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Thank you all so much for your prayers. A few hours after posting I was in the ER. Blood pressure of 66/40. Thank God I didn't just curl up and go to bed like I'd planned to do.
I had an acute pancreatitis attatck. Never, never think that your dr's are doing what is best with you and DEMAND a complete, a I mean COMPLETE blood work-up yearly. I have been having daily symptoms of this for a least 3 years now. Welp, after 3 hours in ICU some cold hard b**ch treated me like I had the pleague while she TOLD me, "Well, you do know you have acute pancreatis, don't you." "How long has it been since you've had a drink." A statement, not a question. I couldn't even get the glory of telling her 16 years cuz by this time I was in way too much pain to get into a pi$$ing match. I dr. Like all of us, I dr ALOT. I've had my yearly scope into the tummy just a couple of months ago but ANOTHER dr who has turned all business.
I shouldn't be putting this here, I should be putting it in the vent category but I'm too dang weak to figure out how to break it up so here goes......no matter how much you think you know or trust your dr, DON'T. I have let my dr blow off my symptoms for almost 3 years now. A liver workup would have given clues to this.....it would definately lead up to a complete blood workup which would have dx'd it properly.
I'm scared. I'm scared to death. (not scared enough to stay in the hospital the extra 3 days) and I am so very very angry. I have had nothing but major melt-downs since early Thursday with the biggest one this afternoon when I came home and started reading on this wonderful new problem.
I don't ask "why" very often. At least I try not to. Seems like that's the only thing that I've been doing...."why me". Contending with 2 adult children that literally don't give a crap anymore about mom's new medical problem than the one I've had for years and years and they haven't clue one as to what it's about....they honestly believe that I'm making these things up to get attention and that hurts almost more than being sick does.
More " PARTNER PROBLEMS" because of his scheduling work and getting me to dr's appts I have this week. He sends his time taking care of his aging parents, which is a good thing, but I don't even get scraps. (they are able to make it to their own appts, senior meetings every night and just went out today and bought a new tv~sounds pretty healthy to me.) All's I get is how impossible I make his life because he has got to cancel appts around me again . (Oh, did I mention the 3 hours he spent over there after he brought me home hooking up the new tv?)
Guess I"m going to need those prayers to keep on comin' for awhile. Doesn't look like this one is going to be an easy one to correct at all....unless you can eat cream of wheat and drink juice (the ICer's best friend) until all symptoms clear up.
And, if I am not posting, I'm still reading and my prayers for my IC family are the first on my list and will continue to be.
A huge kissing to all~and again....thanks goes to the IC angel 's
I had an acute pancreatitis attatck. Never, never think that your dr's are doing what is best with you and DEMAND a complete, a I mean COMPLETE blood work-up yearly. I have been having daily symptoms of this for a least 3 years now. Welp, after 3 hours in ICU some cold hard b**ch treated me like I had the pleague while she TOLD me, "Well, you do know you have acute pancreatis, don't you." "How long has it been since you've had a drink." A statement, not a question. I couldn't even get the glory of telling her 16 years cuz by this time I was in way too much pain to get into a pi$$ing match. I dr. Like all of us, I dr ALOT. I've had my yearly scope into the tummy just a couple of months ago but ANOTHER dr who has turned all business.
I shouldn't be putting this here, I should be putting it in the vent category but I'm too dang weak to figure out how to break it up so here goes......no matter how much you think you know or trust your dr, DON'T. I have let my dr blow off my symptoms for almost 3 years now. A liver workup would have given clues to this.....it would definately lead up to a complete blood workup which would have dx'd it properly.
I'm scared. I'm scared to death. (not scared enough to stay in the hospital the extra 3 days) and I am so very very angry. I have had nothing but major melt-downs since early Thursday with the biggest one this afternoon when I came home and started reading on this wonderful new problem.
I don't ask "why" very often. At least I try not to. Seems like that's the only thing that I've been doing...."why me". Contending with 2 adult children that literally don't give a crap anymore about mom's new medical problem than the one I've had for years and years and they haven't clue one as to what it's about....they honestly believe that I'm making these things up to get attention and that hurts almost more than being sick does.
More " PARTNER PROBLEMS" because of his scheduling work and getting me to dr's appts I have this week. He sends his time taking care of his aging parents, which is a good thing, but I don't even get scraps. (they are able to make it to their own appts, senior meetings every night and just went out today and bought a new tv~sounds pretty healthy to me.) All's I get is how impossible I make his life because he has got to cancel appts around me again . (Oh, did I mention the 3 hours he spent over there after he brought me home hooking up the new tv?)
Guess I"m going to need those prayers to keep on comin' for awhile. Doesn't look like this one is going to be an easy one to correct at all....unless you can eat cream of wheat and drink juice (the ICer's best friend) until all symptoms clear up.
And, if I am not posting, I'm still reading and my prayers for my IC family are the first on my list and will continue to be.
A huge kissing to all~and again....thanks goes to the IC angel 's
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