I had an afternoon appointment with my family Dr (Debbie Miles, Nurse Practioner).
They faxed/requested the report of my CTscan.
She told me it could be inflammation. She recommended I get a colonoscopy, just to be safe.
She gave me a copy of the CT scan report, and said not to go looking things up and getting worked up about it.
That night I made the mistake of looking things up. I could feel the blood rush from my head. Felt like I was going to pass out and be sick. That began a bunch of anxiety.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
JAN 16-18, 2015 (FRI- SUN)
On Friday night (16th) Michael was at Norman's house, for a birthday sleep-over. Timmy was working. Katie at college. Tim and I did some stuff in Jonesboro, and ate out at The Front Page Diner. Kinda like a Lambert's wannabe. I had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with white gravy, and corn.
Saturday morning we went to church to do work. We got McDonald's for lunch. I had two hamburgers and a sm. bag of french fries.
About an hour later I started cramping (IBS/ Gadfield tummy ache). It hit me hard and fast. I had cramping diarrhea, and vomiting. I'm sure I emptied my bowels. I vomited a total of 10 times. I wasn't able to keep down a couple swigs of water down. I tried going to sleep, and only slept a brief time. When I woke up, Tim was still awake. We decided to go to NEA ER around 10:30.
They did bloodwork, urinalysis, a CT scan with dye and an ultrasound throughout the night. They gave me something for the nausea. They gave me dilaudid (which is stronger than morphine.)
The Dr's changed at midnight. So the Dr I saw initially was not the one I saw with the diagnosis/ discharge.
The discharge Dr said vomiting was not associated with gallbladder. That I may have had a virus. That I have stones in my gallbladder, and it was inflamed. He didn't know if it was enough for me to be a candidate for surgery or not. But I was to follow up with a surgeon (Dr Degges.) He also said what we thought was "deflated bowel". (Later discovered it was decompressed bowel.) He said "you should probably get it checked out."
Got home around 5:30a. Besides a few naps Tim took with me in the bed, he was up all night. He got about 3 hours of sleep, then went to church and preached the AM Service. Wow.
I knew my records were going to be made available online or app called My Chart in about 3 days.
Since Dr Degges was for my gallbladder, I felt I could control the symptoms with what I ate and the bowel issue was the bigger issue. We were waiting for my records to come online before proceeding. Using those days to recover and sort out what to do.
Saturday morning we went to church to do work. We got McDonald's for lunch. I had two hamburgers and a sm. bag of french fries.
About an hour later I started cramping (IBS/ Gadfield tummy ache). It hit me hard and fast. I had cramping diarrhea, and vomiting. I'm sure I emptied my bowels. I vomited a total of 10 times. I wasn't able to keep down a couple swigs of water down. I tried going to sleep, and only slept a brief time. When I woke up, Tim was still awake. We decided to go to NEA ER around 10:30.
They did bloodwork, urinalysis, a CT scan with dye and an ultrasound throughout the night. They gave me something for the nausea. They gave me dilaudid (which is stronger than morphine.)
The Dr's changed at midnight. So the Dr I saw initially was not the one I saw with the diagnosis/ discharge.
The discharge Dr said vomiting was not associated with gallbladder. That I may have had a virus. That I have stones in my gallbladder, and it was inflamed. He didn't know if it was enough for me to be a candidate for surgery or not. But I was to follow up with a surgeon (Dr Degges.) He also said what we thought was "deflated bowel". (Later discovered it was decompressed bowel.) He said "you should probably get it checked out."
Got home around 5:30a. Besides a few naps Tim took with me in the bed, he was up all night. He got about 3 hours of sleep, then went to church and preached the AM Service. Wow.
I knew my records were going to be made available online or app called My Chart in about 3 days.
Since Dr Degges was for my gallbladder, I felt I could control the symptoms with what I ate and the bowel issue was the bigger issue. We were waiting for my records to come online before proceeding. Using those days to recover and sort out what to do.
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