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Hi all, nearly six weeks out and still very ill from a post op abdominal abscess. Was told yesterday I have to have my gallbladder out too.

I can only get in around 100 cals a day and 500 ml of Water so I have dropped almost 60lbs in six weeks.

I am so frightened that I won't survive another surgery.

Having another CT scan Wednesday to discuss a guided aspiration of the abscess. The surgeon has already told me that he thinks that it would be too dangerous.

Will I ever get well?

All I can do is go from the bed to the couch and back everyday. Even showering is hard.

I live alone so have to take care of myself.

I pray all the time because that is all I can do. I have a counsellor who phones me on a Friday morning. She says that I have to keep fighting but I am so tired, so ill and in such despair.

I keep reading about all these people eating this and that, drinking Protein etc.

It makes me feel so sad and so scared.

I just want to go to sleep but my circulation is so poor that I have to keep moving. If I do sleep for an hour or so, I wake up in agony in my hips and legs as if no blood is moving at all.

I don't think I can take much more.

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Thank you x

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Gina, you're in my thoughts and I'm rooting for you. The way you feel is understandable, but you have to know that you'll have a good solution and outcome after this terrible period.

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Gina, I am so sorry you have had these complications. Please continue to follow your doctors advice and take care of yourself. I am also live alone (minus 4 leggeds) so I understand how difficult it is when you need to do everything yourself. I'm so glad that you have a counselor that can help you during this exhausting medical crisis. I agree, hang in there and although you are very tired try to write everything down that medical staff suggests. Maybe you can get a trustworthy friend to also be your sounding board during this difficult time.

Please write often and provide an update. I'm sending up prayers and positive thoughts for you!!!

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My bariatric team don't actually know what more to do. Other than diagnostic tests, they say it's "a mystery" to them. Didn't make me feel better.

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Thinking of you Gina - sending you lots of prayers and positive thoughts from London UK

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Thank you, I really am losing hope.

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I am keeping you in my prayers Gina! ❤❤❤

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@@GinaCampbell I am sorry you're having such a difficult time! Do they have any rehab facilities there that maybe you could get some medical care for a few weeks? I think it's time for your Drs to do something more drastic to help you (even if it's a feeding tube temporarily)! Keeping you in my prayers!

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All I can do is let them run the tests this week and pray they come up with a competent plan for me.

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That is so kind, thank you all. I am bedbound now so this forum and my phone friends are mostly all of my support.

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I am so sorry to hear about your difficulties. You are in my prayers.

Can your surgeon's office prescribe a visiting nurse or someone to check on you? Can you let a local church know that you are isolated so that at least someone can stop by occasionally to make sure you are ok? I hate that you are so isolated and have to go through this alone.

Where are you located?

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