Author Topic: So I'm getting my small intenstines chopped out (Read 5814 times)

Bebpo · « **on:** February 24, 2009, 02:39:49 PM »

Anyone want to buy them?

Anyhow, went for a colonoscopy/endoscopy today. The drugs were very nice, but 2 hours later oh man are my internals fucking sore and shrieking in pain. Well turns out my small intenstine is so damn narrow it's a surprise anything can get through and that I haven't been whisked to the ER and surgically Frankensteined over the past year. So I'm going up to LA on Friday to talk with my new best friend the surgeon and set an operation date hopefully within a week or two after that. They're going to take out something like less than a foot but more than 6" of my small intenstine and then sew up the remaining stuff to my large intestine. Sounds fun! Luckily I will be on lots of drugs at the time and during the days following until I recover and can eat food stuffs again. But then I should become HUMAN again, which I haven't quite been for 4 years-ish now, which should be cool.

Exciting times!

lordmaji · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:46:53 PM »

Hrmmm I don't think anyone knows how to respond to something like that man.

Eric P · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:47:03 PM »

do you get a neat chair?

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:50:21 PM »

oh dear

I can only hope that the business end of your tooter is quick to heal. Hope all these procedures don't drag out on you dude.

tiesto · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:09:00 PM »

Damn, hopefully everything will go well with the surgery...

Bebpo · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:19:18 PM »

Thanks. I'm not too worried about the surgery because it's orthoscopic(?) where instead of cutting you open like jack the ripper, they go in through your belly button and use a scope that has magic fingers and it's not a huge deal. The survival rate seems astronomically high and people with Crohn's get this done regularly (studies show that like 80% of people with Crohn's get this done at some point in their life).

I just wish DQIX hadn't been delayed so I could have moped around and played some DQ while recovering in bed afterwards. But maybe I'll rip DQVII to my psp and play that instead.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:34:50 PM »

my old man had this done and was fine.

Himu · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:36:05 PM »

Bebpo, my pal. Good luck.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:59:32 PM »

Am I the only one who just assumed this was a TVC topic?

Good luck man, stuff like that is nearly routine by now!

Tauntaun · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:44:01 PM »

Whip people with it!

drew · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:02:06 PM »

yep, this is what ultimately killed my grandma. a piece of her intestine died & they had to cut it out, 4 months later shes gone

but oh the drugs you get for this kind of stuff is aaa. morphine, tramadol, oxycontin, fentanyl patches and iv drips oh my etc

muckhole · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:40:32 PM »

Good luck, Bebpo. You'll be on your way to lightning-fast poops soon enough!

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2009, 06:38:03 PM »

Bebpo you are a real man now

xoxo

Akala · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:03:42 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 24, 2009, 02:39:49 PM

Anyone want to buy them?

Anyhow, went for a colonoscopy/endoscopy today. The drugs were very nice, but 2 hours later oh man are my internals fucking sore and shrieking in pain. Well turns out my small intenstine is so damn narrow it's a surprise anything can get through and that I haven't been whisked to the ER and surgically Frankensteined over the past year. So I'm going up to LA on Friday to talk with my new best friend the surgeon and set an operation date hopefully within a week or two after that. They're going to take out something like less than a foot but more than 6" of my small intenstine and then sew up the remaining stuff to my large intestine. Sounds fun! Luckily I will be on lots of drugs at the time and during the days following until I recover and can eat food stuffs again. But then I should become HUMAN again, which I haven't quite been for 4 years-ish now, which should be cool.

Exciting times!

What has been wrong for four years?

Good luck with the surgery.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:06:19 PM »

Good luck dude.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:56:12 PM »

Quote from: Akala on February 24, 2009, 07:03:42 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on February 24, 2009, 02:39:49 PM
Anyone want to buy them?

Anyhow, went for a colonoscopy/endoscopy today. The drugs were very nice, but 2 hours later oh man are my internals fucking sore and shrieking in pain. Well turns out my small intenstine is so damn narrow it's a surprise anything can get through and that I haven't been whisked to the ER and surgically Frankensteined over the past year. So I'm going up to LA on Friday to talk with my new best friend the surgeon and set an operation date hopefully within a week or two after that. They're going to take out something like less than a foot but more than 6" of my small intenstine and then sew up the remaining stuff to my large intestine. Sounds fun! Luckily I will be on lots of drugs at the time and during the days following until I recover and can eat food stuffs again. But then I should become HUMAN again, which I haven't quite been for 4 years-ish now, which should be cool.

Exciting times!

What has been wrong for four years?

Good luck with the surgery.

Crohn's disease living which has made it harder and harder to socialize freely and enjoy an outgoing lifestyle. Surgery removal of the disease doesn't cure it permanently, but most studies show the diseases doesn't come back for 3-5 years usually and I'll be on medication to prevent it from returning, so maybe longer.

Plus Crohn's is becoming SO prominent right now with everyone knowing someone with Crohn's that tons of new medications are being tested and coming out on a yearly basis, so even if it comes back there might be much better medication in 3-5 years from now to fight it (or maybe with stem cell research they'll find an actual cure for it!).

The main thing is that I only have 1 & 1/2 years of law school + 3 months study time for the bar left. So if I can get back to normal health and during that time finish law school, get a job, and maybe socialize enough to meet a nice girly girly

then even if the disease comes back, by then I'd have a lot of my life together and would be at a more stable time for handling it.

Plus I'll get to eat pizza again for the first time in god knows how long. I love pizza and have sorely missed it (not supposed to eat dairy or tomatoes).

Should be a win win situation.

patrickula · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:14:02 PM »

Yikes, good luck. It should be nice if you're mostly normal for a few years at least.

I hope this doesn't happen to me, my doctor's telling me I need to go on Humira or else it'll be surgery before too long $:-\$ I guess I really need to get on with that.

Yeti · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:27:14 AM »

Good luck, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2009, 01:38:08 AM »

Here's for a speedy and easy recovery!

Bebpo · « **Reply #19 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:54:21 PM »

Thanks for all the cheering and motivation

Update:
I went and saw the surgeon today.

Surgery is pretty straight forward, they cut and sew and then you are good. Have to spend 5 days in the hospital recovering (hopefully hopped up on stuff to make it fun

) and then recovery takes about a month at home. Then I have to come back in a year and they cut me open again and put a camera in to take a look at the stitched up intestine and make sure it's still all good.

They wanted to schedule me for a week from tomorrow, with Friday getting all prepped up for it, but they couldn't book a room at the hospital so I'm either going in on March 20th or 31st depending on if the 20th frees up at the hospital.

I'm a little nervous about the 5 day in-hospital recovery, but otherwise I'm ready to get through this and get healthy again. The surgeon had a fun stat sheet memorized which included the poll that 99.3% of 1 month post-operation patients wish they had done the operation sooner instead of living with Crohn's. Also using this method of aggressive medication post-surgery, the rate of Crohn's returning in patients in the last 3-5 years since they've been doing it is only 4%, which is pretty good assuming the aggressive medication isn't going to be messing you up.

On the plus side with the surgery not for a month I get to see Watchmen and play RE5 before I have to take the plunge.

Oh and the unfortunate bit is that he is not a Blue Cross provider and I am BC, which means even though the Hospital fees will be covered since I've met my deductible this year already, this is probably going to cost me like 10-15k out of my pocket to get healthy again. >_< Thankfully my grandpa left me a good chunk of money when he passed :\ , so I won't be on the street or anything.

Snuflupagulus · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:24:14 AM »

Good luck, Bebpo!

My mom has Crohn's. She had the excision done 20 years ago when it was considered experimental. She has a nice, wide smiley-face scar on her stomach. Should be much less invasive now, I'd hope.

Her recovery was rough. She remained in hospital for about two weeks. Shortly after coming home, she had to return due to acute intestinal pain. The cause: flatulence. Good ol' gas. Be careful about that. Also, be careful about driving and any strenuous activity. Sudden reactions, or even your garden-variety stretch can pull stitches/staples if not careful.

Man, the memories of growing up with a sick parent (and her mother died when she was twelve of Crohn's...what a mind-fuck). Thankfully, she gets monthly B-12 injections. Hasn't been anywhere near prednisone in years. The flare-ups only happen every four months or so. Not anywhere near as bad as they used to be and usually stress/diet related (red meat can destroy her). I've asked her about remicade but her gastroenterologist doesn't seem to believe it would be effective for her.

Good to hear they've developed better and more effective post-op treatments. What are they going to be medicating you with?

Best wishes, Bebpo!

Crushed · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:43:15 AM »

Good luck, hope things turn out well.

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EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2009, 02:59:50 AM »

FUCK YOU CRUSHED
I WON'T SLEEP TONIGHT.

Grecco · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:29:19 AM »

GL man. I had a colonoscopy last month, so i know kind of how your feeling.

Hopefully theres hot nurses in your hospital

MCD · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:34:21 AM »

Good luck bro.

Bebpo · « **Reply #25 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:17:27 PM »

Thanks for all the encouragement. I'm just finishing up my pre-surgery day prep of no eating and all that fun stuff and then I'm going to head to sleep in a few hours. I need to check in at the hospital at 5:15am so that means getting in the car at 4am tomorrow ^^; I don't mind it being so early though since I can't drink any water after midnight so the earlier I get hooked up to a machine the less I feel dehydrated.

Hopefully I'll post something in a few days through my iphone or hospital internet or something and it'll be funny like those drunk threads because I'll be high on crazy meds. I've never been on anything stronger than like vicadine and I'm sure they'll have me on stuff MUCH stronger for the first few days while the insides heal, so that could potentially be wacky fun.

cheers!

Eric P · « **Reply #26 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:19:34 PM »

best of luck!

drew · « **Reply #27 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:51:11 PM »

give me your drugs

Akala · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:05:07 AM »

Good luck man. :cheer

Rman · « **Reply #29 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:12:49 AM »

Good luck, dude.

Tristam · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:00:39 AM »

Good luck!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:17:41 AM »

Good luck!

Where's the surgery going to be?

My sister's a surgeon in the LA area. I'm wondering if you might be at her hospital.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #32 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:26:00 AM »

Good luck!

...are you going to keep your intestines? If not, can I have them?

Bebpo · « **Reply #33 on:** March 31, 2009, 01:29:09 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 31, 2009, 01:17:41 AM

Good luck!

Where's the surgery going to be?

My sister's a surgeon in the LA area. I'm wondering if you might be at her hospital.

Going to be at Cedars.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #34 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:54:16 PM »

best of luck and we at EB will be rooting for ya.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #35 on:** March 31, 2009, 12:56:04 PM »

Good luck, Bebpo, hope everything goes smoothly and you're up and running well very soon!

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #36 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:48:46 PM »

You've always been a cool guy and a credit to any online community, best of luck. I hope you end up with a really cool scar out of all this.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #37 on:** March 31, 2009, 02:51:11 PM »

I guess he's in today.

Himu · « **Reply #38 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:05:51 PM »

Good luck Bebpo. You know I'm rooting for ya.

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #39 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:11:00 PM »

Good luck desu yo~

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #40 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:17:32 PM »

Godspeed, Gundam-brother.

Bebpo · « **Reply #41 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:34:02 PM »

Alive.

muckhole · « **Reply #42 on:** March 31, 2009, 07:19:37 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 31, 2009, 06:34:02 PM

Alive.

All went OK?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #43 on:** March 31, 2009, 07:36:53 PM »

awesome

bringing you in-n-out

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #44 on:** April 01, 2009, 03:53:58 AM »

great news. get well soon!

TVC15 · « **Reply #45 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:16:38 AM »

Good luck, Bebpo.

Quote from: Green Shinobi on March 31, 2009, 02:57:22 PM

I guess you'll have to answer this when you get back, but was this one of your symptoms?

Quote from: wikipedia entry on Crohn's
In severe cases, an individual may have more than 20 bowel movements per day and may need to awaken at night to defecate.

Wow, what a jerkass. I hope they make more drugs illegal.

TVC15 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:41:02 AM »

Well, I get all of my drugs from my pharmacist, so no difference to me. Except my weed.

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demi · « **Reply #47 on:** April 01, 2009, 06:44:52 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 31, 2009, 06:34:02 PM

Alive.

did u go to the lifestream

fwishhh ~~~~

Bebpo · « **Reply #48 on:** April 01, 2009, 07:04:16 AM »

Quote from: Kosma on April 01, 2009, 06:21:14 AM

bebpo is still standing!

cue Elton John.

Sort of standing. Was walking and standing last night, but I guess the anestia was still on effect. Now I'm soooooo swollen and they say Im on their stongest med that's stronger than Morphiuos and his judo.

I hear the surgery went as best it could. They made 3 cuts and took the most min amount out my belly button. They scoped the whole small intestine and everywhere else looked great and healthy, as did the large.

Doctor will be here in about 3 hours to check on me and explain. Glad it's all done and thank god for the iPhone 3g or I would be going crazy from boredooomn

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #49 on:** April 01, 2009, 07:08:45 AM »

Huzzah, hurray, fuck yeah!

Congrats and I wish you the best for your recovery.

tiesto · « **Reply #50 on:** April 01, 2009, 11:00:21 AM »

Good to hear you are doing well! Hope you have a fast recovery.

Yeti · « **Reply #51 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:54:54 PM »

They took your intestines out through your bellybutton? That's pretty neat.

I don't suppose you still have that hole in your bellybutton, do you?

Ganhyun · « **Reply #52 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:56:27 PM »

Good to see your still here.

demi · « **Reply #53 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:08:54 PM »

Did they shave your dick and balls?

Tauntaun · « **Reply #54 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:15:27 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 01, 2009, 05:08:54 PM

Did they shave your dick and balls?

Real talk.

Surgery success FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #55 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:17:53 PM »

i just want to point out it's funny that Tauntaun is posting in a thread about having your intestines removed

Robo · « **Reply #56 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:19:44 PM »

he gettin all up in them guts, the hard way.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #57 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:24:48 PM »

I just want to sniff his removed intestines.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #58 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:25:33 PM »

no it's because you're a "Tauntaun" and in the movie NEVER MIND

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #59 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:27:34 PM »

i'm glad you're okay, bebpo

i totally got the tauntaun joke, patel

http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39665

i wish i'd had this version as a kid:

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Author Topic: So I'm getting my small intenstines chopped out (Read 5814 times)