Gallstones

For real?

25 weeks (little over 6 months)

Oh and also, did it come and go? Just come on suddenly and then fade away?

I agree with everyone else. Get it checked out. Maybe that's what it is, maybe it isn't, but it's not something to goof around with.

Dammit...it is so hard to get work off...I have to take off time once a month as is for my ob appointment and now this? We are so busy right now, I can barely take time to pee during the day.

I guess the worse case scenario is that I make myself really sick and am out for a week or more...that would piss boss off more than 2 hours for an appointment....

**sigh**

I hate it when you are right.

Dammit.

It's just that everyone keeps telling me that I overreact and am making myself sick and that it's all in my head....you know the drill. And being pregnant makes me paranoid so part of me thinks maybe I am making it worse than it is....and I feel silly for going to the doctor. Especially when my ob told me the first time that it was just pulled muscles.

Which I am pretty damn sure it ain't now.

Bella - Yes, Bear is serious and so are the rest of us.

Yes, he belched without relief.

Now, GO!

















What are you doing still sitting there?

Working.

This morning I have the glorious ability to work and check A2K at the same time...something I haven't been able to do all week.

The other question I have....did it hurt to scrunch your body up (like when you bent over?)

I feel kind of silly going now because it's mostly gone (the pain). How do I tell him where it hurt yesterday? What do I say?

As you may be able to tell, I am really hoping that someone will come along and say "it's " (insert non-deadly, yet annoying affliction here)", don't worry about it!!!"

Yes, I can tell, and that's exactly why I'm not saying anything! :-) It sounds somewhat familiar but I'm afraid if I say anything about, "well, when I was pregnant.." you'll say "OK whew" and not do anything and I just have no way of knowing. Only your doctor can tell. Ask him/her!

you are pregnant? and you are gambling that your insides might be infected and feeding that infection directly into your infants bloodstream while in utero?

are you f**king crazy?

I wouldn't call it gambling with anything. I don't FEEL sick like you tend to feel with infections so there would be no indication to me that I was sick. As well, a few weeks ago when I was in to see my ob about this, he was sure it was pulled muscles so again, no indiation that this was an infection.

okay. well, don't take a chance. better safe than sorry.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((BEAR HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I am feeling worse and worse today (stomach is upset now and there is some tenderness back on my right side) so I think I will be heading in to see the doc. Either you are all freaking me out and I am worrying myself sick or I really am sick.

Either way, you are all right....better safe than sorry.

Bella Dea- It is a win-win situation. If it is something, than you will know about it, feel more in control, and be able to take steps to correct the problem. If it is nothing, your anxiety level will abate, and you will feel better.

Bella--

A close friend of mine ignored symptoms for weeks and weeks--and damn near died.

Consider yourself a Holy Vessel and go see the Temple Staff.

What are you waiting for?

Well, the pain was almost completely gone by the time I got in and they didn't do any "real" tests. Just told me it was more than likely pregnancy pains or indigestion.

So....if it happens again, I have to go in while there is the pain so I can show them exactly where it is and justify an ultrasound or scan or something.

Whatever.

What a pain (no pun intended). That's so frustrating. Did you ask them about gallstones specifically or did you get the chance?

Not really because it wasn't my regular doctor and there was an air of "let's get this moving" because they had "squeezed me in". I went to see my primary but he was out sick (how ironic) and so I saw someone else in the building (there are 4 doctors in that particular practice.

Ugh. I hate that. It's one of the things that keeps me from going to the doctor unless I feel like I'm dying -- and sometimes even then. They don't take you seriously and just want to get you back out the door. It makes you think that, if you had gallstones or some other serious ailment, they'd never figure it out. I'm sorry Bella. We were all hoping you'd at least get some peace of mind out of the visit.

I'm sorry you had that experience. Sometimes you have to get pushy to get the service you require. At the end of the day, even at the doctors office, you're the customer.
You should have been thoroughly checked onstead of glossed over.

How do you feel now?