Relief????
Dec 07, 2009
I think finally I see a light at the end of this long painful tunnel I've been stuck in for the last 14 months.
Yesterday, after being flown out of town due to my side pain becoming unbearable, a surgeon thinks he has the answer, and I'm of the opinion that he may be right.
A form of neuropathy. "Pinched" nerves in the abdominal area, due to scar tissue
The fix is a matter of injecting cortisone into the nerves and deadening the area... VOILA!!!! no more pain
I sure hope this is the answer.
My first injection is in the morning. I'm excited, but also a little wary. I'm excited that this is the answer and I'll actually have no more pain for a time. I'm unsure how long the shot will last, or how often I'll have to have it done. I'm a little wary because what if this isn't the actual problem. I get the shot, and still have the pain? Back to square one. I hate the fact that every test seems to say all is normal, other than a slight imperfection... Gas bubble showing on X-Ray, swelling showing in the CT scan. Electrolytes a little off.
Please please please let this be the answer.
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Yesterday, after being flown out of town due to my side pain becoming unbearable, a surgeon thinks he has the answer, and I'm of the opinion that he may be right.
A form of neuropathy. "Pinched" nerves in the abdominal area, due to scar tissue
The fix is a matter of injecting cortisone into the nerves and deadening the area... VOILA!!!! no more pain
I sure hope this is the answer.
My first injection is in the morning. I'm excited, but also a little wary. I'm excited that this is the answer and I'll actually have no more pain for a time. I'm unsure how long the shot will last, or how often I'll have to have it done. I'm a little wary because what if this isn't the actual problem. I get the shot, and still have the pain? Back to square one. I hate the fact that every test seems to say all is normal, other than a slight imperfection... Gas bubble showing on X-Ray, swelling showing in the CT scan. Electrolytes a little off.
Please please please let this be the answer.
Still having issues
Nov 18, 2009
Well, I'm now 20 months post op, and still having alot of issues with food and pain. The pain I believe has nothing to do with the actual surgery since it didn't start until 7 months after my bypass.
Food is still a major issue. Some days even the thought of food makes me nauseaus. One day I'll be fine to eat a few bites of something like chicken... the next day I'll grab a piece of left over chicken, and almost as soon as I swallow, it's on its way up again. Very frustrating. i miss food some days so much I actually have to force myself not to cry. I just look in the mirror and remember what I looked like before I had surgery, and I get past the depressing feelings I start having.
The pain, on the other hand, that is something thats gotten me to the point that I've actually considered stabbing my gut so the doctors can actually see something is wrong, and have to fix it. There is no way in hell that someone can have as much pain as I've been having and nothing seems to show up in all the tests they've done on me. I pray that the MRI will show something, anything. I'm tired of taking pain pills, I'm tired of walking around with a grimace of pain on my face as I hold my side praying for death some days.
I keep thinking when they do my autopsy they'll see something and say "oh wow, she really must have been in pain... look at this...."
I tried going into the live chat area of OH tonight, and wow, what a mistake that was. Alot of haters in there making life intolerable for anyone that was actually in there to talk about weight and body issues. It's night's like this that I feel really lonely. Nobody to talk to, even if it is for a shoulder to cry on once in awhile. Ten years I've been alone now, son will be heading to university next year, and the girls the year after that. What kind of lonely will I be once they're gone...
One nice thing about a blog, at least I can cry on my own shoulder, and not get any backlash.
Well thats my update for this night, maybe I'll have a date for my MRI soon, and finally an answer and along with that hope for a painless life.
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Food is still a major issue. Some days even the thought of food makes me nauseaus. One day I'll be fine to eat a few bites of something like chicken... the next day I'll grab a piece of left over chicken, and almost as soon as I swallow, it's on its way up again. Very frustrating. i miss food some days so much I actually have to force myself not to cry. I just look in the mirror and remember what I looked like before I had surgery, and I get past the depressing feelings I start having.
The pain, on the other hand, that is something thats gotten me to the point that I've actually considered stabbing my gut so the doctors can actually see something is wrong, and have to fix it. There is no way in hell that someone can have as much pain as I've been having and nothing seems to show up in all the tests they've done on me. I pray that the MRI will show something, anything. I'm tired of taking pain pills, I'm tired of walking around with a grimace of pain on my face as I hold my side praying for death some days.
I keep thinking when they do my autopsy they'll see something and say "oh wow, she really must have been in pain... look at this...."
I tried going into the live chat area of OH tonight, and wow, what a mistake that was. Alot of haters in there making life intolerable for anyone that was actually in there to talk about weight and body issues. It's night's like this that I feel really lonely. Nobody to talk to, even if it is for a shoulder to cry on once in awhile. Ten years I've been alone now, son will be heading to university next year, and the girls the year after that. What kind of lonely will I be once they're gone...
One nice thing about a blog, at least I can cry on my own shoulder, and not get any backlash.
Well thats my update for this night, maybe I'll have a date for my MRI soon, and finally an answer and along with that hope for a painless life.
22 days post op
Feb 23, 2008
I've been having alot of depression, due mainly to the fact that I can't seem to eat anything without throwing it right back up.
I've lost 18 pounds since surgery, 34 total. The weight hasn't changed much in the last few days, even though I'm only taking in water and low calorie flavored water. I attemted some plain yogurt and that didn't sit well either.
I feel hungry and keep thinking what a mistake I've made. At least before surgery when I felt bad I could find something to bring up my spirits, even if it was food.
Everyone keeps saying how much I've lost, since I am losing inches, but I hate telling anyone how much I've lost, since the weight seems to have stopped for now.
Oh well, hopefully tomorrow will be better.
I've lost 18 pounds since surgery, 34 total. The weight hasn't changed much in the last few days, even though I'm only taking in water and low calorie flavored water. I attemted some plain yogurt and that didn't sit well either.
I feel hungry and keep thinking what a mistake I've made. At least before surgery when I felt bad I could find something to bring up my spirits, even if it was food.
Everyone keeps saying how much I've lost, since I am losing inches, but I hate telling anyone how much I've lost, since the weight seems to have stopped for now.
Oh well, hopefully tomorrow will be better.
