Gallbladder Trama

Wow, what a hectic few days. I've had back/stomach issues for a while, but on Wednesday it started up again. I get sever pains all around my mid section. Usually it would be once in a while, (I did go to an ER years ago, but they told me I had PMS). Well, I had the pains everyday since last Wednesday 3/11. It didn't matter what I ate, each night I was in agonizing pain. I say my general practioner on Friday, and he was reluctant to send me for any testings, saying that there are times that we could do a full work up and never find out what caused the back pains. I said to him, that someone had said to me it sounded like Gallbladder.

Then he's like well, we can send you for an ultrasound. So I was glad about that, but I had to wait until Monday. Monday morning comes, I get up early to have breakfast because I had to fast for 6 hours before my 1:00 pm test. So, all is good, and I go for the test, and they said that either my g/b was diseased or else I was a slow digester of my food.

So I had to go back first thing Tuesday morning, in the meantime, Monday the pain was so bad. It came on so quickly, that I crawled up stairs to get to the heating pad. I told Amelia to follow me, because there was no way I could carry her. I ended up call 911, because it was so bad. I went to the ER, and because I wasn't eminently dying, they sent me home. I went Tuesday morning for the u/s, and they decided that my g/b was bad. I called around and finally found a general surgon who would see me (actually I had seen him before for something else).

He had me goto the ER for a HIDA scan. They determined that my g/b had to come out.

Wednesday I had surgery to have my g/b removed. Of course things didn't just end there. They didn't find any gallstones which is not normal. So, then Thursday, they wanted to send me for an MRI to see if there were other stones that traveled. If I did have stones, I would need another procedure where they would go down my throat and removed the stones.

Well, I didn't eat all day, Thursday, waiting for my MRI and finally at 5:00 they take me, and then the radiologist said because I just had surgery they couldn't do the MRI. That's when the tears and anger started. Its amazing how emotional not eating can make you.

Well, all the drs. determined that I could in fact have the test, but I had already eaten. So, I couldn't have the test then. I had it first thing Friday morning, and there were no stones. And they finally sent me home. I was greeted by Amelia yelling MOMMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the concern and good thoughts.