS ME ON A IV DRIP TPN BAG THAT CONSISTS OF 2000 CALORIES, SO OF COURSE I AM NOT LOSING WEIGHT. OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS I FORCED MYSELF TO EAT WHAT I COULD... THEY DID NOT RESTRICT MY INTAKE . DISPITE CONTRACTING BOTH VRE AND MRSA MY WOUND HEALED ENOUGH TO TAKE THE VAC OFF AND TWO DAYS LATER I WAS TAKEN OFF THE TPN AND SENT HOME. SINCE HOME, THE FIRST FEW DAYS WERE AWFUL AND I CONTINUED TO THROW UP ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY HAD TOLD ME AT THE HOSPITAL THAT I MIGHT ALWAYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM,,,,, i WAS SO DEPRESSED AND SAD I STARTED TO SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT MY DIET AND PROTIEN THAT THEY HAD NOT TALKED TO ME ABOUT IN THE HOSPITAL, SINCE I HAVE BEEN REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT GETTING ENOUGH PROTIEN WITH NO FAT OR SUGARS, i HAVE BEEN FEELING MUCH BETTER YESTERDAY AND TODAY, I HAVE FOUND THAT ALOT OF THE THROWING UP I HAD WAS WHAT THEY CALL DUMPING, AND ALOT OF MY DISCOMFORT COULD OF BEEN AVOIDED BY A PROPER DIET IN THE HOSPITAL. AT THIS [POINT I WISH I HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE SURGERY, I CRY ALOT AND FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF EVEN MORE, I NEED A BETTER OUTLOOK ..... BETTER DAYS AHEAD!!! ON A BRIGHTER SIDE I ACTUALLY LOST 14LBS IN THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER 10 SINCE I HAVE BEEN HOME.