**Update 2***I'm keeping my gallbladder! The nurse just called from the office (6pm) and gave me the results! Everything looks normal. No gallstones. Praise our Good Jesus! Thanks so much for the prayers. I love when the Lord answers prayers!!!!!!
If your wondering...the pain is then caused by acid reflux (which the dr suspected). So, I'll just have to watch what I eat and take antacids as needed. I still have to get off the coffee. Still working on that!
Thanks again for the prayers. God bless.
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I had the u/s done this morning on the gallbladder and other organs in that region...and I won't be getting any results until the rad.iologis.t sees them. I guess that takes 2 -3 business days. More waiting. The u/s took about 15 mins yet I stressed all night over it. I had no idea what to expect. I always thought the u/s I had this am would be a happy one looking for my baby. Not quite. Ugh! I trust in the Lord...that whatever the outcome...it's His plan and I have to accept it. Please pray the results are good. Thanks!
So, I will keep you posted when I get the news. Afterwards, I did go to Pan.era and treat myself to a coffee and muffin. Good stuff!
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Oh gosh...that is right. I went to my dr yesterday for follow up on my thyroid meds and I had to tell her that my gal.lbladder is starting to bother me. I don't know if you remember from my surgery last May that the RE told me my gallbl.adder was slightly enlarged? Anyway..I'm having a u/s on it next Monday morning (it's an abdominal one...not internal)...and if there's gall.stones...the organ is coming out. Ugh! If it's not gall.stones...then it could be some kind of acid re.flux or other digestiv.e problem. I'm not too keen on losing the organ...so I'm hoping it's the later one. Please keep me in your prayers. I just can't fathom going "under" again so soon after May. I am on a stricter diet now and I HAVE TO GIVE UP CAFFEINE! So, I added decaf to my brew this morning...I have to do it slow. The dr told me that if something "bothers" me...not to eat it.. really? No. Duh. I'm watching fats and cholesterol too.
The one thing the RE told me last May when he informed me of my gall.bladder is "You are not getting any younger. This type of stuff happens as you age." Great...I needed that reminder.
The dr yesterday told me (nicely) that women who have "too much fat" are prone to having gall.bladder disease. Oh really? Thanks....I know...I need to lose weight..thanks for being so subtle. Haaaaa....I have put on weight...thanks to the lovely IF drugs. Maybe this gall.bladder thing is God's way of making me watch what I eat. :)
Is it me or are these dr's of mine being painfully honest and somewhat brutal? Geez.....
Anything else??? Yes...I still have not found that ring that my aunt gave me and I so graciously lost. Darnit.
Oh...I informed the dr that we weren't really TTC'ing anymore..no more meds etc and I mentioned TTA'ing(hehehe) for a bit so I won't be having a baby when I'm trying to student teach and get my certification done....she said "Let God be in charge of that." She was very nice about it and said that I didn't need that kind of "worry"...to keep charting and just try w/o meds. She didn't like that I was putting my career first..gosh..after 6 1/2 years of TTC and putting off my career...I thought it was time to move on. I don't think she got that. My dh laughed when I told him. He said "Everyone has their two cents, huh?" Yeah...that's about it.
(I really don't care about when I have a baby...I'd be so happy...I'd make whatever adjustments that are needed to my class schedule. The dr's is right..."God is in charge.")
Many blessings to you all.
I am so sad to hear you might be having anoter surgery....Oh my goodness I'll be praying for you!!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am not a full time teacher. I just run an after school program for 4 hours a day so I really have to much free tie to make excuses for myself not taking meds. haha!!!!
God bless you,
Amber
It makes me angry that someone who has not gone through infertility would suggest that an infertile should be more open to life. Nobody is open to life like we are. Nobody else has to be tortured by it. And I think that infertile gals, after they've been through the wringer from top to toe, deserve to retire and move on. I suppose I'm fortunate that (unless I get pregnant this coming year) the prevention of the endo coming back will also prevent me getting pregnant. If it wouldn't, though, I guess I wouldn't do anything different. Perhaps things are different post-surgery, but there is no way short of a miracle I could get pregnant just from having sex. It would have happened long since. So, if I didn't have the endo to worry about, I could go the rest of my life ignoring my charts and have just the same attitude as if I had had a hysterectomy. But NOBODY deserves to have two or three decades with her peace continually shattered by being unable to let go of the possibility that she could get pregnant. I guess that's MY two cents - hah.
ReplyDeleteFT: Four hours a day can be just as tiring depending on the children coming to the afterschool program...I bet it's hard to get them listen when all day that is what they've had to do!
ReplyDeleteMisfit: I couldn't agree with you more and the dr's comments were unwarranted...she's right in that God is in charge..however she did NOT take in to account the six plus years of trying and heartache. Maybe when I see her at the follow up appt...I will be more clear in our reasons for not trying as hard. She needs to read the charts before a patient comes in!I know I've given these details before. She's a nice dr and all and I do feel she meant well. I'm not losing sleep over this because it's ultimately our decision and our lives. So...with that...we are going to live our lives and I'm going to continue making the road to my new career a priority.
I'm praying that it's nothing more than acid reflux. If it's not, I know that gallbladder surgery has come a long way. Now they remove it by keyhole surgery and the recovery is considerably shorter. Even so, surgery is never any fun.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't end up needing another surgery. That's rough. I'm sorry about the insensitivity from your Dr about you considering TTA. If you've prayed about it and talked to your husband, then the Dr. needs to keep her opinion to herself.
ReplyDeletepraying it's not another surgery... but PFH is right, my friend had gall bladder surgery a few yrs ago and her recovery went very well... but still, never something just to do for fun.
ReplyDeletei would have been so annoyed at your dr... she probably would have had quite an earful from me!
Hoping & praying that you won't need to have another surgery! I'll be eager to hear what you find out next week. And if you do, then you know we'll be praying for you each step of the way!
ReplyDelete(I really hope you find that ring, too. That just upsets me so much!)
Thinking of you.
Thanks Stacey!
ReplyDeleteI somehow missed all the updates. I am so glad you get to avoid surgery!
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