So you know I told you I needed a pacemaker for my stomach because it doesn't empty properly? Well. They diagnosed that completely wrong! I went to the hospital a few weeks ago and had a bearium meal. The results showed that I have something called gastric volvulus. It's basically where your stomach has twisted 180 degrees on its side. The symptoms are, a swollen stomach, terrible stomach pain and vomiting....well I have been showing these signs for more than a year and no one has paid any attention to me. So I went for another appointment to discuss surgery. My transplant team are involved now because they no me and no what they done inside me. It's major surgery and I will probably be in hospital five weeks. It's thrown off my college course but if they do it now I should be able to catch up. I'm just really annoyed to be honest. Not at surgery but at my doctor for not picking it up sooner. It can be very dangerous and you can die from it if it's not treated and depending how bad the volvulus is.
Thanks for reading,
Grace xx
No comments:
Post a Comment