I spoke to my GI again at the end of last week and our last ditch effort to see if my current problem could be solved medically has not worked (steroids), so he called the surgeon and got me in to see him for an emergency appointment. Yay?!? I will see him late tomorrow and while I am coming around to the fact that surgery is necessary, I am nervous as to what type of surgery exactly.
Since I have had so many abdominal surgeries already and we aren't really sure what is going on, there is a good chance that I will have to have
open surgery not just a lap procedure to cut the adhesion. It now appears that there is a narrowing just above (or below depending on viewpoint) the adhesion that is causing all the trouble. This was not there in November when I had my C-scope. Slight chance the surgeon will want another C-scope before he will decide what to do. I know I can't continue like this, the pain is getting worse everyday and I am really only eating liquids with a bit of toast and cheese thrown in, so nutritionally I will start to degrade pretty soon.
Timing wise this is perfect. My friend that I babysit for was laid off, so even though she would still like me to babysit 2 days a week while she job hunts, it really won't interfere too much if I have to take some time off for surgery and to recuperate. Softball season hasn't started yet, so we aren't at the field every night. My older daughter will be graduating in May and moving, but for this semester she is home. All things that tell me the universe is aligned and the timing is right, but I have had too many surgeries and know what I am in for and am not happy.
Ok rant/vent/update over. I will let you all know what the surgeon has to say tomorrow.
Post Edited (Zanne) : 2/28/2011 5:39:20 PM (GMT-7)