11 August 2007

The Last 30 Days: My Health

So, I get this stomach ache. Not just a regular tummy ache, but different. Little spasms. Went to bed with no dinner only to not be able to sleep from the pain. Called my surgeon in the morning and he sends me to the hospital to get some tests done. Did the catscan thing. Swallowed 32 ounces of that thick white stuff, got more of it up my butt and iodine through my veins. The radiology doc comes to talk to me afterward and tells me that there is something going on with my liver and lungs and wants to do another scan, this time of my whole chest. More iodine in my veins. How much of that stuff is safe to have? Another scan done.
What about my tummy?? Ahh, there seems to be a distention of the area just past my stomach in the duodenum/jujunum area. Could be afrom a blockage. And?? "Your doc will talk to you". So I get a bit concerned. I am supposed to go to Spain in 2 weeks. I am moving, I am buying my house (see above posts). Doc Crooms calls me and tells me I can go home, drink clear liquids and call him if it gets worse. Well the stuff up my butt wants out. So off to the bathroom I went, I evacuated (hehe I love that term) and the spasms disappear. OK, that's good. The achy part is still there, so I drink clear liquids and soups for the next 4 days. Thank you Alina for the yummy soups. But I want to know the results of the second scan. What about my lungs and liver? After repeated calls to his office, and getting no calls back, my oncologist calls me and tells me he received the results of the scans and thinks it should be ok. Just does not sound that great to me. Well, I have a visit with him anyway in 4 days, so I will have my list of questions then.
Yeah, so I see him (that was 4 days ago, btw), and he read some of the report to me and it just did not sound like it was a clear result. I wanted to hear "it's nothing". But instead he said we should repeat it in 3 months. Ok, it's not bad, but it does not sound like I am out of the woods either. SO I will see him in November.
I am visualizing very clear lungs and a very clean liver. Would you do it for me too? Thank You

1 comment:

Inga said...

i'm seeing clean and shiny and new!

that walk along the camino will heal all that ails you.... except your feet :)

i love you alice!