Kathryn B.
So I like taking very long vacations....lol
Aug 14, 2012
Last post was in october of 2010 and wow there has been so much that has gone on in the nearly two years since I have posted. I did heal from my apron surgery and finally got to my goal of 175 and stayed there for a good time until.......well let me just start from the begining.About 3 months post op from surgery I started noticed I ws getting pains as if I had ate to much in my left shoulder with out even eating, I also noticed my right side was becoming more and more tender at my bra line. I would have an attack and go to the ER or urgent care thinking something was wrong and was told your fine just heart burn given meds and sent on my way. It was not till about Feb of 2011 when I had gone a month on liquids or squishy foods because to eat would hurt and I would have hot flashes, pain beyond control, shortness of breath and over all thought I was dying or my band had slipped. I called my surgeons office in Lubbock they had me run a band test to see if I was ok and the band was good and holding, however from December of 2010 to Feb of 2011 i gained 20 pounds. But as I was saying in Feb of 2011 I had an "episode" that landed me back in the ER I took the time since i had to wait to be seen to list dates, issues, feelings, problems, and how i was feeling then. They took me back ran the EKG's and other heart tests since there was chest pain and while doing this also ran blood work for heart issues and blood clots. The test came back for clots so off to do my first CT ever, at the time they found nothing and sent me home with a question mark. A few days later the ER doctor calls and says i need to get my PCP to set up a full blown CT they found a hemangiona on my liver about the size of a golf ball. In March of 2011 off to my first ( of many mind you) triple contrast CT's. The report comes back that in months time the hemangiona had grown from golf ball to baseball. My wonderful(not) PCP puts me on 40 mgs of Lasik and tells me all my systoms are in my head. So I give up and throw in the towel and figure I would have to live with the pain and "Henry" this is what we started calling my growth. by November of 2011 i switched doctors to one I liked and had worked with and went into her office and laid it all out from start to finish. she got me into the GI doctor and he again ordered more blood work, more tests another CT and after 2 months of sitting on the edge do I have cancer or am I losing my mind and still gaining weight back, not eating right and feeling like poo, I am told I have a gaint hemangiona and I need to be seen my a specialist in Phoneix. So off to Phoenix I go and this was in May of 2012 I am told I need to have "Henry" removed and it needed to happen NOW. Well it didn't happen NOW it happen three from NOW and that was May 18, 2012. On that date I had 30% of my right lobe of the liver removed, my gallbladder, and a tumor the size of a large grapefruit removed. I am almost three months out no weight gain no lose either but I am stable. I also can eat with out hurting and looking forward to getting back on my "band" wagon to get to my goal and stay there.
