Thursday, April 12, 2012

Ultrasound Day

So today was my ultrasound and I was an obedient little patient. I was told to drink 32 ounces of water one hour prior to my ultrasound so that my bladder would be pretty full and make the images easier to see.

One hour prior to my ultrasound I had to pee like you would not believe! So I did what I had to do since there was no way I would make it another hour on that bladder. After much relief, I felt guilty so I drank about 26 ounces more.

Skip ahead one hour, I'm sitting in the waiting room and in so much need of a potty break that I was worried I was going to wet my pants!

Finally, the ultrasound tech comes to get me and I told her that I was feeling pretty uncomfortable and my bladder was super full even though I had just gone an hour before. She said that she would try to be fast so that I could go potty and feel better but it was important to have a full bladder so that imaging would be easier.

I unbuttoned my jeans, slid my pants down a little bit, and slowly eased back onto the table so that I would not wet myself right then and there. As I laid down, I noticed a huge bump in my belly and thought "Oh my lord is that my bladder poking up?"

Nancy, the technician, squirted some warm lube on my tummy and then looked to make sure she had put enough on ...then she laughed! "Honey, your bladder is definitely full. I can see it protruding upwards."

I told her I had been a good girl and drank the amount of water I had been told to drink. It was then that she told me that somebody my size should only drink 16-18 ounces for ultrasounds since I don't have enough excess tissue/fat in my body to help absorb it all. Well, that was news to me but did NOT help my dire feeling of "I have got to go!"

She very gently and very quickly took a few images all while giggling at how much my bladder was poking up. I honestly looked like I was a few months pregnant! After about five minutes, she happily informed me I could use the potty before we continued. Oh the relief!

The test results will be back next week but things did not appear too far out of the normal so she did not have to code it a "Hold and Read" which would have made me wait for the doctor to read the images.

In the past several years I've tried to get into shape and lose weight. My mind sees me as something other than the size 12 I am but my self-esteem is pretty high. I am comfortable in my skin and do not fret over what I eat or how much I eat. I know I need to work out so that I have more muscles, but I don't stress out over it. To hear somebody call me "small" completely made my day!

All in all, a good day so far. But now I have to tinkle again!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Happy Easter!

Feeling much better and just in time for Easter!

The family decided that since our daughter had to work 6am to 1pm on Easter, the Easter Bunny would visit after she got out of work.

I woke up at 6:20am...on my day off! Craziness. After failing miserably at getting back to sleep I got up and hung out in the upstairs living room while snuggled under a blankey and watched some TV. Bear woke up about 7:30am, walked into the living room to tell me "Happy Easter", strolled into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and pointed to the eggs to exclaim "I've found all the eggs. My job is done. Tell the others not to bother." Then he walked to the dining room table where all the filled baskets sat and as he wrapped his arms around all three baskets he declared "Dibs" on all three!

That was the start of a great family day. The princess came home from work and took her brothers shopping while my honey and I finished making Easter dinner. Then before they got home, the Easter Bunny arrived and hid all the eggs.

Bear did much better at finding eggs in the morning than he did later in the day but they all had fun. Unfortunately they were reminded once again that after Mrs. Bunny hides eggs, she promptly forgets where they heck she hid them. So during the game of "Hot/Cold" the kids were lead to dead ends with responses of "We already found that one." Huh, might need a notebook next year to draw a map and mark down the locations of all the eggs Mrs. Bunny hides.

Great meal, sweet laughs, and an amazing family. I love days like this. I took about a zillion photos of the kids coloring eggs and I'll have to figure out just how to get one or two onto the page just in case anybody thinks coloring eggs is just for little kids. My teenagers love it and it is something I look forward to doing with them for as many years as they will humor me in doing such.

The husband even bought a few extra sets of egg dye just in case the entire town showed up to color eggs so I'm thinking one day this summer I'll get it out and have a mid-summer Easter. Even if it's just an excuse to color eggs, we'll put them to good use in a nice potato salad.

Hope you all had a great day as well.

PS- Glitter eggs makes it super easy for kids to find them since they leave a "splatter" trail around their hidden nest. Gonna have to remember that for next year.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

In need of some rest, or more rest

Last Thursday I just didn't feel well. Then later that evening I walked downstairs and was overcome with a terribly horrific pain in my abdomen that crippled me for days. Unfortunately, I had work stuff to do so I used the mantra "If it is not better by Tuesday I will go to the doctor."

Well, it's Tuesday and I honestly could not handle the pain any longer. The doctor did not want me to go to the ER and get lost in their rush to handle patients so they worked me in at 3:30.

I left the hospital at 8:20 after taking two urine tests, three blood tests, and one CT scan.

Good news is I am indeed NOT pregnant although I almost died when they suggested such a thing.

I have one ultrasound left to go sometime tomorrow, atleast they are hoping it will be tomorrow.

Results so far, the pain is from a "somewhat large cyst on the left ovary rupturing." I love my doctor for using the term "somewhat large" without her even knowing that I suck at measurements!

The CT scan did show that I have a growth in my uterus of the non-baby type. The doctor is pretty sure it is a fibrous growth and not cancerous growth and the ultrasound will show for sure since the fibrous growths apparently look drastically different than cancerous growths.

All in all, stressful day and still in quite a bit of discomfort especially since the doctor had to press on my abdomen to try and locate the most painful spot. I've never seen this doctor before but I know I will see her again. She was very kind, very sympathetic, and very thorough. Her compassion and determination to get me healed was very kind.

I am exhausted and somewhat sore so I shall pass on the weekly OQW but will keep you posted on my progress towards good health.