going in for surgery tuesday

[sblt500r]

i've had some intestinal problems for over a year now and i'm finally getting it fixed. i've had a good amount of pain, lost about 40lbs, diarea, thowing up, before they finally figured out whats wrong. they need to take out about 4 inches of my small intestine as its turned into scar tissue. i had this same surgery about 6 years ago now, my intestines were all inflammed, i was really sick, had to remove a foot back them. and for what ever reason they didn't heal right and a section turned to scar tissue and is partialy blocking my intestines. so they have to remove the bad section. i'll be in the hospital atleast a week probably more till they heal. it took me so long to have this surgery becuse they thought ihad a chron's flair up so they were treating me with medication which made me feel worse. second opinion finally told me it was scar tissue and meds won't help.

so i just wanted to let everyone know i won't be around for awhile. and hopefully after this i'll be back to normal.

[jeswinehart]

Good luck Shawn. I hope your hospital stay is short and the recoup time even shorter.

john

[dcreel]

Good luck man. I've had this done as well. I'll be thinking about you. I had 18" removed in January.

[sblt500r]

thanks guys, hopefully everything goes well.

[R-tifacts]

Good luck with surgery and recovery.

[fabiodriven]

Good luck Shawn!

[atc007]

Hopefully feeling better?? We're all thinking of you!