It's surgery time

I was admitted to the hospital last night following an episode of severe pain and vomiting. It's still going on, but they have me on some antinausea meds and dialuted, so I'm okay right now. The dialuted doesn't even touch my pain at times though.

Anyway, the docs are pretty sure I have a small bowel obstruction and/or appendicitis. Either way, they're pretty sure I'm getting surgery- and soon. If it's just appendicitis, then my GI still wants the surgeon to take out at least 3cm of my ileum (not very much). I'm waiting to go use the CAT scan and then they're going to decide what they want to do, but I've already talked to the surgeon.

I'm so ready for surgery right now. I can barely stand this anymore.

So- any tips?

You know sometimes we just get so sick and our quality of life gets so bad that surgery is the only answer. I hope this surgery leads to a long long remission. Be sure to get back on maintenance meds afterwards so you don't have a repeat. Hugs!

I totally understand your pain...I had severe pain the other day while in the ER and even 10mg of morphine didn't get rid of all the pain... :( still have pain too :/ good luck though won't be all that bad. Anything for better quality of life!

Thanks everybody for the well wishes. I did get to use the CT scan, and could hear them kind of talking in the back saying things like, "yeah, that's gotta be it. that's what they're looking for." Still haven't gotten the results back yet though, so no word on when.

I'm admittedly a baby when it comes to pain, so I really hope they take care of it...

I will be continuing Crohn's meds after surgery. I'll be on Cimzia. Hopefully this combo will keep me in remission for a very long time. I just want to get on with my life.

Good luck and best wishes with your surgery xx