I started having stomach pains the morning of Aug 15. Not real bad at first but by late evening I knew something was seriously wrong. I began to worry that I had appendicitis. Had to have the wife drive me to St Francis E.R. in Bartlett. Methodist North is closer to home but there was no way I was gonna go there, not with the people I saw in that E.R. waiting room last time I was there.
E.R. doc also suspected appendicitis but it turns out we were both wrong. I was diagnosed with diverticulitis and there was a large abscess on my bowel. After many doses of antibiotics and 10 days of being fed through an I.V. , no real food at at all the abscess drained itself into my bowels and they let me go after being sure I could eat a soft diet. I'm going to need a colonoscopy in mid Oct and the doc told me to be prepared to have that section of bowel removed because he believes it will cause me more trouble in the future.
Man this sucks but at least I,m still here above ground.