I hit my 9 month post op day last friday but I was off work so here I am updating the status of 9 months along. I weighed in at 164 the other day so that would put me at a loss now officially of 81 lbs.. can you belive that! I still can't belive i hit the 80 lb mark.. never thought I would say I lost 80 pounds.. sounds like so much! never really looked at myself being that over weight but I guess I was!
so because I couldnt finish my last email (or i should say I accidently deleted it before saving it) I wanted to share again that I am still getting these "episodes" the last one I had was on 12/22- I had gone to my daughters soccer xmas party- this is what I ate while there- I had a small spoon on some patato casorole, a peice of a roll, a bite of a tamale and maybe half a cup of wine, along with one cookie.. this was not at one sitting of course but thats what I ate while I was there for the few hours. Well around 8:00 I started feeling the pain coming on in my belly and decided it was time to head home- long story short i was in excrusiating pain from around9:00pm- 4:00am in the morning, nothing i could do would make it go away! i was walking around the house, sitting on the toilet, laying on my back, laying on my side, and sitting up on the bed but still nothing. I was really close to going to the ER the pain was that bad! but didnt. finally fell asleep around 4:30am and the next day i swear i felt like i had just been hit by a car, i felt like I just had the stomach flu but never vomited or had a bowl movement! I was in bet the entire next day! was very careful with what I ate because I honestly thought this time it was the flu!
everything was okay from that point on and then here comes 1/6/12... here is what I ate- We went to my daughter soccer game and then went to have lunch at the HAT, i didnt order anything for myself but I had a bite of my daughters hamburger, and ate maybe 3-4 fries, and some of the pastrami off my hubbys sandwich, then a couple hours later (around dinner time) I had a few spicy cheeze its, a plain hot dog,and a half scoop of ice cream. about 30 minutes late here came that feeling again! THE STOMAC FLU feeling, very nauseous, chills, and in PAIN.. I begged my hubby to stay up with me this time becuase the last time he was sound asleep and I just felt alone.. so he stayed up as long as he could.. Again this time the pain made me cry there was nothing I could do to feel better and it was just so unbearable! it lasted again until about 4:30 AM and The pain started to go down enough for me to fall asleep- the next day again felt like I was just hit by a bus! so I called and made an appt with my family practice, I couldnt continue with these episodes!
Once I had my appt I called my surgeon again to ask them what questions I should ask and what dept I should request a referall for becuase these needed to be stopped! she asked me questions on my syptoms and then tells me she thinks its my Gal bladder! so she gave me advice on that. After i looked it up and boy oh boy did my syptoms sound just like the ones listed. i went to my doctor apt and she referred me to GI department as well as requested blood work and an ultrasound.
Then last night the doctor calls me and says go to the ER your lab work is way too abnormal and other tests are needed. i called my friend who is in the medical field and she recommended if I dont have an episode to just wait until my ultrasound which is what I decided to do.. so we shall see what is said tomorrow morning during my ultra sound and what the next step is.. Lets hope I finally have an end to these awful painful episodes that I have been having!!!
