Update

Jul 07, 2009

I've honestly been through hell and back the past 7 weeks. I had pneumonia and went to the ER and later found out I had a leak at 7 months out. I was admitted to the hospital and was there for 20 days. I went into the hospital wearing a size 8 and came out wearing a size 4. I'm still not allowed to eat or drink anything and haven't since May 22. I'm fed daily through an IV at home, but it takes 14 hours to cycle. I had another Upper GI yesterday and everything looks almost healed, just a little "wisp" still leaking through, so its awesome news and that means I'm almost healed. My surgeon was very impressed at how quickly it was healing. He said hes going to consult with the surgeon from Johns Hopkins to see what else needs to be done. But I'm so happy that its healing on it's own and wont require additional surgery. I go back in 2 weeks for another Upper GI and I hope it'll be my last. It's amazing how sick I've been since March and was misdiagnosed several times by several different doctors. I feel very blessed because that I've healed as well as I have, apparently people die from leaks. So my bit of advice if you are sick and feel like something is wrong, persue it. I didn't and got to the point where my body was full of infection and had almost 3 weeks in the hospital. I'm just blessed that there was a hospital that look at my lung ct scan and noticed a pattern in pockets in my lungs that led to my stomach and he was the first to suggest that it might be a leak. I think I've had one for a while, my surgeon thinks my colon (which apparently is abnormally large) rubbed up against my staple line before it was completely healed and caused the leak.

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