June 28, 2009

  • three steps forward two back...

    Yeah its been that kinda week.

    I'm still holding onto my new found peace.  But I've done it in the midst of severe pain.  I didn't blog about it, cause I was trying to work above, over, and around it.  Which by the way doesn't work.

    I had BAD under the shoulder pain Wednesday, starting about 4'ish.  And then it went away towards Friday night...which just lingering achiness, and exhaustion.  And then it came back even worse last night.

    I was doing ice/heat/ rocking/rolling, and Rob kept offering the ER.  Zeria and Rainee had a spat of some sort in the bedroom (an hour after they were supposed to be asleep)  and I called them to me to deal with it...and started sobbing.  At that point Zeria and Rob became the adults, and we loaded all the kids into the car and took the 35 minute run one way to the ER. 

    The doctor was pretty sure it was gallbladder before he even entered the room.    I won't know for sure if that's the case until Monday or Tuesday when I can see my regular doctor and get an ultrasound set up.  In the meantime he gave me a demoral/phenocane shot which enabled me to sleep last night, and sent me home with vicodin which I haven't taken as of yet.

    I'm in a tolerable level of achiness right now, and will save the vicodin for night. 

    If it is my gallbladder I'm going to be mad at myself, cause I've dealt with this back pain for YEARS.  And my chiropractor even tried to suggest over five years ago that it could possibly be that, but I tuned her out.  Finally when Dee reported her gallbladder issues and eventual removal a slow light bulb came on, but not enough to get me to the doctor.

    And Tuesday at baton when I was dealing with small amounts of pain one of the baton moms said I looked like her hubby who had his gallbladder taken out.

    And still stupidly enough I didn't go to the doctor--have I mentioned I hate them.

    So apparently extreme pain will get me there.  LOL  And probably all of the little hints are right.

    The good news is it would sure be nice to do away with the occasional extreme attacks of pain.  I've read somewhere that laproscopy surgery doesn't *always* work, but darn...if it mostly works I'm willing to take the risk.  LOL  

    Oh and avoid red meat like the plague--because on three seperate occasions when I've eaten a french dip or prime rib I've been in SEVERE pain...which I can realize now that I start thinking diet rather then how did I move wrong. 

Comments (4)

  • red meat affects a lot of endomtriosis patients as well... but can you imagine me not eating steak... Its kind of like you not eating Ice cream!  Bwhaha... Whatever you do.  If you go in for a lap. You need to have a gynecolgist there as well. So while your setting up apt. you also need to get into a gynecolgist.  He is the only one while your open who can make sure there is no other things like adhesions, cysts, etc going on.  A good doctor should take lots of pictures anyways while he is in there... but they don't always.  Many endo sufferers feel their pain in strange places presenting only as a 'muscle' pain. Lots get lower back pain, shoulder pain, etc... Here is hoping its gallblader though and cureable!

  • I hope you are feeling better!

  • OUCH!!!!  Take care of you or where will the rest of the family be?

  • @TheSunnyC - when the time comes, we will either sos my mom or sister whose 18.  Or parcel kids out.  At this point I was just told its going to take my insurance 4 days to approve it--that info from my doctor, so we shall see if thats the truth or not. 

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