I started feeling major pain in my lower left abdomen, side, and back on Tuesday, I just thought it was stress or something related, but on Wednesday morning I had woken up screaming and crying because of the unbearable pain hitting me all at once. My husband and my Son were out of town, so my Daughter had ran upstairs to see what was wrong, and I had told her that I was in major pain and needed 911 to be called. When we arrived they had put me in the hall way on a bed taking my vitals and taking blood. They took me to an ER room and put I.V’s in me, thank goodness, because about five minutes later I was on cloud nine, hardly feeling the excruciating pain I had been in. I had met the doctor, and he seemed like he had no personality what so ever, which we all know that personality towards the patient from the Doctor makes a big difference in everything. right? Well, he had me sleep for a bit while waiting to get me through a cat-scan to see what was wrong. They had found a one inch Kidney Stone wondering around in my kidney area the shape of a hot dog, My kidney was swollen and infected, and I hadn’t had a BM in five days! So I got a triple whammy worth of pain. They admitted me to a room for the night, so I could go through a scheduled surgery the next morning. My Daughter, bless her heart, had stayed behind to be with me all night. Oh no, some one is at the door, I’ll write more about this subject later on.
I miss Katie Couric
NBC has always been the station that I watch for the news and every a.m. I enjoy catching glimpses of the Today Show here and there, they are part of my extended family and I really miss Katie.
I could go on and on about her because she has so many great qualities that I admire, you gotta admit going on national t.v. and having a colonoscopy for all to see isn’t something that most people would do.
Most people won’t have one done even in the privacy of their own exam room. What Katie did really brought attention to the importance of taking care of your colon and we should be grateful for it. It is a growing concern for men and women.
Here at the mall is a vitamin shop that our teenager worked at for a short time and I got to know one of the ladies there pretty well. She knew her stuff and was very helpful when I had the chance to talk with her. I remember one conversation we had when that I was thinking of scheduling a colonoscopy for myself and my Hubby, and she told me some things about her experience with the procedure that were very interesting and helpful.
Monday, ugh….
Had to stay home from work today, Hubby is still ill and we are having the coldest temperatures we’ve had all winter, think I’ll light a fire in the fireplace tonight. Got a call first thing this a.m. from the insurance company and they are sending a claims representative out today to check out the fallen tree in the back yard. I’m not looking forward to going outside to the backyard in this freezing temperature withe him, and poor Hubby insists on getting bundled up so he can join us and ask questions also. Looks like I will need plenty of chicken soup to get us through this one, hot chocolate for me though!