thank you

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Thank you to all who offered info, it was greatly appreciated. Ive

never really had any medical problems until 2 years ago i had a

hysterectomy and 2 days after coming home i got very sick couldnt

keep anything down not even water, was in hospital almost 2 months

most of it in icu, had 3 stomach surgeries in 2 weeks, had tube down

my throat drawing out infection and many more things hooked up to me,

i almost died and they had me on life support, had to do dialysis and

they took part of my colon and small bowel because my small bowel had

torn in surgery, took me 6 months to recover from that, since then i

have been fine until 6 months ago i started having stomach pain and

id go to the hospital they would keep me 3 days and send me home with

antiobiotics, this went on for 4 months, then finally an er doctor

finally ran tests and such and found out i had crohns, i was in

hospital for 10 days with nothing to eat or drink only fluids they

had me hooked up to, they said i had a vaginal fistula (which had

been draining 3 months and very painful) and a small bowel

obstruction, but after 9 days they did a small bowel follow through

and said both had healed, i have been out of the hospital 4 days now,

i am feeling okay and have been searching the net for any and all

info i can find, i had heard of crohns but didnt know anything about

it, i have a dr appointment on monday and am writing questions to

ask, i am a strong person and have beaten many things in life but

this is really scary for me because i have lost so much weight (i was

115 pds,now 96), i have bought different foods and gotton some boost

to help put on weight, but am only able to eat a little thru out the

day, i think because of the long hospital stay and my legs get real

tired if i do too much. does anyone know if some medicines for crohns

are not good for someone who has had a hysterectomy? I am lactose

intolerant i found too, dairy products dont get along with my

stomach, any ideas on that, i love my dairy. are there any foods in

particular that i should stay away from? my sisters friend has a son

with celiac disease and she buys him gluten free products and she has

gotton some for me, some of it is okay but the bread is really dry, i

can only eat it if its toasted. any help is greatly appreciated, and

again i thank everyone and appreciate all the info.

kim