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MommaAngel 20 years, 10 months ago

HI SHARON I just want you to know that I am praying that everything will go smooth as you journey to the losing side. LORD BLESS

Alberta R. 21 years ago

Best of luck to you as you approach your surgery. Know that I will be sending you lots of warm hugs, positive thoughts, well wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery. Happy Rebirthday!

1800Bev 21 years ago

Awwww Sharon, I just read your post about your ins lapsing and wanted to send you a big (((HUG))). I'm so sorry to hear that your Journey has hit a speed bump. Best wishes sweetie.

MrsGadget 21 years, 6 months ago

Well, this has been quite a year. It started with Gallbladder surgery in January. While recovering, I began getting pain in my ribcage that progressively got worse. In July, I went for an ERCP to diagnose the pain and developed pancreatitis (from the procedure) and the doctor still found nothing wrong. Then I noticed two "cysts", one on each side of my abdomen. My doctor said it was "fatty tissue" and I disregarded it. Two months later, I went to another doctor because the cysts have nearly doubled in size and he says I have a "tumor" and sent me for a CT scan. I had that done last week and had a reaction to the iodine but got through the procedure. I will find out in two days, the results. I expect that I will have to have a surgery to remove the tumors and pray they are benign. One is the size of a grapefruit, the other is slightly smaller. All of this has to be taken care of before I can get scheduled for the bypass surgery. Because of my insurance, I am having to wait until March for my consultation with the surgeon. I am trying to switch from Blue Cross to Kaiser but that requires a move to another town. I'm willing to do it if it helps with better insurance. Blue Cross is good but compared with Kaiser, it is more expensive and has less benefits.

MrsGadget 21 years, 8 months ago

I have scheduled my seminar for September 18, 2002 and I have been told it could be a six month wait after that for an operating room date. The doctor will put me on a monitored diet pending surgery (at least that what I've been told) I am recovering from a bout of pancreatitis (7/25-8/15) and have already lost 10-15 lbs. (depending on the scale) but I didn't eat for two weeks and I'm still not able to digest meat very well. It was terribly painful and I am trying to turn it into something positive by changing my eating habits and not eating very much (since my stomach shrunk from not eating).