Saturday, January 20, 2007

Thank God for Appendicitis!?!

THANK GOD I HAD APPENDICITIS! I HAVEN'T FELT WELL FOR AWHILE NOW BUT DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I FELT. TUESDAY I DIDN'T FEEL WELL ALL DAY BUT WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME I COULDN'T EXACTLY SAY EXCEPT I JUST HAVEN'T FELT RIGHT. TUESDAY EVENING WAS MY SON'S 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I REALLY WANTED TO STAY HOME BUT COULDN'T DISAPPOINT MY BABY! AS THE EVENT DRAGGED ON FOR WHAT SEEMED A CENTURY I FELT WORSE AND WORSE. I WENT HOME AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BED. ABOUT 11PM I WAS VOMITING AND LATER ON HAD A FEVER. AGAIN I DIDN'T KNOW WHY B/C IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE FLU JUST WEIRD! THEN THE PAINS STARTED AND THE CHILLS CAME ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER SYMPTOMS. I COULDN'T SLEEP ALL NIGHT LONG AND WHEN THE PAINS BECAME ALMOST UNBEARABLE I GOT ON THE TRUSTY COMPUTER AND LOOKED UP SIGNS FOR APPENDICITIS. I HAD EVERY SYMPTOM AND TOLD MY HUSBAND I NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SURE ENOUGH I HAD APPENDICITIS AND MY APPENDIX NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. I STILL HAD PAIN EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MORPHINE SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH PAIN I WOULD'VE BEEN IN WITHOUT THE MORPHINE. THEN ABOUT 5MINUTES BEFORE MY SURGERY THE SURGEON SAID HE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THE OVARY TOO. NOT KNOWING WHY I NEEDED AN OVARY REMOVED FOR APPENDICITIS, I ASKED WHY! THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYTHING ABOUT MY OVARIES HAD BEEN MENTIONED. I HAD A MASSIVE TUMOR GROWING ON MY RIGHT OVARY AND HE SAID IT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED BUT HE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD SAVE THE OVARY. THEY REMOVED MY APPENDIX, AN OVARY, AND A MASS ON THE OVARY WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO BE TESTED FOR CANCER. THE PAIN SUCKED AND THE EVENT WAS SCARY AND I AM STILL UNSURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE WHOLE THING BUT I CAN SAY THANK GOD I HAD APPENDICITIS OTHERWISE THE MASS WOULD STILL BE GROWING INSIDE ME AND WHO KNOWS WHEN I WOULD'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT! GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS!

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