Four Months in 2016
This is April. It hasn't been a pleasant month. I was in the hospital for 10 days, which seemed like a year.
I went in with severe stomach pains. I've had this condition for over a year, but, the tests the GI Dr. did, had not shown anything. This time, when I went to the ER, I was bloated quite a bit. I felt like I was having sextuplets!!!!
In the ER, the nurse hooked me up to the machine that shows heart rate, BP & oxygen level. Well, I knew I had a heart problem, but the Dr.'s never caught the fibrillation, until that morning. The heart rate was all over the place. The nurse asked me if I was ever diagnosed with an irregular heart beat. I said no, but, I knew something was wrong since my 50's. I wore a heart monitor until the day before I was discharged. Now, I know for sure. I'm on Zaralto ( I can be just like Arnold Palmer, when I grow up!!!) and a heart rate pill. Life is GRAND!!!!!
My stomach pains: I was sent for a CT scan and the results showed I have a blockage in my small intestine. I had a lot of blood work done, that got sent out to a lab to see if I had Crohn's Disease or Colitis. I don't have either of them. I have to go back to the hospital and have some sort of drink to see how blocked my intestine is.
I was on IV's for 4 days, along with a tube up my nose and into my stomach.. I couldn't even have a liquid diet, which was horrible, anyway, especially the broth. When I got home, I threw all my Swanson broths out!!!!! I don't want to see it until next Winter.
Dr. really doesn't know what wrong with me. It's a guessing game, now. I can't believe all the medications I was on, that I probably didn't need. Ching! Ching!
I got out last Fri. (April 22nd). So far, I'm doing better. I'm on a low fiber diet for at least 30 days.
On Monday, my Husband is going into the hospital for a other knee replacement.
My oldest Daughter called me to tell me she needs surgery. I told her it would be funny if she went in at the same time as my Husband. Kill 2 birds with one stone!!! Just wonderful.
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