I just lost a HUGE post. Huge. *sigh*
I just want to point out that Gretchen never said what she did on her special day. I hope she is still having fun.
First off, my computer's motherboard got fried in an electrical storm back in July. Got a new computer with some belated birthday money this weekend, so I will be posting more.
As for me, I've been having what I thought was gas pain for maybe a year now. I would take an extra strength Gas-X and sometimes that would work, sometimes I'd have to take a double dose.
Labor Day wound down & I woke up @ 3am in pain. I took 2 pills, waited an hour, still in pain, pacing, took 2 more, waited 45 minutes & called mom. She wasn't sleeping, knew something was wrong, just not with whom.
Checked into ER @ 5:17am, was there until about 10am. It
felt like they didn't give me pain meds until 8am. They did an ultrasound, and although I do have polycystic kidneys, I DO NOT have a polycystic liver. So that was cool. However, gallstones were found & one was stuck in the tube that comes from the liver to the gallbladder. I could wait until midnight & have surgery, or schedule it for Thursday. I didn't want a sleepy surgeon, so we did that. They sent me home with Vicodin, but it gave me bad headaches. And you can't take anything for the headaches on top of the Vicodin. Bah.
One fat-chick related thing that happened is the anesthesiologist called the night before to ask my height & weight. I told the truth. He waits til I'm nekkid in hospital gown, booties & hat, hopped up on Valium & Vicodin to say we might not be able to do the surgery today. He might not be able to get the tube down my throat. My mother asks why. He says it's due to my weight. So. You couldn't have told me that last night on the phone, Richard Cranium???!?!?!?!!?!? Fat people have fat throats???!?!?!? Whatever. I mean, I've heard people sometimes don't have sleep apnea anymore after weight loss. It could be true, it was just the way it was said.
Stayed with my mom after the surgery, wienerdog at my side. I am doing ok now, will need another week to recoup I think. I leave in less than 12 hours for Mayo Clinic again. I almost called activeadventurer so she could relay all this, but don't get cell reception @ mom's.
And that's the story. Thank you for caring about me, guys. I will post more after I get back from Mayo. Maybe I can talk Denise into dinner in Rochester tomorrow night.