Just remember those 60 seconds. 
When she first unboxed them
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Collapsed on Saturday. Never happened in my whole life. Let the dogs out, felt funny, started sweating profusely, heart racing, I went down. I had the mind to go over the back of a couch to break the fall. My 18 year old son was there to help me.
The unpleasant partā¦ I crapped myself. I tried to get to the toilet and passed out a second time. Eventually crawled there, explosive diarrhea, black as you like. Did that 2-3 times and crawled to the shower, cleaned up, and crashed on my bed. What I learned later is that it was blood, and I lost a lot of blood.
Did some work for 2-3 hours on Saturday thinking it was food poisoning or something. We tried a new Japanese restaurant the night before and I sort of assumed that must have been it. Mrs ROTW came home that evening and saw me, white as a ghost, and heard what happened, and said to me as lovingly as possible, you bleeping idiot. We are going to the ER right now.
Checked into the hospital and I had another turn, with involuntary diarrhea. They got the crash cart ready as my blood pressure plummeted to 60/40, and they inverted me, injected me with something and got me back in the room, so to speak.
I was admitted to the PCU, still donāt know what it stands for, but it is a step down from intensive care, with 24hr monitoring, hooked up to everything.
They did a CAT scan to see what was up and maybe locate internal bleeding but couldnāt find anything. I was stable, it had moved into Easter Sunday, and then it was a skeleton staff at the hospital. So I waited until Monday.
An endoscopy on Monday revealed a stomach ulcer as the source of the bleeding. I didnāt know I had an ulcer and had never felt any discomfort at all. They got the bleeding stopped and everything stabilized and I was sent home yesterday, Tuesday.
The bloodwork revealed a bacterial infection h.pylori as the source of causing an ulcer, as it attacks the stomach lining. Apparently it can be dormant for years. I started a heavy course of a couple of serious antibiotics as it is a bugger to get rid of.
The Doc just called to update me about everything, and then I scheduled a follow up endoscopy for June, so they can make sure the infection is cleared up and the ulcer has healed/doing well as anticipated.
Not quite the Easter break I was planning!
Anyway, back home, feeling weaker and need to build strength up again, but Iām fine. It came from nowhere, unexpectedly as these things tend to.
The experience has strengthened my resolve - not a u-turn but a reminder - to love my wife and family every day, to live a life of gratitude, and to make it count.
Letās win that Premier League. It will be a great start to a new chapter.
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That sounds awful! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Oh no, sounds nasty, @RedOverTheWater,
Thank goodness Mrs ROTW insisted you went to the ER. Glad you are on the mend. Take it easy, eat well, like soft foods, you need your strength to get up and do a jig on Sunday!
Get well soon! 
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All the best for your recovery, mate.
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Get well soon. Good thing you have a sensible wife.
Blokes, eh?! 
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Get well soonā¦
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I felt a bit iffy just reading that. I hope your recovery is going well, mate.
No champagne for you on Sunday!
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Bloody hell. That is quite a dramatic easter weekend mate.
Hope your treatment and recovery go as hoped.
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Get well soon @RedOverTheWater. 
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Rough one that, and scary too.
Cross fingers for the recovery.
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Fuck man, that all sounds horrid.
This bacteria is typically transmitted from person to person contact so there is a high likelihood one of your other house members has it. As you say this can lie dormant for years without producing symptoms so it would probably be worth consulting with your doctor to get them tested to see if they can knock it out early before it does any damage.
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Sounds nasty. Hope your better soon. I was in hospital just before Easter with Colitis.
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Good point, cheers. Iāll get it on the radar for them.
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Thanks for sharing @RedOverTheWater - thatās quite serious stuff! You learn whatās important very quickly. Iām going through a battle myself and like you look forward to 100% fitness shortlyā¦and LFC helps believe me.
All the best with your recovery.
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Rotwā¦just rememberā¦itās bland grey food from now onā¦very appetisingā¦
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Bloody hell. It was scary even to read.
Be cautious and learn to take care of yourself.
Meanwhile, enjoy life and the loving ones.
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