Man, they say that things always come in threes right? Well I'm not sure if I've made it to three or beyond, but the last two weeks have been crazy!!!
Monday the 7th around 11:30pm I was awaken with some upper stomach pain. It was like a huge gas bubble that wouldn't go away. It hurt to roll over to my sides, on my stomach, and on my back. Now to wake me up usually takes an act of God!!! With my CPAP on I really sleep like the dead. So to have something wake me up was pretty unusual. I tried sitting on the toilet...just in case, tried sitting in a hot bath, tried burping, TUMS, drinking water, sitting up in bed, and nothing was working. This lasted for about an hour and a half before Jim woke up. I didn't want to go to the hospital. I knew it would be nothing. Isn't it always nothing?!?!?! But no matter how or what I tried, I couldn't shake the pain. Jim decided that I WAS going to the hospital when I started to cry. So off we go.
We reach the ER around 1am. There was absolutely no one in the waiting room. I have never seen it empty before!!! They took me in right away. They did the standard, where's the pain, how long, what meds, blah blah blah. Then the nurse told me that since I was the right age they were going to do the whole shebang on me. So I get EKG, X-rays, blood work, everything. And what do you know the ER doctor said that she thinks I have a gallstone. What?!?!?!
So 5 hours later they discharge me with an appointment for an ultrasound for the next day and a follow up appointment with my primary doctor that Friday. I was told to go home and rest. Well that means that my whole week was blown. How do you rest when there are a thousand things that need to be done. Not right away, I mind you, but when you're told you can't do something, that's just when you decide it has to be done!!!!
So Tuesday afternoon, I go in for my ultrasound. It wasn't too bad. At least the gel was warm. LOL. It took about half an hour, and boy was the controller thorough. She couldn't tell me anything, other than to eat a healthy lunch. By this time I haven't eaten since Monday's dinner around 5pm and it's now 1pm on Tuesday!!! Jim and I stopped at Fresh Choice. Oh man, I couldn't believe that a salad could taste soooo good. LOL.
The rest of the week I took it easy. Then it came to Friday. I saw my doctor and he asked me what happened and I told him. He looks over the ER notes and looks back at me and says......(wait for it........wait for it.......)"you don't have gallstones"! See I told you there was nothing wrong. We spent $50 for nothing. Well I can't say nothing. What it turns out to be is that I have a blood cyst on my liver. I thought to myself, what the heck could I have done to get that?!?!?! So I asked. My doctor said not to worry, that I was probably born with it. Whew. He also told me that he is going to put me on a study to see what it is and to make sure that it is not cancerous. That's always nice to know. Before I leave the doctors office, he lets me know that I have a retinal screening that needs to be done, along with a tetanus, and influenza shot. I told him that I would do the shots today but had to schedule the retinal for later. Boy was I stupid!!!!
I went in and got both shots in one arm. Now I know that there is pain afterwards since they are shot into your muscle. But I was NOT ready for what happened later!!!!
That night I started feeling sick. I thought oh great I'm getting the flu from the shot. I deal with it for a day or so and then decided I should read the material that they give you when you get the shots. Duh right?!?!?! Well it turns out that it was the tetanus shot that was giving me the 102 degree fevers. 1 in 300 people experience this. Great I always knew that I was an over achiever but this is ridiculous!!! The fever lasts for about 4 days.
I finally get over that and then it's time for the liver study. When the hospital scheduled it, the nurse said it was going to take all day. It did!!! I went in at 9am and they took some photos of my abdomen then took out some blood. That took about an hour. Then they radiated my blood and put it back in me. I asked if I was going to glow, and the operator said no. I was sooo disappointed!!! Anyway, he puts the blood back in me and I wait another 45 minutes and then some more photos. After this, I get to go home for about 3 hours then come back and they take some more photos. These photos take a good hour to take.
After all that was done, I was told that my doctor would see these photos the next day. So now we wait to see what is in me. Maybe it's an alien. LOL. Who knows.
