I'm back!!

Hi everyone!!! Well first of all I want to say that you guys are all THE BEST!!!! ...thank you so much for all your responses to my post and all the e-mails I received! I know without a doubt that I couldn't do this without all of you. This past week has been rather difficult for me and you all have certainly helped me through it. (((hugs))) Ok so here's the story about my pre-op testing journey. We got to hubbys parents place a little later than we had expected and once there of course everyone wanted to do the "visiting" thing. Once we settled in and started talking about my surgery and stuff they told us that the hospital wasn't just 45 minutes away but almost an hour and half (oops! hubby miss calculated lol )...because it was that far we weren't able to make the support group meeting ...I was so disappointed but there was no way I could handle another 3 hours of driving after all the driving we just did. We got up early the next morning and made the drive to the hospital. Every thing there went pretty smoothly....paper work...blood work...(no blood gas test )...guess I lucked out on that one lol...chest x-ray...nutritionist came in and went over a few things...ekg...respiratory testing (that one made me laugh ...ok ok I don't have anymore air I can't push anymore out..."keep going, keep going, keep going" .... LOL) Then another doc that will also be caring for me besides my surgeon came in. He was really nice...talked to me a little bit about my health history and did an examination on me. He checked my breathing and then pushed around on my upper and lower tummy. Well...this is where things get a lil freaky ...he pushed on my upper stomach where my liver and gallbladder are and I thought he was going to push them right through my throat. He said, "does that hurt??" I said no it doesn't really hurt but its very sensitive" He didn't say anything about it so I thought all was well. I wondered about that area for a while now though because I even complained to my pcp that it felt like something was stuck under my rib cage at times and it would get numb there from time to time. So everything seemed fine and we got the go ahead to head home. Once we got home there was a message on our machine from Stephanie and she said the doc wants an additional test done on me...my liver feels enlarged ...they couldnt do an ultra sound on me today because the tech was off due to bad weather (which is another story in itself lol) Anyway, bottomline is I have to have an ultrasound done here in Quincy on Thursday...if that doesn't work out I have to go for a CT...worse case she said I might have a tumor (in best Arnold Schwartsinager voice..."it's not a tummmmma" ...depending on what they find out I may have to post pone the surgery and go for a liver biopsy ...so we'll see what happens. I'm trying my best to stay positive but as I said to my hubby..."baby NOTHING comes easy for me so I'm used to this" lol All in all it was a looooong trip but it's one step closer to surgery and getting all this behind me. I hope everyone had a great couple days and thank you again so much for all the support. ~hugs~ Konni

Konni thanks for sharing your trip with us. Your sugery will be here before you know it. I'm glad we have a doc who cares about us to make sure were healthy for the sugery.

you're welcome dee...im glad we have such a caring doc too...the whole program at Barix is very well thought out...they make everything about you and making your journey through this have the best results. ~hugs~ Konni

Im soooooooooooooo glad your bad Konni,and im sorry you have to post pone the surgery.You are getting closer!!Im glad you came back all in one piece and dman i hope i dont have to have the blood gas(puts hands together and prays)> Hugs Chandra

Well we'll see...its not a for sure thing yet that i have to post pone it...it depends what the ultra sound results are...keep your fingers crossed for me Thanks Chan...im pretty happy about coming back in one piece myself ...I hope you dont have to have that test either ~hugs~ Konni

Holy crapolah woman! What are we going to do with you?! You be sure to let us know how the tests go, k? I just got home from talking with a group of pre-op's at the clinic and it was really quite fun. They quizzed me like I've never been quizzed before You take care now! Hugz, Cathy

no kiddin huh?...I couldnt just go there and wizzzzz through this...noooooo...someone has an enlarged liver she needs to be nervous about too now lol....I forgot to also put in my post that the doc checked my throat and up my nose and asked me if I was just getting over a cold....I told him no and he said, "do you know you have a sinus infection?".......hmmmm maybe thats why i wake up everyday with a sinus headache??? .... lol...so he has me on antibiotics for that till surgery day. Yeah I'll post as soon as I know the results from the test...I go at 8am Thursday and Stephanie said they would fax her the results by noon....so prayers...cross your fingers and toes...rub a rabbit foot all day...anything to send me some good news lol hey teach can I send you my list of questions too? ...I'm sure you gave them great information and I bet they enjoyed talking to you. Take care hon. ~hugs~ Konni

Crossing fingers, toes, arms, legs ... *oof* I just fell over! Just kidding, sending you lots of positive thoughts and all that! You know I'm here for ya, just like all the other great folks You take care too! Hugz! Cathy