Well some of ya'll may remember a couple of years ago I had my gallbladder removed and spent a couple of weeks in the hospital. The reason I had to have my gallbladder removed was it was generating gallstones and causing me to have pancreatitis.....thats a serious diesase that happens when the pancreas gets pissed off and starts to make too many enzymes, basicaly it begins to digest itself.
Well on june the fourteenth I woke up feeling pretty good, it was saturday and I did'nt have to work. I got a cup of coffee and went out and was playing with our dog when I started feeling bad..........in less than thirty minutes I went from feeling good to asking my wife to take me to the emergency room. The last thing I remember is walking thru the sliding doors at the emergency room and shouting that I needed a doctor.
Remember this is like nine oclock on june 14th, I woke up TWENTY ONE surgerys later on august nineteenth.............I was out of it for more than two months. Turns out my pancreas was really pissed this time, it destroyed half of itself, ate three holes into my intestines, desolved the lining that seperates your intestines from your ab mussels and was dumping acid into my bloodstream. I dont remember any of it, but they tell me that I stopped breathing and had to be put on a ventilator to breathe for me, my kidneys shut down and I went into renal failure,caught pnuemonia and developed a staph infection................The doctors told my ol' lady I probably would'nt make it.
They say for two weeks I was on the edge but slowly I started to improve and pulled out of it....Well I've been home for about three weeks now and am healing, there is still a wound from the surgery that a nurse comes twice a day to change the bandages on.Iit will be a couple of months before the wound heals compleatly................if chicks dig scars, man i'm a total stud................I also have a cholostomy bag now...............will have for about a year while my intestines heal then it will be removed and I'll be back to normal. My employer has been so cool....they are paying my full salery until I can get back to work ,(I'm hoping I can in about another month).
I know it sounds like what everybody says, but it really makes you appreicate what you have. My ol' lady, kids and freinds ....................... You just never know whats going to happen so live life to it's fullest every day, take time with family and freinds and remember every day above ground is a good day.

Later, Mike

Ill toast to survival!!!:beer :beer :beer congrats on making it out alive, on chicks diggin scars, and the salary. to bring ya up to date on the two months ya missed, ah who am i kiddin ya didnt miss all that much. but hey i got an idea... lets not do that again huh? :beer :goodfinge :beer

did she spend all your money while you were laid up :shrug


kidding man ... holy geez bud.. that's a hell of a story .. very happy you are back with us ... many have wondered what had happened to you .. I guess it is a good excuse

be strong buddy .. hang in there

Congrats on making it .. and making it back to us too :beer

Is that the best excuse you have for your absence...?:brownbag


Jeez man, Its always cool to hear a story like that, And know that because of modern medicine..Someone made it through a life threatening situation.

Everyday above ground is definately a happy day.

mike

being that ive met you, and have talked to you some, this is just crazy. between you and aarons happenings lately, im really taking my life a little more seriously. in the last few years ive started drinking, driving horribly, street racing, and all kinds of other stuff. i think this is almost like a slap in the face to tell me to get my crap together and become a better person, care for myself a little better, and be an overall better person. thanks for telling us your story mike, glad to see ya back alive and well

wes

im glad to hear you made it out of the alive, and hopefully your recovery will be good, i wish ya the best of luck, and congrats on the nice scars!


air

damn dude thats alot to go thru. glad you made it.:thumbup

:eek: we missed you here. sucks to hear what you have gone through. that is alot for one person to overcome but if anyone can do it im sure you can.. hope the recovery goes well and you get back to normal.. if there is such a thing.

Glad to hear you're still with us, Get well soon. :thumbup :cool:

I don't know you. But I'm glad to hear everything worked out for you. So is the nurse hot? Does she give you a sponge bath. I always wanted a sponge bath Hmmmm.

Hey bud...remember

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

:thumbup

Get well soon...

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holy crap man, sorry to hear you went through all that, glad you made it though, missed ya round these parts. hope to talk to you soon

damn dude sounds like a rough couple of months, I thought I saw a post looking for you and made me kinda wonder where ya went. glad to have you back and wish you luck with a speedy recovery

DUDE !!

Welcome back. :D

glad you made out of the hospital alive,

Not many do. That place scares the sheeyot out of me.

that made my stomache hurt. Good luck on the recovery:thumbup

Man that blows!! Glad you are on your way to a full recovery. The man upstairs definately wasn't ready for ya. Glad he let ya stay with us a while longer. It's definately nice to hear when an employer takes care of their own. A young guy here at work found out he had colon cancer. He fought it for a year but to no avail. Our company to the best of my knowledge paid his salary during the whole year.

Anyways, glad you are back and the wife didn't sell the bronco while you were under....:toothless :toothless

:angel :angel

that would be scarey man. how did it feel knowing you lost the two months? I would be freaked out, but not much you can do about it :) Im glad you are doing ok and are getting ready to tackle everything again. :thumbup

Originally posted by 94_chickentaco


Not many do. That place scares the sheeyot out of me.


Oh, its not that bad. I spent two weeks there once and I made it out in one piece. :D




That's a hell of a story big mike, glad to hear you're ok now. :thumbup

First of all i'm glad ya pulled on through.
Second--Is it to early to ask for a rear bumper for my 74???? :shrug :D

I kinda figured something had happened since I've tried to call you a couple of times on your cell phone and also tried to pm you a few times. Take care and I hope to see ya on the trails again.

Brian

yikes!!!! thats quite an ordeal you went through.
glad to hear your among the living. i hope from here on out, lifes a bit easyer on ya.

WOW don't know you either but best wishes anyways get well soon.:thumbup

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Doc says it will take about ten months before they can go in and put everything back together, then another couple of months to get over that surgery.
I've missed the board and am glad that I can get back on the computer. I probably wont post much for awhile cause its hard to think and type on the pills I'm taking..........:duh

Originally posted by big mike
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Doc says it will take about ten months before they can go in and put everything back together, then another couple of months to get over that surgery.
I've missed the board and am glad that I can get back on the computer. I probably wont post much for awhile cause its hard to think and type on the pills I'm taking..........:duh


Maybe you and Firegu should exchange #'s...

Speaking of fire...Where is he today?

Wow, what an ordeal!:shocked I'm glad you were able to get thru it :chili: When times get tuff, I always remember what my late grandmother once told me- "God never gives you anything you can't handle." Big ups to big mike !!! Your speedy recovery will be in my family's prayers.

I also have a cholostomy bag now...............will have for about a year while my intestines heal then it will be removed and I'll be back to normal

don't wanna steal your thread, glad to see you are doing much better.

i got diagnosed with crones disease laast month i was in the hospital for a week and was told the next time (hope not) i see a certain doctor, i'll need one of those.
i also found out that i'm not a fan of cathodes or cathoders (i forget which one it is)
my roommate at the hospital has stomach cancer, i haven't seen him since i was discharged, sorry to be honest but he wasn't gonna last much longer, it was too big to remove and unfortumnately he also knew this. his family was nice to me and one of his daughters works with a friend of mine.

anyways, from now on no more greasy food, no tomato, nothing spicy, i am still testing the water with food. i feel if something bugs me almost instantly after eating it.

but like i said glad to see that you are felling much better.
hang in there big M.
:thumbup

Wally you dont need a bag with crones disease.


Big Mike, i hope u recover quickly without any complications or troubles. I honestly dont think we have talked cause i didnt join until october, but i do hope u get well and everything turns out great for you.

way to take one for the team , i think there was enough wrong to cover everyones deasese. its good thing you came thru... much <3 for mike.

hope ya get to feelin better...sorry to hear that

How are ya doing now??????

Most importantly. Did your wife put fuel-stabil in the gas tank while you were out?

What was the first thing youasked about when you woke up?