at this time 5 years ago i was in hospital for a month while the doctors tried to figure out what was wrong with me.i had more tests,scans,x-rays and angiograms than 10 people have in their lifetime.i had a bone marrow extraction without anaethesia,the pain was unbelievable,to see if it was leukemia.my wife actually fainted during this procedure and she's a nurse at the hospital i was in.eventually they told me i had this disease that i'd never heard of and it took a bit of practice to even say the name.at the end of march i was discharged from the hospital and sent home with a box full of pills.in august i had a relapse and was readmitted with pneumonia which then turned into scepticemia.they were so worried about this they phoned my wife to be at my bedside.so after another month in the hospital i was allowed to go home feeling much better.my rheumy was still sending me for all kinds of tests in the hope of finding an infection somewhere as the root cause of all this.in the september she sent me for a colonoscopy which found a tumour which they said was " a concern ".a week later i received a phone call asking me to go back to the endoscopy suite.when i got there they said they were going to remove the tumour there and then but doing it caused a minor bleed so they wanted me to stay in overnight just to make sure it was ok.very reluctantly i agreed though i didn't see the need for it.then about 7 am in the morning my bowel perforated,a very painful experience ,and later that day had to have surgery and a colostomy bag fitted.the surgeon told me if the procedure had been left for another hour it would have been too late.so as you see 2007 was not my best year and not my favourite one either but at least i'm still here to tell the tale.sorry to have gone on so long but i just wanted to share my anniversary with you all.thank you. john.
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