After being discharged from hospital in mid-December, I was now beginning the several month-long process of recovery from my skin flap surgery. The most important aspect of this was the strict avoidance of putting any pressure on the area from which the flap was taken and the area to which it was relocated. For me,Continue reading “SGAP Surgery: Recovery and Finally Sitting Again.”
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SGAP: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.
After waiting on the plastic surgery ward for almost 11 hours, I was finally called down to surgery at about 5 pm. I was so relieved that something was finally going to be done about the ridiculously large open wound I’d been living with for a few weeks now. But unfortunately, things didn’t quite goContinue reading “SGAP: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.”
Ileostomy Surgery, Part 6: The Disaster of Going Home and Needing MORE Surgery.
After everything that I’d endured throughout my time in hospital for my stoma surgery, I was thrilled to be finally going home. My last day was mainly tying a series of loose ends, doing all the before-you-leave checks and sorting out prescriptions. But I also had to have my stomach staples removed. I wasn’t exactlyContinue reading “Ileostomy Surgery, Part 6: The Disaster of Going Home and Needing MORE Surgery.”
Me and My Crohn's 