brilliant news...it would've got to Friday and she'd be stuck for the weekend otherwise!!! xxx

That's great news. Just pray there are no more setbacks for her.

I've been without internet since my last post,
bad news about having to go back in.
Good news that Sanji is home again!

Just chill out Sanji, get better and have a good Christmas!

Hi Folks
After 8 weeks I managed to switch my main computer on yesterday - the tablet is ok for doing small tasks but I find it tends to get its knickers in a twist if I want to type a meaningful reply.
Anyhow, I'd just like to say a very very heart felt and sincere thank you to those of you who posted messages of concern regarding the state of my health.

I've been through an array of emotions especially during the long nights in hospital and praying it wasn't something more sinister with a capital C, I've felt anxiety, frustration and being reduced to a bumbling wreck of being unable to stop weeping.
I think the lowest point was having an infected wound that was discharging all kinds of gunk and being taken back into hospital because I was unable to breathe.

I'd had no indication that I was so ill - we'd been to Spain and had two great holidays gorging ourselves on some good food in the hotel, and then at the end of October I started with stomach cramps that were like childbirth pains, and I generally began to get picky over my food and sometimes would look at the plate and feel sick.
Dave forced me to see my GP, who gave me a prescription for heartburn.

It came to a head when I started again with horrendous pain one evening and I began vomiting neat bile - neat bile has to be the most obnoxious substance that god ever made - ok inside you, but absolutely the most disgusting stuff to have coming out of your throat and nose.

One Consultant said to me " your problem Mrs xxxx, is that you have too many people looking after you" and she was right, I was being bounced back and forth between the surgical team and the medical team.

The medical team were pumping intravenous steroids into me to try and reduce the inflammation in my intestines, and the surgical team were holding back to see if the steroids worked before embarking on major bowel surgery - and In the meantime I was as high as a kite and not part of this planet on Tramadol and Morphine being administered through a cannula in my leg.

My Consultant were the buck finally stopped, he said "that whatever I'd got, I'd had a long time" - that may be true, but prior to the start of the pain, it never manifested itself into symptoms which caused me to think about seeing my GP.

I didn't know too much about Crohn's disease, apart from knowing it is an inflammation of the intestines and removing the infected part is not the end solution to the problem, because it can flare up again in a different section of the bowel, and it comes to the point of how much bowel can you keep cutting out?

Each day is different - some days it's 3 steps forward and 2 steps back - my immune system is at rock bottom with the high end ( and very expensive antibiotics they used) and I'm on a reducing steroid programme.

In hindsight, I've been lucky - I don't have cancer, he managed to shuffle things around and avoid a stoma, and for that alone I'm relieved.
It's going to be around the end of Feb and into March before I feel anything like my old self....and I have to teach my bowels how to behave properly, and embark on learning to live the rest of my life dealing with Crohn's.

I've probably said too much - sorry if I have - at times like this true friends come forward, and without Dave who has been there for me every second of the day and night, I wouldn't have got through this without him

Sanji x

Hi Sanji

It's lovely to see a post from you and the realisation that you are up to posting again. You have really been through it, but hopefully the worst is behind you and you can learn to adapt to the new set of circumstances your health has given you. Glad to hear you are at home and feeling a little better, Dave was obviously a great support so you must feel blessed to have him with you.

Look after yourself, Doe x

Sanji it is lovely to see you back again, you're going to have to take it easy for a bit and you will probably get a bit frustrated with that, i'm sure, but take it easy.

Take it easy xxxx

Dear, oh Lord, everything after that is a bonus. May you be blessed with a full recovery, as I'm sure your positive outlook on life will decree... always remember, anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger...
The very best Irish wishes

Great to see a new post from you Sanji, it must mean you have turned a corner and feeling on the better side of grotty rather than the other side. Lots of us have been thinking of you and very glad to have you back on here.

It's wonderful to see you back Sanji and to know that you are now on the right road, though you still have a way to go before you really feel OK again. Take it one day at a time and do not try to do too much too soon, however much it bugs you to sit around not being 'in charge'. You have been and will continue to be in all our thoughts, as has your family. Take care and remember we love you. xx.

I'm very glad to see you posting again Sanji!

You take it steady and get yourself well.

Have a good Christmas at home with your loved ones.

Ps: Where's the video review of the hospital food?

It was so good to see a reply from you, Im pleased it isnt the big one but it does go through your mind , but recovery recovery now, please look after yourself and try to have a really Happy Christmas to you also Dave, you are a man in a million, God bless you both. So pleased you are on the mend

Margaret(madmum)

Welcome back Sanji - wishing you a speedy recovery!

Welcome back Sanji - glad you are feeling better now and that you continue to do well XX

So pleased that you are on the mend! You've been a great source of information for the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol for me over the years. Thanks and all good wishes. Linda x

Glad to see you posting again Sanji, I hope you are soon on the road to better health.

Hope Christmas is good for you.

Linda

Just in case Sanji doesn't log in as regularly may I thank you all on her behalf for all your kind thoughts and best wishes.

( I know her son has flown in from Hong Kong to spend Christmas with her and Dave )

I'm so pleased that their son will be with them for Christmas, as I'm sure it will be a real tonic for them both. Thanks for keeping us up-dated Glynis.

That's nice news Glynis, thanks for keeping us posted I know she will be over the moon to see him, a wonderful Christmas present for her and Dave.

Doe