Monday, May 16, 2011

LIFE AFTER CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS JEJUNI

I have been missing in action for the last month battling the illness caused by the bacterial infection Campylobacteriosis that I contacted from contaminated water. It is a horrible illness that I will have to live with for the rest of my life and it has completely changed my way of life. I now have severe food allergies or as my doctor said "sensitive to food" and if I eat the wrong foods I am sick for days or weeks. I have lost most body fat and some muscle mass and used to be able to lift 50 lb cases at work and now have a hard time lifting a bucket of water. Although the bacteria has been killed with antibiotics the damage it has caused is what is causing the illness now. It has destroyed my ability to digest certain foods and if the food enters my body it goes into "get it out mode". I have been forced to always know where a bathroom is and hardly leave my home when sick. When I have ingested the wrong food I will go for days without eating because it will not stay down, water does not even stay down. It has been a long process of food elimination and now have had to learn a whole new way of eating and cooking. Turkey bacon is not bacon and tofu cheese is not cheese and enough ground chicken to make 2 burgers is about $6.50. It is a whole new way of life that I am slowly getting used to and I thank all the people who have been concerned and helped me while I have been confined to my home, especially my talk show guys who tolerate my emails, Gary Doyle and Jeff Allan of 570 news. Clean drinkable water is essential for life, because if it is contaminated it will take your life away. Thanks all

2 comments:

Alan said...

Before Walkerton (2000) a lot of people thought that bacteria in water meant digestive ills for a few days and then back to normal. My understanding is that there are children from Walkerton in 2000 who will never have a normal life, courtesy of both e-coli and or the one you ingested.

SHERRIE MCTAGGART said...

Thanks for the comment Al. Alot of people I know do not understand how badly this does change your life and that I will have it for life.