Hi, my name is Jason and I am 42. I fell into a coma 5 yrs ago after a very nearly fatal bleed from an artery in my liver. They managed to save my life with seconds to spare. I woke up and vomited approximately 5 pints of pure blood up, it came up and out my mouth like a fire hose. By the time I was blue lighted by 2 police cars a police motorbike and 3 ambulances to the hospital. They immediately put me on a bed that turned upside down to try and get blood to my brain as quick as possible as they estimated I only had 3 pints left. They managed to stop the bleeding with litteraly seconds to go and I had to have a full blood transplant (8 pints). I fell into a coma and woke up 4 days later on life support. It was the most horrific thing I have ever been through! After I woke I was in hospital for nearly a month. During this month I was told that I had severe malnutrition and my body hadn't been getting nutrition for years since my pancreas failed and turned to stone (calcified). Then almost daily they gave me another diagnosis of another potentialy fateful and disabling illness. I now have 11 major illnesses including Type 1 diabetes, osteoporosis and chronic pancreatitus to name a few. So basically I don't have many years left. I have begged and begged all my 11 consultants, Dr's, psychiatrists, Nurses, Mental health workers and every single person I could think of to direct me to somewhere that I can learn to accept this to no avail and after 5 years of looking and 3 suicide attempts I have finally found this group. Am I in the right place? Have I finally found somewhere that other people can understand what I'm going through?Thank you so much!
Jason x