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Certainly not the same but some things might be able to be taken away from my experience of having a stomach ulcer removed. For years I had stomach pains and didn't have any idea why. The doctors didn't too. It wasn't until my sister was diagnosed with stomach cancer at 26 she suggested it could be a stomach ulcer as it runs in the family. I had tests done and it turned out to be the case. Cutting a long story short it got to the point where I couldn't eat without throwing up acid. I was booked into surgery to have the ulcer removed as medication didn't work. A few days before surgery it burst and I ended up throwing up so much blood. Needless to say I was very weak and skinny(more so than normal) due to ulcer. I had it removed and now have a scar down my stomach but despite having a bit of my stomach cut out I've manged to gain weight over the years (rare for me) and feel much better now. I'm still slim but I'll take it. Hopefully it works out for you too. Good luck!

Edit: As for recovery I caught a bug so ended up in hospital for three weeks rather than the one and had the shits. That wasn't fun. Thankfully I healed well though and no staples or anything came out.

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