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The First Stage

Wow! I am actually blessed I can write words and still remember them after major intense surgery. But that is another chapter we can discuss later during this time where I can share my story and use this as a place to tell my friends and family what I went through, going through and what I am about to go through.

My name is Thomas Scrivens, 20 years old and been living an awesome life. Great family, blessed as a child always had food, shelter, holidays and an brilliant education. In 2012 I found myself leaving a RTO (Tafe Organization) as an IT Assistant and then started my own small business creating custom made websites for businesses which I thoroughly enjoyed until I couldn't handle the stress and decided to work for my Father which was awesome. My parents were building their new house at the time and I had just recently moved out to my new smashing apartment in Winsdor/St Kilda area which is a Student Unilodge for students to study. Yes that's right I was enrolled to follow my dreams I've always wanted to be in the film industry as a Film Producer, Screen Director or Director of Photograjy. I was enrolled to do Bachealor of Film & Telelvision.

Weeks on end around October 2012 back and forth to my mum and dads place people started to comment on my skin. Saying that I look extremely pale and washed out. A typical male's response was "Working too hard or haven't had enough sleep'  strange really as I'm really haven't. Then the following days I would wake up in the morning with headaches and really bad throbbing pain in the frontal right hand side of the brain like the feeling when you have been for a run and you touch your heart. The next day nothing will happen. Same again for the following. Then I would wake up every morning during October and November and right through to early December with really extremely painful headaches which I'd thought these are migraines.

Then within the 1st night of December I woke up choking myself to death at around 3am in the morning I went to stay at mum and dads that night and I didnt want to disturb them as I'd thought maybe I had to much eat. I woke up in the biggest ball of sweat and I couldn't breathe and then I started dry reaching and everyones disgusting word 'vomit' appeared to my mind thinking I think I'm going to vomit. However this was extremely scary as I didn't even feel my stomach was involved and I'm vomiting the brightest emerald green color. This goes on for hours and the next day I barely couldn't breathe.

The evil vomiting episodes went on and on throughout December until by the 4th time decided to go to Emergency Depeartment which is what we call it here in Australia where in UK (Casualty) or America ( ER) at my local country hospital. Shaking, hypertension, nausea, and vomiting there wasn't anything they could do and declared that I had gastro bug and sent me home. Even had an ultrasound on my stomach and said I had a fatty liver problem. So a suggested change of lifestyle was needed.

Over the next couple of weeks it got worse.


To be continued

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