Hello EveryoneI thought it was time for a fun cutie pic and i hope you all agree it delivers. This was my expression when my local hospital rang to offer me a gallbladder cancellation for 15/3 which is this coming friday!!. Just couldn't believe it really as been waiting so long. π€it isn't changed as i'm still in a lot of pain.
I feel worried and relieved in equal measure, so glad to get it done and see what i'm left with. I do hope ,all of you who are waiting , that you get a breakthru soon.
This young lass obviously had the shock of her life with an Emu poking his head into her open car window for food. This was in Ohio on a farm.
Thank you all so much for your support. Its helped enormously. I will update you as to how i get on recovering.
Do hope you are all as well as possible and enjoying spotting Spring signs despite the cold still. I love this time of year.
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Misty im so pleased you have a date at last! I know its can be scary the thought of surgery but when you really need it, it is something to look forward , having it over and done with. Will it be key hole surgery?Can be a quicker recovery time. My prayers will be with you on Friday ππΌππΌππΌππΌππΌππΌ
You have a very positive attitude and that will help you in your recovery π€
I do love your picture, I think I would have call an ambulance if an emu did that to meπ³π€£
Take easy until you go in on Friday, you know we are all thinking about you xxxxπ₯°β€οΈπ€
Thank you weathervane for your lovely message and good wishes for friday. Hopefully it will be keyhole but they never fully know till the op gets underway. It means such a lot that you feel i'm so positive!!. Its been hard to keep it up with so much pain for such a long time, so i'm pleased i've succeeded.
Although there are no guarantees i'm so looking forward to losing this biliary pain. If i don't it will mean its caused by something else but it can still be treated!!. Not long to wait now and hopefully π€the hospital doesn't ring. We're all stressy whenever the βοΈrings as you can imagine!!. So far ok!.
I do hope your feeling better and your son's cat is improved too. Hope his house buying is moving along.
I will update as soon as i can as been so touched at all the lovely messages. The emu went well, yes, i'd be ill after the shock of that too!!.
Take care and have a lovely weekend. Xxππ€πππ
π€π»π€π»π€π»π€π»All will go well with you , and that it makes a BIG difference with your awful pain .
My sonβs house purchase is still ongoing, takes a while!! His cat is doing well , having another check with the vet and more bloods which she hatesπΏ.
I had another biopsy on my arm ( hopefully the last) i took the dressing off after 2 days to find it was swollen and hot and tracking up my arm I was able to see the nurse who got the gp and started on strong antibiotics which did not agree with my stomach at all π€’. All is well now and stitches out, results on the 10th of April.
Best wishes for Friday , hopefully you will be able to enjoy the Spring and Summer with out this horrible pain xxπ€π€β€οΈπππͺ»πΉπΌπΈxxxx
Sorry weathervane for later reply. I've been so touched at all the good wishes i've had for fri. I really do appreciate it .I'm really pleased your son's home purchase is progressing albeit slowly. We've noticed here that sales are taking an age to go thru with solicitor's shortstaffed etc. Our neighbour's bungalow is for sale as she had to go to live near her daughter. We'll notice it i'm sure as its horrible its empty and just want it occupied. Its had plenty of interest but no offers yet!!.
So glad pussy is improving too. Hopefully the bloods will be good. Its horrible having a sick cat. I'm glad there looking at vet's bills and why so expensive!!. Hope they do it in Ireland.
Sorry you've had a tough time with a 2nd skin biopsy. Awful getting that infection but glad its all improved. π€for your results next month.
So far no βοΈ call to change fri so it really feels nearer today!!. Felt rather stressed this am as i'm trying to be up to date with admin so i can concentrate on recovery. Some things will have to wait as i'm fast running out of π₯
Yes, i really hope both my ops could be done before June. Its a great time of year to recover.
Thank you for all your support weathervane , do hope you have a nice weekend and i'll be in touch when i can. Xxπ€ππ€π¦π€ππ€ππΊππͺ»
Take care, donβt get too stressed and only do your essential admin for now. You will be in good hands and well looked after ππΌππΌ. I will be thinking about you on Friday xxxxβ€οΈπΈπΌπ₯°ππ
Thats exactly what i'm doing weathervane. Still no βοΈso it does look like fri is on!!. π€Thanx so much for all your support and i'll be in touch when i can. I know i will have supercare from hospital, may be in unit all day but so worth it hopefully. Take care. Xxππ€ππππ€πππ
Thanks so much knitsewpurl for your lovely message. I hope so too and will update as soon as i can. I've been so touched at all the lovely messages. Hope your well. Xxπππ€ππΊππ
Great news, Misty. I know how youβre feeling as I had my gallbladder removed in 2008. Mine was done by keyhole and I recovered in less than a week. π€youβre the same. It will make a huge difference to you. Iβll be thinking of you on Friday.
Thank you barbara for your lovely message. I'm really hopeful that mine will be keyhole too as recovery is so much quicker. Its a very positive op if all goes well and the awful pain goes. You did ever so well.How was your eating afterwards and how is it now. Still careful with fatty food?. I will update you all as soon as i can as i'm so touched at the response. Have a good rest of week too. Xxπ€ππΊππ€
Hello Misty. I remember I got out the same day and came home and had something light to eat. The next day I felt good and didnβt need any painkillers. Touch wood I havenβt had any problems since then. I donβt eat a lot of fatty foods but then I never did so I havenβt changed my diet. But I do eat cheese and butter with no ill effects. Hope all goes as well for you. π
Thats a dream outcome barbara really. I hope i'm the same. No, i've not eaten a lot of fatty foods either. I'm thrilled you can eat cheese now as i've really missed it ,so hopefully i will tooπ.π€. Thanx so much for your lovely wishes, hope the lupus is behaving. Take care. Xx
Brilliant Emu picture, just love that look of utter astonishment in the girls face!!
But even more brilliant is that at long last Helen you have got a date for the opπ!
We will all be thinking about you on here and wishing you a swift and straightforward procedure. It is a much much easier op to recover from nowadays. I was so much better after a couple of weeks of discomfort. It definitely was not dreadful pain and they controlled it well .
Thank you so much cutty for your lovely message, and help and support with all this. Lovely to see your message on here. I am so hoping its keyhole surgery and i have the same outcome as you . Can't wait for the benefit and to be recovering afterwards. It sounds such a positive op. I'm sure too i will have good csre from my local hospital as its a good one. My nurse friend says i can contact her if i have any problems too. I may be in Day Surgery all day so i will send you a quickie message at the weekend. Then i'm having a break to concentrate on my recovery. I'm so very touched at everyone's kind messages of support on here so will also do an update when i'm up to it.
I hope you have helpful news from your back MRI dear cutty as you need more help so badly. Thinking of you dear friend too. TAKE CARE, Xxπππ€ππ
Thanx for lovely message Soul. Sorry your having gallbladder problems too. I'm having mine out because its only working with 20%capacity which is too low. I had a specialist scan that revealed this. Apparently, they take gallbladders out if the capacity is 40% and below. I don't think collapse is quite the right word to use, sounds ridiculous really!!. I'm hoping its the answer to my awful biliary pain after eating but it may not be. Not long to find out now. Hope i've hekped. Thanx for your lovely wishes and take care. Xx
Oh right so collapsed isn't right terminology I did think sounded odd a AE medic said it's not totally it's to do what eaten that didn't seem right either.
I get pain after eating.
Il mention it when they finally sort out my appointment.
All best for yours I did research saw below 40%g function it's removed
Trouble is no surgery allowed till my dehissed wound heals
Sorry soul your suffering a lot. I found buscopan to be the best for blurring the pain after eating!. Ask your gp about it if your not on it already!. Hope they sort an appt out for you soon. All the best. Xx
your pictures always make me smile π so glad youve finally got an appointment booked for Friday. will be thinking of you and wishing for a speedy recovery. x
Thanx so much chris for your good wishes..π€its not changed and i get it done before Easter!!. Its so needed now!. Glad you liked the funny one. I will update when i can. Take care. Xx
Thatβs great news Helen! Iβm so pleased youβre finally getting this done, itβs been a long miserable wait for you. Iβll message you before Friday lovely, lots going on hereπ!
Love the cutie pic, that would give me a shock too π«£π±
Thanx so much EDD for your lovely wishes. I hope your Rheumy appt went well, i did think of you and hoped it was helpful and wondered how you were?. I hope she okayed MTX. I had a good Endo one. Talked to the new Consultant on the phone and he seems very nice. F2f next time as he wants me to try 5mg daily as its safer longterm. I'm on 6mg luckily. How about you?.
He's not sure my adrenals will recover but we'll see!!. Got to get these ops done first and once on 5mg he wants to do another adrenal test like last time. Thats early AM too!!.
I hope you've had a lovely Mother's Day and no rush to reply. I may leave your lovely message until i'm feeling better after op. I'm so drained of energy now as anaemic as well without treatment. Got lots to do for fri, so not long !!. Its an early AM start too but best bit is i don't have to come off mtx beforehand!!. What a relief!!. Feel really poorly and keeping π€ fri goes ahead. Foot is really painful as well so loss of one PAIN will be FAB. We had a Mother's Day outing to garden centre.
I hope your not too busy this week and your coping, lovely. TAKE CARE, XxπΊππ€ππͺ»
Hi lovely , I did send you a catch up WhatsApp a couple of weeks ago after my rheumy appt. maybe youβve not seen it.? Yes sheβs okayed the MTX 7.5mg, the injections are arriving tomorrow and the nurse is coming to show me how to do them on Wednesday! Fingers crossed, I feel a bit nervous about starting it what with my intolerances π, Iβve managed to get down to 7mg but I reduced it by 1mg since I saw her but my GP said not to reduce it anymore until Iβm established on the MTX, if all goes well I should be off the steroids in about 18 weeks, well thatβs the plan !
Iβve just had a week of antibiotics for a Diverticulitis flare so that was grim plus other stuff going on but Iβll fill you in. No donβt worry about replying until you feel up to it after your op, thereβs no rush and I know itβll be a busy and anxious week for you getting ready especially when thereβs always the worry about cancellation on top of coping with everything else. Just know Iβll be thinking of you and praying everything will be going well for you ππ€yes the early start is a struggle but just think this time next week and itβll all be done π€
Thanx so much for your lovely message EDD. I didn't get your whatsapp message and i sent you one which i don't think you got. It was at the time of changing my phone!!. So annoying isn't it when it doesn't work. Wonder why?. My number hasn't changed. We are a pair, because i've been on antibiotics too for a gum infection. I had to do an emergency dash to dentist. So sorry you've had a diverticulitis flare. That's been a longer time for you but so miserable. Hope your better now.
What a relief they okayed the mtx injections at 7.5mg. Do really understand why your nervous and dojng an injection is a big thing or did you do them in nursing. Good luck with the learning . I'll think of you lovely. Lupyewe did them and found it easy.
Keeping π€for mtx to work and you to tolerate it ok. Gp was spot on in his advice. Well done for getting to 7mg. That used to be the safer amount but its now 3mg-5mg!!. You've done really well EDD as its not easy. A good plan there for being off them in 18 weeks. Slow and steady.
Thanx for all your support lovely. Really appreciate it. I'm just worried about added nerve damage as its the same side. Hopefully will be ok as got lady surgeon!!. I'll send a quickie GMAIL message but it may be the weekend as could be in day surgery all day. I'm taking time out for recovery.
Thinking of you EDD , hope it goes well. Big hugs. Xxπ€πππΊπ€β€οΈπ
Hi Mistyβ¦ Iβve sent you another quick WhatsApp to wish you well. No I didnβt get your last message either! Better luck with the next one π€sorry to hear about your gum infection Oow thatβs miserable, I hope thatβs settle down now, you donβt need added issues now, Iβll have everything crossed youβll get to Friday and everything will go smoothly, even the early start π.
No I'm not worried about doing the injections myself, Iβve done them before and Iβve done plenty for others in my many years nursing which makes it a bit annoying that I HAVE to wait for a nurse to visit to show me how to do it, but it is what it is so Iβll be patientπ. Itβs the side effects Iβm worried about, you know how sensitive I am to stuff π¬
The company that sent out the MTX injections forgot to send a sharps bin π so yet again another phone call and now that wonβt be delivered for ten days! Donβt we get so fed up with the endless phoning and chasing up π«!
Anyway lovely do take good care and will be thinking lots about you.
Oh EDD, its all so frustrating isn't it having to chase everything.?. Takes energy we don't have. I've got a jamjar for my used needles from my Adrenal Injections. I was recommended to do this as a sharps bin couldn't be organised and I may do it so infrequently.!!. Another 10 days is a long time so it delays your first injection?. Even more annoying as I'm sure you were told MTX can take up to 3 months to work!!. Just right for summer hopefully. Will be thinking of you learning. Its a bit silly as you're so familiar with injections!!. Rules is rules.
Can understand your worry, π€, you'll be ok, specially taking folic acid too and its such a small dose!!. Your not sensitive to all drugs.
Will try WhatsApp again, thanx so much for your lovely wishes. All the very best. Xx
Thatβs a great idea using a jam jar, Iβll do that thanks lovely π, no it wonβt delay it, yep Iβve got the folic acid too, Iβm glad youβve reminded me, I mustnβt forget to take it ππ»π thanks for your words of encouragement, I must be positive π
Don't take folic acid on the same dsy as you inject EDD. Just on the days afterwards. Its a lot to remember but hopefully you will be ok. Good luck too for the blood tests. If you do get side effects at the start they may not last ,so it must be given time to see. Keeping π€that it works and you tolerate it well. It could help your arthritis symptoms too. Hope it all goes well. TAKE CARE, big hugs. XxπΊπ€ππβ€οΈπͺ»π€ππβ€οΈπΊππͺ»β€οΈ
P.s, as you've got a lot of stress going on at the mo EDD and you know your body the best. Go back to 8mg if you feel you need to as mtx will tske awhile to build up. You've done so well to reduce down to these doses and you need to be as well as possible. Xx
Hooray at long last Misty. I am delighted for you lovely. At long last there will be an end to one pain. One pain less makes a world of difference in how we cope day to day. I understand the anxiety of it but you will feel so relieved when itβs done. Great pic too. Lots of love xxx
Thanx so much cecily for all your support and encouragement thru the long wait. π€that it isn't changed. It still feels wierd to have a date. Its an early start like yours but i prefer that, can just 'get up and go'!. I do hope your op recovery is still on track and thank goodness it wasn't cancer!!. Huge relief for you but it was still a big op. Take care lovely, Xx
P.s, your so right re one pain gone is a great help!!. Its one less thing for our brain's to focus on!!. Xx
I am delighted for you because it seems like you have been suffering unnecessarily for so long. This time next week you will be recovering and in a lot less pain thank goodness. So long overdue. I am doing well with my nose now, my taste and smell is gradually returning. I am having an awful flare of everything else though so I am pretty fed up and sleep deprived. That is the issue of having any sort of physical or emotional trauma your body kicks you hard. Xxx
Sorry cecily for delayed reply. Had such a fantastic response to my post. Glad your op recovery is on track but so sorry your flaring badly. Our body's do hit us hard when we do extras like this. I'm sure mine will flare too after op and yes it will be FAB to lose this awful pain. π€i do as there are no guarantees!!. One pain gone is so helpful. I'm sure you've noticed that for you. My foot is hurting a lot as i gave mum a good Mother's day as i knew she'll suppirt me after the op. She's wonderful but tired and in pain herself. Hope you got those exrra cuddles from the boys.
π€no appt change yet, so op feels much nearer now!!. Thanx for all your support lovely and i'll update when i can. Hope you feel better very soon. Xx
Thanx so much cecily, i will be in touch when i can. Still no βοΈso it looks more like it will happen. Hope you feel better soon. Xxππ€ππππ€ππ
Glad youβre finally getting it out. My recovery was easy with laparoscopic removal. Sore for a day or two and back to normal in a week. Do follow the directions for limiting fatty foods.
Thanx guatmom for your lovely message. I'm glad your surgery went very well. π€i do the same. I will follow the eating guidelines as i don't want the awful pain back if i can help it!!. Thanx for telling me. How long did you follow it for and are you eating more normslly now?. I do hope so. Look out for my update as soon as i can and take care yourself. Xxπ€ππππ
i followed it closely for the first few months. Then I went to the State Fair (Iβm from Oklahoma in USA) where they fry everything, and I learned a valuable lesson. Iβll never eat that much fried food at once again. Iβve found if I skip breakfast and eat something fatty for lunch, I will sometimes get diarrhea
Thanx so much krazykat for your lovely message. Its so kind of you. Yes, its been 7 long months on list and 2 years of suffering to get to fri. Mind you my foot is even longer, 14 months on waiting list!!. I won't know myself when its all done. π€How are you getting on kat?. How are the mtx and steroid doses doing.?. I hope you've been able to reduce further.
Watch out for my update and take care. Xxπ»ππ€πππ€π»ππππ€πππΊπ¦
It was two years that I had to wait for my car so I totally understand how frustrating a long wait like that is..let alone with the pain on top for you..bless ya π€I'm doing ok thank you..meds remain the same for now. Rest up now..big day tomorrow πππ¦xx
Wouldn't that be wonderful stills?. Need a new foot and still waiting for neuroma op after 14 months!!. Thank you so much for your good wishes. Will update later how i get on. There's no guarantee it will take the pain away but even an improvement is very welcome. How are you stills?. Any closer to help and a diagnosis?. Xxπ€ππ€ππ€ππ€ππͺ»
Thank you lupime for your lovely message. Hopefully i will lose this awful biliary pain from friday. I will do an update when i can. I hope lupus is being kind to you at the mo. Take Care. Xxπ€ππππ
Misty, That is such good news. I of course will be sending you lots of good thoughts and prayers. Friday will be here before you know it. Take good care until then.
The emu wa quite brazen, to say the least. Great picture to make us smile.
I have been getting some information from all the neurological tests and will be having some more. Seems for sure that it is that my autonomic nervous system is causing a great deal of problems. I had the sleep study with a ton of wires and will find out the results of that this week. I will have scopes in April as well. Not looking forward to them as much. I appreciate the thoroughness of my new doctors.
Wishing you a restful week so that Friday all will go well and be over before you know it.
Thank you so much dear Pumpkin for your wonderful message and good wishes for friday. You've been such a kind, constant support helping me cope with it all.I am so pleased you are getting answers finally for your awful problems. Kayhimm on here is a mine of info about the autonomic nervous system as she suffers herself with it.
Without answers we can't have help/treatment so i hope you will be feeling much better soon. Good luck for the results of your sleep study and for your scope tests next month. Not pleasant but necessary for answers for horrid symptoms.
I'm so hoping to lose this awful pain but there are no guarantees!!. Will still hsve a different answer if i don't ,which will lead to other help. Just will take a little longer.
Thinking of you dear pumpkin, lets hope we're both transformed for Easter and Spring. Keep me updated and i will update when i feel up to it. So touched at so many kind messages. I'm busy getting things up to date and worried about my specisl lupus friend whose in hospital at the mo.I Will be giving myself recovery time afterwards and i'm sure all will go well. Sending you lots of healing hugs too. TAKE CARE. Xx
Hopefully kay which will be wonderful but no guarantees!!. At least whatever happens it will lead to answers and help. Been so long, couldn't have managed without your support kay. Hope the week is going well for you. Xxπ€ππ€
Oh svfarmer, so sorry to know your back in hospital. What happened?. I do hope you are better soon and can go home to your furry nurses!!. I'm so sorry your having such a lousy time.Thank you so much for your good wishes for friday!. I'm hoping it doesn't change and i'll be done before Easter hols. I'm a bundle of nerves everytime the phone ringsβοΈ as you might imagine!!. So far so good. π€
TAKE CARE, dear svfarmer and i hope your home soon. So glad you liked the pic, will update everyone when i can. Sending lots of healing thoughtwaves and hugs. Xx
Well I have another rare disorder , so rare they have never seen it before so Iβve ended up in hospital again with severe tummy pain as they donβt know how to treat it so anyway having tests done to see where they go next. π€π€π€π
Oh no svfarmer , its no fun being so rare because you don't get the right treatment quickly. We do come up with these funny things with these illnesses!!. Your heart must have sunk when they told you, mine would. I'm so sorry, svfarmer, what an awful worry for you both. Maybe, you will be transferred to a more specialist hospitsl who may know more about it.?. Its wierd because my gallbladder problem is rare but luckily my local hospital can deal with it.
Friday is coming quickly now and so far no changes to it. π€.
Good luck with the tests and i hope you have answers soon. Sending lots of healing thoughtwaves, keep me posted. Xxππ€π
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