hey sniper, I think with mine, it was 1971, cd wasn't evan cd it was ilitis. I just think they didn't know what to do. I was seriously dying right in front of them. this fistula bulged out, the size of large golfball, protruded out, so then when I started passing food and air, they got me in the hosp. and tried to build me up with vit. I.V. directly into jugler. 2 weeks I layed their, with I.V. in jugler, they kept me full of demerol, and then one day they swooped in my room and swooped me away to surgery. I woke up 4 hr's later, and when I woke up I felt my belly and it was soft, normal feeling. hadn't felt that soft normal belly in 8 months. I swear I was cured. 2 days after surgery, i had this great huge normal bm, my dr's and nurses wanted to party. my dr said eat food, whatever you want, whenever you want it. i gained 15 pounds in 2 weeks after surgery in hosp. Now for the shocker, I didn't have ins. my total bill for 1 year, hosp. probably spent 7 months in hosp. er so many times I wouldn't evan begin to try to count. 4 surgeries. total bill $28,000. I did have partial ins. so my parents had to pay 7 grand. But still today, that bill probably a million bucks today.
AG