Ultrasounds

Next step after seeing the gastroenterologist was to get an ultrasound. 

Ultrasounds aren't all they are made out to be.  I guess they are cool if you are pregnant and finding out about fun stuff like babies but just in general, they suck. 

So I showed up with a FULL bladder - much  harder than it sounds.  Actually it wasn't that bad, I just started chugging water on the way to Raleigh.  Only took 2 bottles of water and a straw.  I was set.  Didn't have to wait that long but the pushing on the full bladder was NO fun. 

Anyway, the only thing that the technician saw on the ultrasound was a normal-ish sized cyst on my ovary.  Now I'm waiting for the GI Dr to call, give me that result and tell me what to do next.

So still waiting for that call....

Thirsty!

As I stated in the post below, I was really thirsty after sitting in the ER all day.  Every time I asked for something to drink I got the "we have to wait and see what's going on before you have anything" line.  So on the way home, Ronnie got me some tea!

We originally stopped at Wendy's on Capital Blvd for a Large tea and some French Fries.  (I have to eat before I can take my meds)  By the time we got to Durant I had almost finished it.  So the 2nd stop was at McDonald's in Wake Forest.  $1 Large Sweet Tea lasted me until I got home and took my meds.  I drained that big cup with the last Keppra I took. 

I could have had another but at this point I was tired and sleepy and about to P my pants! 

Seeing the GI doc tomorrow morning early.  Hopefully he'll figure something out.  Oh yeah, I'm still drinking sweet tea.

Slacker!

Yes, I know I've been a slacker about posting. I think about what I'm going to post tomorrow every night as I'm going to sleep. I don't think about it again until the next night when I'm going to sleep. That happens with a lot of things actually. So if I haven't called or emailed, I do think about but then don't remember :(

Yesterday was interesting. Starting Sunday I've had pain in my right side, nausea, lost appetite and just not wanting to move. If I get in the right position I'm "OK" but if I get up and move I'd get sick on my stomach and start hurting again. Hey it's hurting sitting here now and I'm sick on my stomach. Well, I can take care of the nausea because I've got good meds from the chemo, so no puking. But all that other stuff I couldn't do anything about. So I did the right thing or so I thought. I headed to the Rex Urgent Care Center yesterday morning. That's the closest to my house.

The Doctor was very nice and did the check pushing on my stomach and it was horrible. It hurt really bad. My symptoms were not YES it's appendicitis or Kidney problems but it was very possible one of them. He asked that I go the hospital and told me I'd probably be admitted.

Since I've had all my stuff done at Wake Med I asked if I could take myself over there instead of REX. He said no problem and they called ahead. Of course I got there and they were clueless. I waited 5 hours in the ER before being seen. I get back there and do all the same pushing and decided the same thing. Could be Kidney or appendix. So they ordered a CT Scan. I get to drink the stuff. Actually they got new constrast stuff and it's just like water and since they hadn't let me have anything all day, I chugged it down.

It takes about about an hour and half for the stuff to get into your system and then you can have the CT. Well about two and hour hours later I get the 5 minute CT. About another hour later we get the results ... it's all clear, no problems!

We talk to the surgeon and he's talked to the radiologist, the ER Dr and his boss. They all agree there is nothing they can do at this point. They refer me to a gastroenterologist and send me home with good pain and nausea meds. So after 12 or 13 hours in the ER they have no idea what's going on.

So here I sit, side still hurting, sick on my stomach waiting for the Doctor to call me back.

And you wonder why I don't update more often :)