is anyone familiar with this? 2 yrs ago my intestine ruptured from a major diverticulitis infection. When it ruptured it also infected 2 other parts of my intestines as well as my pelvic organs and my lower abdomen. I have had several surgeries since and just recently in the past few months have been having more good days than bad. I have lost 45 pounds and every time i get sick i lose about 10 more. My intestines are sooo sensitive that i have to be soo careful of what i eat and often have to stay on a liquid(boost) diet. i take meds consistently to calm pain and burning but on bad days the meds don't touch it. My drs have no treatment, i have taken antibiotics and that is the most they can do. I was told that this is normally life threatening and when i was really sick, i could see that! but now that i am slowly healing, get acupuncture every week, natural therapies as well as ultram, klonopin as needed for burning and flexiril as needed for muscle spasms. does anyone know if the pain from this will go away ever? I have gone to my gyno and in the next yr plan on having a hysterectomy due to the organs being soo infected and 'dead' due to the rupture. I think that once there is more room and those organs are not there it will help, but this is no way to function, taking meds around the clock and no appetite, marinol doesn't even give me an appetite and then going!! woah! Pain before, during and after and even worse if the food was at all risky(spicey, greasy, fiberous) I cannot seem to find anyone who has gone through this and have no clue how long this will take to heal. at this point my dr states i have chronic pain due to peritonitis, no other info....
i have not dealt with this and am just here to let you know that people support you and your healing, however you need to find it. i wish you luck on finding peace inside your body and hope you feel better soon! calla.
