Sick and Tired, Sick and Tired
Back in March, I was seen in the ER for upper right abdominal pain on a Sunday evening. Bing bang boom, 3 tests later they give me a shot of dilaudid, and sent me home with instructions to find a surgeon to remove my gall bladder. I found a highly recommended surgeon and it just so happened that she had an opening on Tuesday. We go, I am poked and prodded. She finally says, “I do all my scheduled surgeries on Thursday, and I have availability. The nurse will call you tomorrow to tell you when to be at the hospital”. Wow, 48 hours to prepare myself mentally. It was hard, but I managed.
After the surgery, I have several complications. The most severe (gross part here people) side effect/complication was that I have diarrhea several times a day. It matters not what I eat (i ate 3 bananas and NOTHING). It’s been 10 weeks, now and I am almost back to a normal eating regimen.
Saturday evening, I started to get a sharp pain in the VERY lower part of my left side. The pan also felt like it was inside my vajayjay. I took all I could until Joshua took me to the ER Sunday afternoon. A cat scan, IV fluids, blood in my urine, and a few dilaudid shots, the doc tells me I had passed a kidney stone. WTF?
Trying to get back to me old self mentally has made very little progress since all I can muster energy for is recovery. I feel like my body is revolting against the healthy foods I have been forcing her to eat. Any thoughts?
June 28, 2008 at 7:59 am
I had my gallbladder removed in 2004 and it has wrecked havoc on my digestive system. I also had an episode of kidney stones shortly after my surgery. You’re lucky you were able to pass the stone. I was in the hospital for almost a week and ended up having to travel 100+ miles to another hospital that had a lithotripsy (sp?) machine. A kidney stone is something I don’t ever want to experience again! I try to limit my caffiene intake and I drink lots & lots of water.
Good luck – I hope you feel better soon!