I've had an umbilical hernia for awhile now. Well, it decided to get bigger and a lot more painful over the weekend. I spent a good deal of Monday in the ER being abused by doctors, surgeons and interns. I can see one or TWO of them trying to push it back in, but EVERYONE?! Grrrrrrrr. Morphine only works for so long. Anyway, after convincing them that I could survive another day or two they let me go home so I could make plans, clean my house, do laundry...you know, all the important stuff Moms feel compelled to do before taking care of themselves. It isn't strangulated yet, but there is a concern about circulation so the surgery will be sooner rather then later. To insure this, I only got enough pain meds for 3 days. Fine with me, I hate the way my head feels on this stuff.
So, this is going to sidetrack my exercise A LOT but at least when its fixed it should be fixed forever. I am upset that this is going to derail my progress but I have put it off for many years so it was only a matter of time before it bit me in the butt. Actually, the surgeon said it is probably because of my shrinking tummy and all the exercise that it got worse. I never thought about that but it makes sense...tighten up the abdominal muscles, hurt the hernia. DUH! LOL! So, I am going to be leaning on you ladies to keep me motivated while I am a bit sidelined. I will try to be a good cheerleader if I am not in the game. However, I am a MOM, I am a SUPERHERO. I don't plan on being sidelined for long. Heck, after leaving the ER, I popped the pain pills, baked a pie and cooked hamburgers on the grill for Memorial Day. LOL...I never claimed I was a genius.
I am a bit annoyed already. They pumped me full of a couple of bags of saline in preparation for emergency surgery. The scale is reflecting that. So I am going by what the scale said BEFORE I went to the ER.
I have to make an appointment for my 7 year old to see a pediatric cardiologist too. So I am going to count on you guys to help squish the "emotional eating/stress eating" response. I am hoping for a good evaluation for him, but it is still scary none the less.