Anyone Seen Polygon?

I'm posting this here because Polygon is a moderator here.

So I've been trying to get a hold of Poly for a while now and finally got a call from him. He wanted me to post what’s going on. Monday night he was hurting bad in his stomach and finally decided to go to the emergency room. Turns out his intestines ruptured and he was rushed off to surgery. They ended up removing 1 foot of his intestine and the area it was in was very infected. He's doing much better now but still in the hospital. Just wanted to let everyone know.

Hope you feel better quick buddy, especially by the time you read this! We’ll all be rooting for ya!

WOW!!! I hope he has a speedy recovery...

that sucks. did he have bad chinese one night? my brother had some bad chinese and they ended up taking out his apendix. true story. hope ya get well soon!

WOW, I had just asked him to help out in my forum here and there while igovert was busy

no wonder he hasnt been around :(

i'll personally be praying for him for a good recovery

:(

C'mon back bud!

Hrm...to me personally, I've heard of Poly or took notice that he was sick pretty often. I'd swear he had a weak immune system.

I hope the best for Clint. Look forward to seeing you back on the forums!!

wow hope he gets better fast, lets send him a card or maybe a car part

Oh man, at least he went to the hospital before it was too late, hope you come back soon.

Stomach problems are nothing to mess around with, hope you get better poly...

anyone got his email?

fill it with get well soon e-cards.

really hope he gets better. that was one cool dude.

anyone got his email?

fill it with get well soon e-cards.

really hope he gets better. that was one cool dude.
Here's a link to his profile:http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=4487
On the right side of the page is a box with the member's contact info. From there you can send a PM,or email. Some members also have listed in that space other contact info such as AIM or Yahoo Messenger screen names.

Very sorry to hear that, get better soon.

Not good. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

I don't know Ploy but working in an Emergency Department and recently dealing with someone with a perforated bowel know how bad these things can be. He is going to be looking at wearing a colostomy back for up to six months if not longer. If he does not end up having one I will be surprised. Also imagine all the crap that is in your stomach and intestines leaking into your abdomen. He could have been septic if he waited any longer. I hope he is doing well and will have a fast recovery. Keep us posted.

damn bro, get well soon.

Hope you get well soon.

Wow this was quite a shock. I've been out a touch for a while since I've started a new job and i just found out this from a common friend on gtalk.


Anyway to give an update I called him tonight, seems he just got out of the hospital and he made a miraculous recovery according to doctors.

It seems this started 6-7 years ago slowly getting worse infected till it burst, good thing he did not wait another day or he would've been dead, as it was the docs gave him a 50-50% in the OR. He managed to pull through though and now he is looking at a slow recovery to get his damaged organs up to spec. It seems they got damaged quite a bit all there years.

Anyway lets hope in a few days he will be able to give us an update himself.

Glad to hear he's ok. It would be a shame to lose a guy with such a cool license plate

Thanks for all the good wishes guys. :)

Like Neutrino said I was released Friday from the hospital. They told me that had I waited until the next day I would have died. They had expected me to be in the hospital another two weeks.

goldz28 knows his stuff. I do have an ileostomy bag right now, and I will for at least six months after which they can reconnect my bowel. Thank goodness I don't have it for life. I also still have these retention sutchers that hold my gut together and I get those out in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I'll get this J/P drainage bad off.

I am have trouble walking and getting up and feel light headed at times but overall I'm doing good. Right now I am just doing exercises to help get myself independently mobile.

I just wanted to give everyone an update and thank you guys for the
well wishes.

Man... you're such a complainer.




Joking man, good to have you back. :thumbsup:

Glad to here from you poly! Hope the recovery is a fast one.

Welcome Back Man! It's good to see you on the computer again. Keep up the exercises and you'll be mobile again in no time!

Glad your still around man!

glad to hear from you

now all we need to do is kill wolverine, take his blood and insert it in you so that you can be healed by tommorow :)

glad your okay and going to make it through, we dont need to lose another well known respected member

Thanks for all the good wishes guys. :)

Like Neutrino said I was released Friday from the hospital. They told me that had I waited until the next day I would have died. They had expected me to be in the hospital another two weeks.

goldz28 knows his stuff. I do have an ileostomy bag right now, and I will for at least six months after which they can reconnect my bowel. Thank goodness I don't have it for life. I also still have these retention sutchers that hold my gut together and I get those out in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I'll get this J/P drainage bad off.

I am have trouble walking and getting up and feel light headed at times but overall I'm doing good. Right now I am just doing exercises to help get myself independently mobile.

I just wanted to give everyone an update and thank you guys for the
well wishes.

Wow!
That must have been very scary!

Glad your ok now, and going to make a recovery.
Hope it goes well. :smokin:

Thanks again everyone.

Things are getting better. I can make up and down the stairs on my own. I am completely mobile, I just can't drive yet since I can get up out of the car. My goal is to be able to do that by the weekend. I'm also going to change my oil this weekend in the Stealth, with some help of course. At least I can do stuff from the top. Maybe next week I can wash the poor thing and do some other stuff. I'd just be happy to take it for a drive. I got some good news today, since I don't have insurance and I probably don't have a job the hospital wrote off about $57,000 for my nice little stay in the hospital. That leaves me with a little over $1,000 in doctor bills so far. I still need to see what the surgeon is going to charge and then talk to him to see if they can give me a break. He is one of the coolest doctors I've ever met. Hell, one of the injections I have to take for blood thinners is $300 for four of them. He had eight of them sitting around the office and just gave them to me for free.

Right now I am just trying to figure out this pain in my side. They did a urine culture and didn't find anything wrong there. So tomorrow I am going in for a blood test and to see if my blood is as thin as it needs to be. If that doesn't show anything then they want to run a catscan. They offered my some loratab, but I can deal with the pain. I'm more concerned about whats causing it.

Thanks again for all the well wishes.

Glad to here you're making progress Polygon! Time to get back in the Stealth and raise some hell.

...I got some good news today, since I don't have insurance and I probably don't have a job the hospital wrote off about $57,000 for my nice little stay in the hospital. That leaves me with a little over $1,000 in doctor bills so far...

Your status has jumped from Lucky Bastid to Miracle Worker! Can you talk to Citibank for me? They're kinda up my ass about my student loans :icon16:

Glad to hear you're makin progress tho :)

welcome back

Glad to here you're making progress Polygon! Time to get back in the Stealth and raise some hell.

I was told I am allowed to drive again. Lucky for me I can get in and out of my car. I took the Stealth out for a drive yesterday. Sadly I got no action. I also realized how dirty the Stealth and the GTC are. Since I lost my job I have plenty of time to wash them now. Unfortunately I can't change my oil by myself or change the brakes which NEED to be done. :shakehead

Unfortunately I can't change my oil by myself or change the brakes which NEED to be done. :shakehead

You never could before you got sick either...:evillol:


I know...I'm a jerk. Glad you have some priveledges back, right?

Give me a month and I'll be there and help you change your brakes. Anything else you need too.

Well, I could do it myself but I'm not allowed to jack up the car or lift the rotors. :shakehead