Emergency surgery 9-28-10

Oct 05, 2010

 Well everything was going perfect. That is until I had lunch on Monday the 28Th. I was at O'Charley's, I had a very small portion of grilled Tilapia and some steamed rice. Before I could get the check I had this horrible pain on my right side under my ribs. At first I thought it was gas so I paid the tab and went home. After being at home for an hour or so the pain had gotten so bad I could no longer tolerate it. I called my surgeon and they told me to come to the office which is located right beside the hospital. Lucky for me that it was. By the time I had got to his office I was hurting worse than I have ever hurt in my 41 years. I have had eleven kidney stones along with 7 surgeries to get rid of them and up until this I would have told you that there is no pain that can be that bad. I was wrong. This pain was blinding. I was crying like a baby. When I walked into his office and he saw me he immediately starting writing orders to have me admitted to the hospital. I went to direct admit and initially got 8mg of morphine. It did NOTHING. They gave me another 2 mg within five minutes of the first dose, it to, did NOTHING. Next they gave me 50 mg of Demerol, and like the morphine, no relief, I mean none. They gave me 8 more morphine and I had no relief. I had to suffer it long enough to get to cat scan and then directly to the operating room. I had some kind of hernia, incarceration or something like that. All I know is the first hint of relief I felt was when they were putting me to sleep. I was soaking wet from sweat and was really weak. I never remember feeling that weak. I could feel life leaving my body. That's how bad it hurt. I awoke completely relieved. I was so happy and tired at the same time. My surgeon told me that the blood flow had been cut off to my colon and some of my bowel. He said if it had been another hour I would have had some bowel that would have died. The reason for all of this? Who knows. He said it was kind of a freak thing to happen. As far as I'm concerned I will NEVER eat at O'charley's again, nor will I eat Tilapia again. He assured me that had nothing to do with it, but just to be on the safe side, I am done with them both. I remained in the hospital until Saturday the 2nd. I returned home pain free and feeling rested. I had my follow up today and everything looks great. I sure hope this never happens to anyone else. Although I only suffered that pain for seven hours or so, it is the hardest thing I have ever been through. It was just that bad. It seemed like it took DAYS.

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