I blame my mother...

[ellenmillion]

I have apparently inherited her trick gallbladder. For the past five or so days, I've spent several hours of each day and several episodes at night doubled over in intense pain, or curled up clutching my side. I don't recommend this as a way to spend time, even though Jake and I have discovered a great, distracting TV show on Netflix to mainline. (It's called Surface and is cheesy, unrealistic, sea monstery goodness)

Yesterday, I spent the day at the doctor's, and ended up doing an unscheduled fast for an ultrasound in the afternoon.

Blood tests, urine tests, ultrasound - all negative. Just like mom's were for ten years until she had emergency surgery. (She also had a pulmonary embolism with no symptoms other than back pain...)

In the meantime, my tolerance for most foods - including ANYTHING with fat - has gone out the window. And I don't have a lot of weight available for losing. Also, I'm HUNGRY.

Sucks.

Waiting on liver test results now, as it was enlarged in the ultrasound.

May be somewhat slower to get to things than usual, I apologize in advance.

On the upside, boy do you get service at first care when you say the words 'abdominal pain.' The nurse was waiting for me before I'd finished signing paperwork.

ETA: Also, I have a new story posted: Say No To The Empire

Comments

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you call an ambulance for abdominal pain, they aren't allowed to give you anything for the pain. Drives my husband nuts simply because these people have to suffer that much longer.

Hope they find the issue and are able to fix it. My friend had his gallbladder removed a few years ago. They weren't able to definitively point to it as the reason for his problems, but decided to play it safe.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ellen, poor honey. *hugs*

[fireriven.livejournal.com]

Ugh, you have my massive sympathies. I had gall bladder attacks from age 12-19, when I at last had it removed. By the end, I was pretty much incapable of tolerating any foods other than white rice, baked chicken, and Sprite.

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

**HUGS**

[ryokomusouka.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Been there, done that. Hope they get it cleared up and you get some relief soon.

The surgery is SO worth it, IMO.

[kittrel.livejournal.com]

Oh maaaan.... that sounds miserable! I hope you feel better soon and they can figure out a way to manage it!

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

Big hugs from both of us, Ellen!

[curvature.livejournal.com]

Another of my LJ friends had the same issue - they kept on doing scans and stuff and said it was fine, but then when they eventually did emergency surgery and removed it, it was full of sand and fine gravel. Little bits too small to show up on the scans

I hope you feel better soon

[pers1stence.livejournal.com]

*sympathies* hang in there....

[valdary.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

Hope you feel better soon, that sound miserable.

Your story is all kinds of awesome, really shows how we can bounce the wonderful toy you made for us all around the genres.

Loving the agent provocatuers, and the clever gadgets, and it is so utterly EMPIRE and the urban city side of it, and did I say it was awesome?

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! Your feedback single-handedly made up for an otherwise crappy day!

*grumbles about her bloody password*

[(Anonymous)]

Ugggg, not fun! I am sorry to hear that, Ellen!

I wish they were faster for Sandy when he had abdominal pain...kept us waiting in the emergency room two or so hours while he was suffering (I asked for something for the pain for him but it is true they don't give anything for it until the Dr has seen one), and then after that in the room we had to wait. It sucks that they only have one Doctor on at night!
They figured that it was a gall stone blocking the duct for the gall bladder and the pancreas, and the pancreas was inflamed... they never found it, we think that the one test they ran on him ( some scan that Sandy suffered through, it was not nice to hear) knocked the stone loose. They took out his gall bladder a few months later.
He hasn't really changed his diet, still the same amount of fats, that I know of, and he hasn't had trouble. Might be best to just get it taken out, the surgery was fast, and they do it the laproscopic (butchered that spelling I am sure) way, unless there are complications.

[ht.livejournal.com]

Aww I hope it all gets sorted out soon dearie. :/

[jolantru.livejournal.com]

Ouch. :( *hugs*

[kelkyag]

No fun! I hope that gets resolved soon.

[nixjim13.livejournal.com]

Bummer dude :( I feel your pain about the food issues (though not the gallbladder). Hope they can get this sorted for you quickly!