Ravenwood - 03/31/05 07:30 AM
Well, I'm still here. The doctors are running more tests trying to figure out what is wrong with me. Apparently carving out my gall bladder isn't something they want to rush into. That means my days are spent grinning and bearing the pain, while I save my limited supply of legal narcotics for night time when I need to put the pain to bed, literally.
So my days are quite miserable. While I wasn't awake at all on Monday, Tuesday's pain was exacerbated by daytime TV fare. I don't know how people watch this tripe. So I've gone back to work, much to the surprise of my coworkers, on a much limited basis. Yesterday, rather than stay home and watch the numerous court shows and the neverending parade of commercials for personal injury attorneys, I decided to go back to work.
I went in late in the morning and left early, working for about 4 hours. Today, I hope to push that to at least 5, still a far cry from the 11 hour days I am used to putting in. I meet with the surgeon on Tuesday, and hopefully he'll have some answers for me about when my life will return to normal.
That said, light blogging will resume, but may be interrupted for obvious reasons.
You are totally right about TV. Hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: kjo at March 31, 2005 3:56 PMThey usually suck it out, they make three holes in your belly and do it. My 28 year old son had his sucked out last year, only 4 days recovery time. He did great. Lots of luck and I hope you feel better, Cat.
Posted by: catfish at March 31, 2005 8:11 PMLay off of the pork rinds and mayo for a while. ;^)
Welcome back.
Posted by: Steve Scudder at April 1, 2005 10:00 AMEnjoy the meds while you can and don't complain too much about the pain or some agency might step in and prescribe another mercy killing.
Posted by: jason at April 1, 2005 9:56 PMFirst had gb problems when I was in my early 20s. Waited about 30 years to have it out - something about being curled up for 3 days on the sofa trying not to scream got me to the doctors. It was a case of "golf ball through a garden hose" gall stones. I was lucky - they did the easier operation with the three small holes and back to work in a week. HOWEVER, there's never a guarantee that the "easy" method will work, and the docs don't seem to know if it will until they poke the first hole and take a look! The "old" method can keep you in the hospital for a week or more and at home from 3 - 8 weeks. But then you can usually go back to BLTs and beer! Good luck!
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