I have a surgical consult scheduled for 9am on Tuesday. If you go to the surgeons’ website, you can watch a video of a gall bladder being removed! It’s pretty wild. The gist of the procedure is that they make … Continue reading →

My doc called a little while ago. Turns out that I do have a gall stone, about a half inch in size, which is pretty big. It’s been causing my gall bladder to spasm, hence the pain and such. My … Continue reading →

Well, the pain is gone this morning. I’m hoping that’s a good sign. The gas escape mechanisms were in full force yesterday, so maybe it was just me having too much hot air.

…but not by much. That’s about what I think of my ultrasound. It wasn’t the tech’s fault. She was very apologetic about what she had to do to get good pictures for my doc. The process though was as follows: … Continue reading →

When I saw my doc last week, he mentioned that it was possible that I was having a gall bladder issue (blockage or swelling). He said that was unlikely but that if I started having pain in my abdomen on … Continue reading →

So, it seems that my stomach issues are not an ulcer but are actually acid reflux aka good ol’ heartburn. Yay. I’m on a regimen of Prilosec (well, Target’s generic version) twice a day for a week, followed by once … Continue reading →