i almost died to weeks ago...
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From: Northern NJ
Hoping you have a speedy recovery.
Hugo
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From: Oman
Hopefully you will be able to look back on this rather serious life experience event some time in the not too disteant future and reflect on the fact that you really had a true life experience of "**** or bust!".
Wishing you a speedy recovery and hopefully you will have the re-section done with in no time and then be back better than ever.
In the mean time you might consider solving something- I have often wondered whether a colostomy bag could drive a set of bag pipes!
Good luck!
Fred
Wishing you a speedy recovery and hopefully you will have the re-section done with in no time and then be back better than ever.
In the mean time you might consider solving something- I have often wondered whether a colostomy bag could drive a set of bag pipes!
Good luck!
Fred
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From: Atlanta Ga
No way, I don't think you can create a colostomy bag pipe, they are not that robust, hot water bottle bagpipe maybe. I'll bet his best day of this entire ordeal was when he could ditch that bag. I felt awful for the man who the TSA wouldn't listen to that had feces all over him after they depressed his bag during pat down...
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From: K-town, Germany
Glad you're on the mend and seriously, thank you for posting this. I was told I had slight diverticulitis years ago after a colonoscopy and have never given it a second thought--nor was I ever told what symptoms to look for. Now if I ever have the symptoms you mentioned, that will be the first thing I tell the doc!
I just read Wikipeda and under the symptoms, it sounds like yours: "Patients often present with the classic triad of left lower quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis (an elevation of the white cell count in blood tests). Patients may also complain of nausea or diarrhea; others may be constipated."
I just read Wikipeda and under the symptoms, it sounds like yours: "Patients often present with the classic triad of left lower quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis (an elevation of the white cell count in blood tests). Patients may also complain of nausea or diarrhea; others may be constipated."
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Yikes! Congrats on dodging a big bullet, especially since your rheumatologist and GP didn't help. I've dodged a few close ones too (malignant melanoma, aortic aneurysm), but in both cases a GP I didn't know serendipitously saved my life. You can't make this stuff up. Congrats to you and the ER doc that didn't just give you an enema.
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From: southern new england
Health, feeling good actually, is the most important thing in life, without it nothing much matters. You have to take as good of care of your body as some do their cars. Preventive maintenance is the best.
Glad you are on the mend!
Glad you are on the mend!
Race Car
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From: Greensboro, NC
Glad you are okay-you dodged 2 bullets. C-Diff gave my late father toxic megacolon-that led to sepsis and 3 months of hell before he had no more strength to fight. It would have been 3 days had he not been at a top hospital...
Take good care-you only get one body and spare parts are far more expensive than anything for a 928...and most are NLA...
Take good care-you only get one body and spare parts are far more expensive than anything for a 928...and most are NLA...
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From: Bristow, VA
So,when they go back are you going to get 3" all the way or just a cat back setup? Maybe a rear mount turbo and a blowoff valve?
Oh and of course you'll need some before/after Dyno plots to prove any gains, otherwise we'll all call bull****.
Oh and of course you'll need some before/after Dyno plots to prove any gains, otherwise we'll all call bull****.
Race Car
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From: Fla
Docs told us that 50% of people have diverticuli in their colon by the age of 60. Whether it becomes diverticulitis or not may be another matter. Longstanding info says its what you eat that can lead to the pockets becoming infected. Mayo & her specialists said no, that's not the current thinking, but they don't know what causes it. She still went 2-3 yrs not eating anything on the No Fly List & still every 5-10 months she would end up in the hospital with an infection. I did my own analysis over the last 2 yrs & concluded that it was stress that brought on her attacks. Every single time she had a bad attack, it was on or right after her two most stressful days at work & specifically during extra stressful times. She internalizes too much.
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From: Canada
Glad to hear you're feeling better. I have a friend who's almost similar issues and doesn't believe he needs a colonoscopy even at 57. I will show him your thread when he returns from an overseas trip
