Hayes Family September 2010
Friday, April 22, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Drugged Out
For my birthday I get to have drugs and sleep all day! The surgeon considers my gallbatter problem an emergency because my liver levels are high. I get to go into the hospital on Hailey and my birthday in the morning and have my gallblatter removed. He is also suspicious that I might have a stone in a tube.He can only find that out while in surgery. If I do that means the next day I get to go in for surgery again and have a harder surgery done to remove that.
I got Hailey's presents wrapped tonight and hoping I will be awake enough later in the evening to watch her open them. I'm guessing no cake for me, so I think I'll make Rhett go get me a blizzard from Dairy Queen. :) For once Rhett gets to be the one to sit in the waiting room. In the past 2 yrs I sat in the waiting room while he had all sorts of different surgery. Biopsy, catheters put in a couple of times, transplant, appendix. Probably 6 to 8 surgery's.
I think I will need to milk this for all I can. My turn to play patient, he can be my nurse. ;)
I got Hailey's presents wrapped tonight and hoping I will be awake enough later in the evening to watch her open them. I'm guessing no cake for me, so I think I'll make Rhett go get me a blizzard from Dairy Queen. :) For once Rhett gets to be the one to sit in the waiting room. In the past 2 yrs I sat in the waiting room while he had all sorts of different surgery. Biopsy, catheters put in a couple of times, transplant, appendix. Probably 6 to 8 surgery's.
I think I will need to milk this for all I can. My turn to play patient, he can be my nurse. ;)
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Oh the PAIN!!!
For the last 7 months I have been having stomach pain on and off. At first is would last about 15 mins to an hour. The 1st Dr said it was indigestion and the medication she gave me helped. I wasn't in pain anymore. Then 2 month later WHAM!!! and the pain lasted longer. Another Dr, said that it was probably indigestion and gave me medication and said to come back in 3 weeks if I was still having problems. Again I seemed to be doing ok. Drinking 8 oz of water with 1tsp of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar (with the "mother") helped and I lost 4 pounds in 2 days. Then a month ago Rhett ran me to a 24 hr Medical Care with what was even worse pain. The pain that brings tears to your eyes and your hunched over. After 2 hrs in the waiting room ( 4 hrs of pain )the pain started going away .Go Figure! this Dr ruled out ulsters and said to later go see my regular Dr about it being IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) I looked it up at home and it sounded like a for sure thing. It was the end of the month and being on a Disability Income we had no money so I thought I would watch my diet and wait until the beginning of the next month. NOT A CHANCE! A week later pain even worse than before took me to my new Dr that is helping me with my medication. He was surprised that no one had checked to see if it was my gall blatter. He scheduled and ultrasound for the next day and had the nurse give me a shot in the hip to help the pain. Oh poor me! It didnt help 5 hrs of really bad pain then another 5 hrs of mild pain.
The ultrasound was done on a Friday so I had to wait until Monday for the results. With my medications off and the thought of having surgery (never have had before) or if they found nothing the thought of them going in with a scope brought up my anxiety. I slept 14hrs on Saturday and 16hrs on Sunday. I just couldn't wake up. I didn't want to be. Thats how some of us people with Bipolor end up dealing with something that stresses us. We just want to shut out the world and go into our own world.
Monday the call came and the nurse said that it was my gall blatter and that I have some gall stones. They have scheduled me to meet with a surgeon on Monday. ( a whole week later!!! Nnnnooo! Get it over with now) I hadn't had pain for a few days so I thought I could make it. Just keep away from fatty foods and acidy foods. I did fine until Friday. I made my favorite soup. Cabbage Soup. ( I got it from my mother) The cabbage, sausage, and tomato paste a BIG NO NO. I started hurting a few hours after eating. Thank goodness the pain was mild and went away after 3 hrs. Saturday I wasn't so lucky. Not sure what I ate that day but it hurt worse then I would imagine labor would be without an epidural. 8 hrs of pain. Nothing would help ease the pain. It finally went away (4 in the morning) when I threw-up. On of the few times that I welcome it. I was afraid to eat today (Sunday) I didn't want to hurt like that again. Not my luck. I asked Rhett if we could have Subway because I was afraid we didnt have anything that I could eat. Dang you Subway and my Veggie Delight!!. I usually dont get cucumber but I thought it sounded good this time, not knowing it was one of the no no's. Well here I am in pain again. going on 3 hrs. I'm trying to distract myself. I thought blogging wasn't something Ive tried yet. It seems to help here and there. Now if tomorrow would come I could beg the surgeon to remove my gall blatter now. I'm at the point that I dont care if Im down and out on my birthday. (on tuesday) Poor Hailey (whose birthday it is also) she wanted us to go swimming at Green Canyon. We may still do that on Saturday, I just wont be able to get in the water.
Wish me luck. I will let you know when and how it went.
The ultrasound was done on a Friday so I had to wait until Monday for the results. With my medications off and the thought of having surgery (never have had before) or if they found nothing the thought of them going in with a scope brought up my anxiety. I slept 14hrs on Saturday and 16hrs on Sunday. I just couldn't wake up. I didn't want to be. Thats how some of us people with Bipolor end up dealing with something that stresses us. We just want to shut out the world and go into our own world.
Monday the call came and the nurse said that it was my gall blatter and that I have some gall stones. They have scheduled me to meet with a surgeon on Monday. ( a whole week later!!! Nnnnooo! Get it over with now) I hadn't had pain for a few days so I thought I could make it. Just keep away from fatty foods and acidy foods. I did fine until Friday. I made my favorite soup. Cabbage Soup. ( I got it from my mother) The cabbage, sausage, and tomato paste a BIG NO NO. I started hurting a few hours after eating. Thank goodness the pain was mild and went away after 3 hrs. Saturday I wasn't so lucky. Not sure what I ate that day but it hurt worse then I would imagine labor would be without an epidural. 8 hrs of pain. Nothing would help ease the pain. It finally went away (4 in the morning) when I threw-up. On of the few times that I welcome it. I was afraid to eat today (Sunday) I didn't want to hurt like that again. Not my luck. I asked Rhett if we could have Subway because I was afraid we didnt have anything that I could eat. Dang you Subway and my Veggie Delight!!. I usually dont get cucumber but I thought it sounded good this time, not knowing it was one of the no no's. Well here I am in pain again. going on 3 hrs. I'm trying to distract myself. I thought blogging wasn't something Ive tried yet. It seems to help here and there. Now if tomorrow would come I could beg the surgeon to remove my gall blatter now. I'm at the point that I dont care if Im down and out on my birthday. (on tuesday) Poor Hailey (whose birthday it is also) she wanted us to go swimming at Green Canyon. We may still do that on Saturday, I just wont be able to get in the water.
Wish me luck. I will let you know when and how it went.
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