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April 30, 2008
I'm fucking tired of needles that don't involve ink
To date I have had several dr. appointments and tests during the process of figuring out what, exactly, is going on. That list looks something like this:
abdominal CT scan
abdominal sonogram
upper GI w/small bowel follow-through
abdominal CT scan w/thin cuts across the pancreas
endoscopy
pelvic exam
pelvic sonogram
colonoscopy
two ER visits
four rounds of bloodwork
seven dr. appointments
twelve prescriptions
My endoscopy came back showing nothing that would cause this, the head of my pancreas is slightly enlarged but that's not the problem, my colonscopy came back looking fine, all of my sonograms have been normal, the upper GI showed that stuff is moving through my system without any noticeable obstructions, and there's nothing in my bloodwork that gives the doctors an idea of what's going on.
I do not have celiac, I don't have gastritis, there is nothing structurally wrong with my gallbladder, I don't have gallstones or tumors or an inflamed bowel, and I don't have a lot of patience left anymore. Today's colonoscopy was the proverbial last straw. I didn't mind the prep too much, but getting the procedure started was what did me in. It hurt like a motherfucker when they put the first IV in, but when the anesthesiologist started to put the sedative in it, it felt like they were tearing out a strip of my arm. As it turned out, the nurse hadn't put the IV in a vein, so they had to put in another one. They started off putting it in one of the veins on my right hand, but apparently there was something wrong with that one too, so they then had to put it in another of the veins on that hand. That was when I hit my limit and started tearing up. I'm ready for them to take out my appendix, gallbladder, and uterus, just in case any of those three are the cause of my pain. If I'm still feeling bad after that, we'll start looking at which other organs I can live without.
Posted by oracle at April 30, 2008 7:14 PM in health / the fifth year