It's always something
For more than a week now I've been miserable. Not just uncomfortable. Not just a little sick, but completely miserable.
So, I'm thinking that I hate to waste my co-pay and see the doctor to tell me to take some Tums, so I call one of our soccer dads who happens to be a nurse to ask him what he thinks.
I give him my list of symptoms:
*nausea
*gas
*bloating
*awful cramps
*pain that worsens within a half-hour of eating
*bouts of chest pain that feels like a heart attack
Oh, he tells me, it sounds like your gallbladder. I think you have gallstones. You need to see your doctor. So, I go the Mayo Clinic site and look up gallstones. It sounds like a checklist for me. So, off to the doctor I'll go on Tuesday. Everything I keep looking at points to some sort of surgery. Yippee.
So, I'm thinking that I hate to waste my co-pay and see the doctor to tell me to take some Tums, so I call one of our soccer dads who happens to be a nurse to ask him what he thinks.
I give him my list of symptoms:
*nausea
*gas
*bloating
*awful cramps
*pain that worsens within a half-hour of eating
*bouts of chest pain that feels like a heart attack
Oh, he tells me, it sounds like your gallbladder. I think you have gallstones. You need to see your doctor. So, I go the Mayo Clinic site and look up gallstones. It sounds like a checklist for me. So, off to the doctor I'll go on Tuesday. Everything I keep looking at points to some sort of surgery. Yippee.
8 Comments:
At 8:58 PM, April 02, 2007,
Anonymous said…
I hate to tell you this, babe, but you likely have acid relux, like me. Same symptoms and all. Try taking an over-the-counter acid reducer in the morning and at night, or just before you eat.
At 9:02 PM, April 02, 2007,
Anonymous said…
The good news is, they don't have to split you from stem to stern any more to remove a gall bladder. You can have lap and be in and out. And you'll feel better after it's all over!
At 7:06 AM, April 03, 2007,
Anonymous said…
Are you back on the diet sodas and off the cranberry juice?
I'm with Lab Kat, it's acid reflux.
At 7:19 AM, April 03, 2007,
Army of Mom said…
Yeah, I looked at the acid reflux symptoms at the Nexium site http://www.purplepill.com/why_you_hurt/your_symptoms.aspx and that's not it. The biggest problems are the constant cramping and feeling like I'm going to throw up. I thought it was a tummy virus that just wasn't going away and then the heartburn kicked in, too. So, I don't know. I'm pretty sure it isn't the acid reflux. And, I'm drinking a little of everything these days. Decaf tea has been the main thing.
At 8:10 AM, April 03, 2007,
Army of Mom said…
I have a doctor's appt in about an hour and a half. Not my regular doctor, though, darn it. He is out this week. So, cross your fingers. I just don't want to spend a lot of money on testing. Ack.
At 11:56 AM, April 03, 2007,
Army of Mom said…
Ok, back from doctor. For now, he is giving me Prevacid to help me feel better. Did alot of tests and he ordered a CT scan of my abdomen and pelvis, too, to see if there is anything to be wary of. Will keep you posted.
At 10:27 PM, April 07, 2007,
Anonymous said…
I had to have my gallbladder out about 10 years ago and let me tell you...you will know if it's your gallbladder. I felt like someone had shot me in the abdomen and it went all the way through my right side. It's horrible pain. I threw up often with the pain.
I hope it's just acid reflux for your sake.
At 10:09 AM, April 11, 2007,
Army of Mom said…
Just got back from my follow-up appointment and the gallbladder is coming out. Just gotta call the surgeon and schedule it. Diagnosis was: multiple densely calcified gallstones.
sometimes I hate being right.
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