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Thanks to everyone sending thoughts of healing and well wishes. I am happy to say that I am no longer in the hospital. At about 4 PM today, I was released since the major problems associated with my illness subsided. I kept my temperature in a safe range (98.6-99.3 F) for the last 24 hours, my food stayed down, and I am digesting again. For the next two weeks I will be taking two antibiotics and consuming a low impact diet to ensure my inner workings heal well.

Special love and thanks goes out to my wonderful partner, JB, through all of this. My experience was more comfortable because of his love and support. I don't want him to go through anything similar to my ordeal, but if he ever does, I hope I do as well with him as he did with me.

Diverticulitis is not something I would wish on anyone. It was very painful. It started casually enough with simple lower abdominalal cramps, brought on by what I thought was simply ingestion of steak (which I eat infrequently). The pain intensified, even thought I went to work on the next day. I did leave a few hours early noting a feverish feeling on top of the cramping feeling. Wednesday and Thursday were more of the same, with long periods of intense pain. Keep in mind, this is the longest lasting intense pain that I can ever remember experiencing.

Thursday I resigned to the fact this was not something I would be able to take care of on my own. JB took me to a hospital and the process of my healing started. After diagnosis, the next five days I consumed no food nor fluids besides the saline and antibiotics that the IV needle pumped into my arm. Monday things finally were looking up as the intensity of my pain reduced in intensity, and the amount of pain medication I was taking also went down. I drank my first fluids and ate then my first solids shortly later. The fever went away too.

I enjoy the sounds and smells of life outside of the hospital. There as several stories I have to tell of my experience in the hospital, but for now I will need to take care of myself and not overburden my system as I recover. I am checking my e-mail and reading postal mail.

Thanks again everyone for your healing thoughts.

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 Melanie K. wrote:
Just saw your recent posts about the hospital visit - so glad you're doing better Jason!

 JB aka JayBee wrote:
Thanks Melanie. I was sure happy to have him come back home.