#ulcerperforation

Throwback to that THIRD time my intestines tried to kill me via a perforated duodenal ulcer. ☠️ #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #duodenalulcer #gastriculcer #stomachulcer #ulcer #emergencysurgery #medicalemergency (at Lancaster, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CckLNO7uKis/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Three years ago today: third ulcer perforation...medical emergency #5. #ulcerperforation #Timehop https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwh2R9hHqJEQvxGj8HT-6Ydk5AkT1ALjUWcq6w0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b5himb01jzdh

Ugh I do not miss that gastric feeding tube! The #njtube was uncomfortable and gross, but the #gtube physically HURT. I only lasted until 8/20 when I went to the ER to beg them to take it out (they did). #jtube #pegtube #gastricfeedingtube #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #gastricbypasscomplications #Timehop

Here I am, one year and two more ulcer perforations later. 🚑 I liked those tubes so much I decided to take one -- the gastric feeding tube -- home with me. </end sarcasm/> My post-up Timehops are extra interesting and amusing because my recollection of post-trauma-and-emergency-surgery social media updates is more than a little hazy. Some of these posts that Timehop digs up are brand-new to me. Yay drugs! 💊 #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #ulcer #duodenalulcer #emergencysurgery #Timehop

This time a year ago: miserable, but alive after a #Toradol induced ulcer perforation, one 911 call, two ambulance rides, three hours of surgery, and a metric assload of #Dilaudid. 👍 That feeding tube was awful - gross, painful, and freaky. I had to put up with it for three weeks. #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #duodenalulcer #ulcer #emergencysurgery #Timehop

Exactly one year ago: perforated duodenal ulcer #2 (2 of 4). The pain was so bad I prayed for death. Luckily, surgery also was an option. ;D #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #duodenalulcer #ulcer #emergencysurgery

A love note to my bariatric surgeon. In a few hours I'll be having my bypass-to-sleeve revision in the hopes of curing these ulcers once and for all! 2nd surgery in five weeks, 4th in a year, 10th since my original gastric bypass in 2009, and 11th in all. I'm exhausted! #gastricbypassrevision #gastricbypass #gastricsleeve #ulcerperforation #ulcer

Successful healing from any type of painful ordeal entails making peace and embracing positivity. What you're looking at is me embracing positivity by sending a heartfelt thank-you letter to the ER doctor who took me at my word instead of writing me off as a drug-seeking lunatic. He could have extended my physical agony and emotional terror by many horrible hours that day by making me answer all sorts of pointless questions and go through all sorts of pointless diagnostic tests designed to weed out the seekers from the actual injured/dying (I was the latter). But this doctor, who had never met me before, took me at my word. He believed me, or at least believed me *enough* to put aside his reservations, administer blessed IV pain relief, order an immediate CT, obtain the CT results, and contact my bariatric surgery team and arrange for an ambulance transport... ...all on the span of half an hour. I posted the long but heartfelt and completely unedited letter here: http://www.jenn.nu/2016/05/13/a-letter-to-the-er-doctor-who-believed-me/ I will be forever grateful to this doctor, and I hope my letter to him (mailing today) adequately expresses that gratitude. #ulcerperforation #perforatedulcer #ulcer #emergencysurgery #jenndotnu