Victoria Danson imagines that the symptoms fatigue and stomachache It was just stress from the hard work he was doing, but when he went to the doctor, reality nearly ended his life: says he has 24 hours to live if he doesn’t have surgery.

The 33-year-old woman experienced unusual fatigue and severe stomach pain, but she ruled out any illness because she believed she was under stress. However, when she went to the medical center she was diagnosed with a heart attack irritable liver disease and then crime Crohn’swhich complicates itself into a lethal sepsis.

After her diagnosis, she was told that the infection had spread throughout her body and needed urgent surgery to remove the abscess on her ovary.

Diagnosed with Crohn’s and irritable liver disease

“I didn’t even have time to really assimilate what was happening (…). All I know is that I am in pain and I will do whatever it takes to make the pain go away,” Danson told local media.

In a difficult operation, doctors removed 18 inches of his intestines. “I told them I didn’t want an ileostomy bag, but it was my only survival option,” he said.

After the surgery, he had to make changes to his diet and other daily routines, such as giving up high-fiber foods, avoiding caffeine and taking supplements. “Initially, I didn’t think I could live on, and I didn’t know how I could continue with my active lifestyle,” she admits.

“I felt like I had to rebuild my whole life around my bag, so I wanted to be able to empower and inspire confidence in my body,” says Danson, who has found a “lifesaver” for his confidence in the gym, by him. own confession.

“I’m living proof that with the right mindset, you can achieve your goals no matter what, but always see a doctor if you’re not sure,” she says.