I went to the doctor today to have an ultrasound done on my gallbladder because I've been experiencing some syptoms related to gallstones. I only found this out when Mary was telling me about Beth having her gallbladder removed, and was listing off symptoms. As she listed them I was thinking, "Yep, I've had that, I've had that, exactly..." So I got in touch with Beth, she said what I was feeling was pretty much exactly what she went through. It had happened to me about four times, so I called the nurse line.
The nurse advisor didn't seem to give a rip, and said that many of the things I was saying weren't associated with gallstones (although the ultrasound tech today listed those things as symptoms), and that the doctor probably wouldn't see me, but she'd pass it along. I also sent my doctor a message asking if I should be concerned about the pain or if was associated with some other problems I was having earlier this year. Got a call on Wednesday to set up an ultrasound.
So, the tech, who happened to be the mom of a kid I'll have in class this year, found one small gallstone, but said others may have "escaped" since I'd had other attacks. She said the doctor would call or send a letter. The doctor called about an hour ago, and set me up with an appointment to speak with a surgeon next week. So, I think we're going to decide exactly what needs to be done.
I am not excited about the possibility of having to have my gallbladder removed since school starts in 13 days. If I do have it removed, maybe they'll let me bring it home in a glass jar. We'll see what happens.
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At least now there is a little peace of mnd knowing what's wrong! If it does end up coming out, recovery time is quick.
We really should start a glass jar collection of removed organs. It'd be like, "Branson Bodies Revealed" except all diseased and stuff.
Good luck :)
I like the final line, "except all diseased and stuff", nice. I should have kept the piece of bone they took out of my foot...I still have the pins, does that count?
Darn, should have kept that herniated disk, the pins from my arm and my appendix. Beth, we did see your kidney and ureter in the jar after they removed it, but the doc kept it to show his medical school class at UW-Madison!
Had we kept those things we probably could have created a whole new person. Probably not a healthy one, but that means he/she would fit right in.
I forgot about everyone's Branson bumps. Just think how big that jar would be!
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