1000rr said:
Flyingfifer, knocked me for 6. The burst appendix which caused he peritonitis was painful beyond belief( especially as the doc on the out of hours sent me home with it!) but the Sepsis was horrendous. Couldn’t breath, and my body was shutting down after being left so long. I had to be stabilised before a 2.5hr op. My missus who’s NHS went nuts that they sent me home, and very nearly cost me my life, but apparently being a fit bloke helped me through it. Still affected all my organs though, but getting fitter everyday.
When we all got positive to Covid, my missus was worried sick that it would hit me hard as I’ve only been out of hospital for 4 weeks. But weirdly, no symptoms so far..... just tiredness after the sepsis.
I can fully commiserate with this 1000rr as I had exactly the same back in '08. I was 42 and massively into mountain biking at the time, probably the fittest I've ever been. I had a grumbling appendix from Sunday to Wednesday when it finally burst...I thought it was just bad guts! The most excruciating pain I've ever experienced when it burst, almost passed out at work clinging to the sink in the toilets....I couldn't shout or scream out as the pain was so all consuming. Colleague ran me to hospital where I lay in A&E for 3 or 4 hours whilst they decided what was wrong with me. My stomach was now like a football, couldn't breathe, vomiting and becoming delirious they decided to put a drain up my nose and down into my stomach. Instantaneously ejected 2 litres of green bile ! Now the alarm bells finally rang and I went into theatre at 6pm. The surgeon finished the op at 1am ! Basically they lifted all my organs out between my lungs and my backside (in the peritoneum), cleaned everything and put me back together again ! No trace of my appendix to be found ! He told my wife if I wasn't as fit, and if it had happened 10 years earlier (lack of technology) or 10 years later (I would be 52) then 100% I wouldn't have made it
I was in hospital for 5 weeks, they moved me into a private room off the ward as I was so infectious. I was off work for almost 8 months in total. The metal stitches from my chest to my groin became infected also leaving me with the scar from hell which I still have now. I've been hospitalized 4 times over the years since due to abdominal adhesions (bowel scar tissue fusing and constricting the bowel...but that's another story :roll: ), my immune system is very poor, I suffer with migraines, pain and generally speaking I'm 'not half the man I used to be'...but I keep on keeping on ! What's the alternative ? Without a doubt the single worst experience of my life that I still live with now on a daily basis some 13 years later.
I wish you well with your recovery 1000rr and your family also. I really hope it leaves you relatively unaffected in the future