This is going to be a challenge
Having a partial colectomy is a huge deal. I know my family doesn’t want to think about it but it has to be addressed. This is a hereditary disease. It’s called Familial Adenoma Polyposis. There’s no cure. There’s real solid hope of one on the horizon. My hospital stay was five days and I lost a lot of blood. I was very anemic when I got home. I had to take care of myself though the nurse stopped in to check vitals. I think the worst part of this is getting your body acclimated to eating differently. First of all you don’t know what you can eat. So you stay home a lot. It’s really a difficult position to be in when you don’t know from one day to the next or one hour to the next, just how your body is going to react. I’m supposed to be gluten-free for Graves’ disease and also eat healthy grains. That’s not always possible from day to day when you’re faced with many trips because of healthy grains. I’m blessed that I was smart enough to read my body and get colonoscopies regul