Steve Reflections

Lessons Learned #3: You Do You

On my third hospital stay, I was pretending to be asleep when the team of young doctors told my elderly roommate he had an inoperable tumor. I wanted to just walk over and hug him. Laying there, I couldn't help but to imagine myself receiving the terrible news. "You're dying." I believe their words were, … Continue reading Lessons Learned #3: You Do You

Steve Reflections

Lessons learned #2: Family, Matters

Let's be real: you're not the only one going through it. I know, it sounds crazy, but for me it was easy for me to forget this fact and I found myself taking out my frustrations on my family after sitting at home recovering for a few weeks. I would get really short and distant. … Continue reading Lessons learned #2: Family, Matters

Steve Life without a Stomach, Little Graces, Reflections

Lessons Learned #1: Sunny Side Up

Yesterday, our gastroenterologist ran into Kate at the hospital while she was working. Kate told him about the past four weeks including the Meckel's Diverticulum that had gotten infected and removed. The doctor said something that surprised both of us: the Meckel's Diverticulum is made up of both stomach and pancreatic tissues, which means that I … Continue reading Lessons Learned #1: Sunny Side Up

Steve Community, Farewell Stomach Tour Revisted

Facetime

If I have learned anything through this whole process, it's that the stomach-less community is tight. Yesterday Kate and I got to meet Marne and her husband Kyle for the first time. A couple of months ago, Marne reached out to us after finding out that her work was sending her to San Francisco for a … Continue reading Facetime

Steve Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach, Reflections

The Lottery Continues

Well, it took me a while to write this one because to be honest, the number of times I've had to go back to the hospital has been embarrassing. This past Tuesday night I spent 8 hours throwing up bile and had to get admitted once again on Wednesday the next morning. I decided I … Continue reading The Lottery Continues

Steve Reflections

Third Time’s a Charm

Well, this blog post took me a little time to write because I ended up back in the emergency room this past Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday, my memory is a little hazy). After being sent home after my second surgery I was doing fine until I started getting the same stomach cramps I … Continue reading Third Time’s a Charm

Steve Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach, Reflections, Triathlon

6 More Inches of Story

Well, that one was one crazy week. I get a bowel obstruction, find out I have a hernia, an extra organ that only 2% of people are born with, had a hand full of doctors at two different hospitals look at my CT scan and say, "I don't know", take an ambulance ride up back … Continue reading 6 More Inches of Story

Steve Reflections

Uncharted Territory by Kate

Programming Alert: Kate Dang has stolen this blog post!! "Hello Boys! I'm baa-aack"! I can't but help but think about that scene from Independence Day as I sit here next to Steve in the hospital. It literally feels like a bad case of deja-vu sitting here going through this for the second time.  In the … Continue reading Uncharted Territory by Kate

Steve Gut Checks, Life without a Stomach, Little Graces, Reflections, Triathlon

Set Backs… and Practicing What you Preach

Set backs are not something I totally prepared for during this process... At least not to the extent in which I would have to come back to the hospital. On Thursday afternoon I experienced some of the worst abdominal pain I've felt since I got my stomach removed. It felt like I had gotten stabbed … Continue reading Set Backs… and Practicing What you Preach