Tag: Gesundheit

I need to attend a rehabilitation program. There I learned what and how to eat and how to gain weight without hurting myself. Three weeks of lessons, extra care, presentations, and additionally a mixture of swimming pool, massage, gymnastics or yoga, good food.

Well, well, well… The good news. The”re-wiring” worked. My digestive system seems to completely start up and slowly I can eat a little. Unfortunately, there is still the “occasional” nausea, but it gets better. I lost plenty of weight and I was never a big guy, more tall and skinny and now I am a… Read more Have a nice day!

Now I am back at home and wait for the rehabilitation treatment will start. I need to learn what I can eat, try to gain weight and an insulin pump needs to be adjusted to me. All these needs its time and I need to be patient. Feeling better. The loo works and I am… Read more Back Home

Now, I need to tackle my blood sugar levels. As my digestive system slowly restarts and I need to learn how to adjust my diet to the new situation. It’s a try and error operation. I do have a little guidance, but now I need to combine a diabetes diet with a low ballast one.… Read more Sugar-Coaster

I carry a new and fancy RFC Blood Sugar Sensor. No more blood needed to measure my actual status. Now I am directly connected to my smartphone and with a push of a button, I am up to date. Now an app monitors my sugar level in real-time and warns me if my levels get… Read more I am a cyborg!

Unfortunately, my digestive system isn’t restarting fast enough. The adjustment to the rewiring of my digestive system was not a small task and a common side effect is a slow digestive system. Longer ICU Stay It was planned that I need to stay only for three days at the ICU, but a few days later my… Read more Complications

After the operation, there was pain and I asked the nurse: “Is there anything with colours inside to help me to be as comfortable as possible for the moment?” She smiled at me and replied. “I think I can help you with that. I will need to ask the doctor for a prescription, but that’s… Read more Colours Inside! 🙂

On Friday morning the nurse woke me up at 06:00, to have a shower and shave my belly. Dressing up in the blue theatre clothing. Now it starts to get very real. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to have any coffee and I am very nervous. To the theatre I was driven in my bed… Read more Today is the day! – “Whipple Procedure”

I was picked up by a cab in the morning, to be driven to Berlin Koepenick DRK Hospital. A well-known specialist centre for such procedures. Tests and preparation The next days, they took blood, put me into different machines to look inside me. The pictures made with X-Rays, MRT and ultrasonic. The surgeon visited and… Read more DRK Hospital Berlin Koepenick