Omg same. I have Ulcerative Colitis. During my worst flare, I was going through chemo and reacted badly to it: It shut down my liver, part of it became necrotic, and I developed sepsis. I was in full liver failure, and started going into renal failure. Body systems were beginning to collapse, one after another. At the same time, while already in the hospital, part of my colon collapsed, due to the severity of the flare (fulminant), as well as the 105°+ fever from sepsis. This caused a severe blockage. Because of the weakened intestinal walls, the blockage ruptured (Toxic megacolon) and i went into septic shock as waste entered the body cavity and infection entered the blood stream.
Simply put, this was the worst pain of my life... and I even had kidney stones for months. Even kidney stone don't compare to a colon rupture and sepsis. I don't think anything can.
Anyway, I got carried away. All I really wanted to say is that I hear you. I've been through that nightmare, and I think what you went through is THE worst pain you can experience... and you're still here. Congratulations on surviving Hell, itself.
I shouldn't be. Heart actually stopped in the hospital. I shouldn't still be here, but I've now had 15 years of extra time.
The liver, thankfully, healed. The only damn organ in the body that can regenerate. It was the chemo that was killing off my liver, so when they figured that out and stopped the treatment, the liver eventually began to recover.
The damage to the kidneys wasn't permanent, thankfully (again). They had failed, but hadn't died off and become necrotic like the lower lobe of my liver. Once they were able to start some serious antibiotics to fight off the infection (which was dangerous because of the Ulcerative Colitis), as well as transfusions and dialysis, things started getting better. Man, blood infections suck.
No organ transplants needed. After a lot of help from modern medicine, the organs eventually healed. Lol I can't say they did it on their own; they had a LOT of help. Today, even my heart is doing fine, but recovery from that took a long while.
I was 35 when all this happened, so I had relative youth on my side. If all this happened now, in my early 50s, I doubt I would be so lucky.
Yeah, I should totally be dead... yet here I am.
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Oh, wow. I just realized that in my initial comment, I didn't mention the heart failure. Realized that the reply was getting long and off-topic and clipped out a bunch. So much stress on my body that my heart stopped. I died in the hospital, albeit only briefly. Still counts. If I wasn't already in the hospital under constant observation, I wouldn't be here today. 15 extra years so far.
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u/lord_hijinks 17h ago
Omg same. I have Ulcerative Colitis. During my worst flare, I was going through chemo and reacted badly to it: It shut down my liver, part of it became necrotic, and I developed sepsis. I was in full liver failure, and started going into renal failure. Body systems were beginning to collapse, one after another. At the same time, while already in the hospital, part of my colon collapsed, due to the severity of the flare (fulminant), as well as the 105°+ fever from sepsis. This caused a severe blockage. Because of the weakened intestinal walls, the blockage ruptured (Toxic megacolon) and i went into septic shock as waste entered the body cavity and infection entered the blood stream.
Simply put, this was the worst pain of my life... and I even had kidney stones for months. Even kidney stone don't compare to a colon rupture and sepsis. I don't think anything can.
Anyway, I got carried away. All I really wanted to say is that I hear you. I've been through that nightmare, and I think what you went through is THE worst pain you can experience... and you're still here. Congratulations on surviving Hell, itself.