Here comes my megapost!!!
First of all!! Hayley! welcome back
and indeed, you keep coming back, so you do have determenation!
@Clare, hun! i am so happy you and gaz are okay now! and that you are feeling much better!
Well here's my story! it's quite long!!
Since a few days before newyears eve i have had frequent (about once a week) attacks of pain. And not just pain, but really excrusiating pain, as if someone had spoken out a cruciatus curse on me! So after some very disturbing attacks i finally went to the doctors (After the doctor had been at my place when things totally got out of hand). The doc thought i might have gall stones.
I went for an echo (correct word??) a week later . But because i hadn't had an attack for 2 weeks by then i started to believe that (as always with me) nothing would show up on the results and that it had gone by and wouldnt happen again.
But sadly enough, the day i could have called for the results (which i didn't cause my bloodtest wouldnt come in untill monday so i thought i could call for both at the same time) i had another attack (in the evening). But this one wouldnt pass after one and a half hour like the others. So the pills i had from the doc didnt work, the pills i took before that didn't work, so we called the doctor again and he told my husband that i should take another one of the pills he gave me and 4 others that we had lying around, and he also said he would come by (again).
Then when he came around he said that the results were in and that i indeed had gallstones.........and that those are causing the pain. He called the hospital and they took me in, gave me a morfine shot, but because i also had more meds i had a reaction to it. My breathing became nearly impossible, and my heartrate slowed down to a very low beat. So they put one of those oxigen tubes in my nose and all i could think was "take a picture! I look just like in the movies!!" (well morfine right!).
Anyways, the saturday morning i was released again cause the pain was gone. They told me i had to call the hospital on monday and make an appointment with my surgeon for 2 weeks later. Then he would plan a surgery to remove my gall bladder. There would probably be a waiting list of 4 weeks.
All saturday long i was sick, i was throwing up and i couldnt keep anything inside. That night i had another attack, so the doc came by and gave me morfine again (i do love that stuff!! boy did i sleep well after that!) Sunday went by quite the same, feeling sick, constant nagging pain and kept throwing up. I couldn't even drink my shakes! Let alone eat a bar (ever tried one when you constantly feel like throwing up?? well it actually makes you throw up!).
At least the night from sunday to monday i slept well, i had like 13 hours of rest.
Monday morning we went to the doctors and told her we couldnt wait for 2 weeks, we couldnt go on like this. So she called the hospital and that afternoon i could go.
Luckily (weirdly enough) i had another attack right there in the waiting room, so at least i didn't have to tell him it wouldnt work like this. He had me admitted (?) again straight away. Did some new tests and told me that i would probably have surgery that evening or the other day.
I was so relieved. But sadly enough he came by my room the next day telling me surgery was off again cause there were some complications. Aparently one of the stones (yes multiple, from what i understood loads even) got stuck in ehm......for lack of better words.... one of those thingys that go from your gallbladder to your bowels...... and that had caused inflammation (thanks clare!!) to my pancreas. And that on its turn had caused my surgery to be canceled. Cause with an inflammation you are not allowed to be operated on
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So i stayed in the hospital until last thursday. In those days i have barely eaten anything, most of the days i wasnt allowed to because of tests that had to be done. Those tests showed the stone that was stuck "passed" on its own. I was very happy with that, cause if it wouldnt have, they would have to help it out with a camera through my mouth -> stomich -> bowels -> and into my gallbladder.....i would have been very upset with that cause they don't sedate you for that, they just give you some painkilles so you wont feel it!
Anyways. My surgery is now planned for next wednesday, provided that the inflammation is completely gone by then!
sigh..................so i stopped CD for now. I am now eating quite normally, just watching my intake of carbs and calories. The carbs i try to keep at the same amount as i would have gotten with CD. The calories are around the 800 every day (mostly less). Its just that i can't eat more then i do right now. I am full up so quickly now!
anyways, for a few days i am back to chat on here again
