my soon-to-be-lost marbles

[the_siobhan]

I had the worst gallbladder attack to date yesterday. The nerves that radiate up into my back are still twinging in protest. I've been bumping into walls all day from the painkiller-hangover.

It has been an enormous mental relief to know that in just three weeks this is all going to be over with and I can get back to a life that includes things like eating food and sleeping for eight hours in a row. Luxury awaits.

I met my surgeon on Monday and we went over the proceedure and the possible risks. She exudes an air of calm confidence. I like that a lot.

She told me she has done this particular proceedure thousands of times and never had a complication. I like that even more.

When she gave me the diagram of my digestive system to outline where the incisions would be located, she drew a happy face on the top of the page where my head would be. I like that the best.

Comments

[eveofdstruction.livejournal.com]

I am SO glad this is happening soon!

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish they could have got you in sooner. But don't hesitate to take those painkillers, pumping into things or not.

Surgeon sounds like a winner. Calm, and taking time to talk with you.

Hope the time flies by!

[ash-pixie.livejournal.com]

That's excellent that she's giving you that much info (with the diagram and all ) and it sounds like she's got a great bed side manner so to speak with the smiley face thing going on. :)

Yay to eating and sleeping and not having to take pain killers for pain!

[sola.livejournal.com]

That damn thing had better do a tap-dance when she pries it out of there; you at least deserve some entertainment after all this.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

What eveofdstruction said X2!

[sloot.livejournal.com]

excellent! I'm happy that you've got a good doctor.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Listening to me is a huge deal.

The doctor I saw who ordered the original ultrasound was an arrogant asshole. He let me sit for 40 minutes while he talked to tech support for his blackberry. He interrupted every. single. sentance. And then gave me a condescending lecture on things I already knew - but he wouldn't know that because he never let me finish. Then rushed me out of there as fast as he could.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons has a feedback link on all licenced docs in Ontario. He got a very unhappy one.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I am really excited that you have an end in sight for the pain you're in.

[ihvpave.livejournal.com]

Oh!

Unrelated to anything here, but often I say "POOP!" when something goes wacky. And that morphed into "Poops!" which became "poopsalot!"

And now every time I say it, I think "Poopsalotta Bootsalotta!" and think of you, and then I laugh.

The end.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

What a claim to fame. :-)