I've mentioned these before, I know I have. After the ultrasound I went back to my doctor and she confirmed that yes, I do have gallstones, and that the next step was to see a surgeon about having something (she was sort of sketchy on those details) done.
Through a frustrating set of circumstances, my appointment with the surgeon is on April 28th. As it sits right now, I have no idea if I'll get to see the surgeon that day or not, mostly because the hospitals in Ontario have been closed to non-critical patients for over a week now. SARS is really screwing everything up.
The symptoms of these gallstones have been both painful and annoying. The painful bit being that whenever I eat something I feel incredible amounts of pain in my stomach (or somewhere in that general area). The annoying part is that all I seem to be able to eat is salad and turkey sandwiches. I guess that's not such a terrible thing, but let me tell you, I'm fastly approaching bored with salad and turkey sandwiches.
But up till now it really hasn't been a big deal to just sort of sit down (or pace) and wait for the pain to pass. It hurts, yes, but it doesn't linger on all day thankfully, it's something that passes within half an hour (usually) and then I can go on about my business.
Last night I had some sort of attack. I suspect it probably had something to do with what I had for dinner...evidentally pizza is not good for me. But, I was up almost the entire night because everytime I layed down and closed my eyes, two things would happen. a) My stomach hurt like hell and b) I was dizzy and thought I was going to be sick.
Of course, this had to come when I was completely alone with nobody to look after me, or to make sure that I got up on time (super early) to get into work this morning. I managed the last bit on my own, but the looking after myself part was a bit dicey. At any rate, I made it through the night. At about 3:30am the nausea completely disappeared and I was able to sleep. There was and still is pain, but I've gotten used to that.
I really hope this SARS thing is contained soon, because I really can't miss that appointment with the surgeon. I just have a feeling that it'd be a very bad thing to happen. At this point, I'd almost take the risk to go into the hospital just so this thing can move along more quickly. Though, I suppose it's not me that anyone is concerned with, they're more worried about getting their doctors sick I should think.
Posted by Michelle at April 12, 2003 09:54 PM