Living with my condition http://shortbowelfoundation.org/about-short-bowel-syndrome/ (SBS) has affected my life in many different ways over the years — physically, emotionally and socially. They all have their positives and their negatives. These ...
13 years ago I had a 3 cm tumor (?) n my surgeon was convinced that I had Carinoid cancer. Of course hearing those words and having had breast cancer 7 years previously I was not in a position to look into my situation n get second opinion like I s...
Last year April 28th 2016 I was rushed to the emergency room, I was in severe pain it was a pain I never felt before, I was told I had a blockage in my small intestine and they had to do emergency surgery. Resulting in small gut. It was and still is ...
March 2012 I went into the hospital for a vertical band takedown and esophogealjujonectomy to correct a Bowel blockage right below the banding. This was a "routine procedure" that this surgeon "performed on a daily basis." Or so he said. Within days ...
In April 2016 whilst 11 weeks pregnant I had a minor slip in the kitchen no injury but over the next few days I began to get niggly upper abdominal pain and was becoming short tempered and sleepy. Nothing much unusual there though I was working 12 ho...