Fri 7 Mar 2003
Sandi Needs Her Gall Stones Out?
Posted by Ken Atherton under Daily Life, germany
1 Comment
(The following is an excerpt from an IM conversation between Sandi and Papaw Atherton)
Sandi says:
i posted the whole story on the family site. it is long. i will cut and paste for your reading enjoyment
Sandi says:
I have been having pains in my right rib cage for months now and never knew what it was. The problem is that they are sporatic and I do not know what brings them on. I did not know what to tell the doctor so I refused to call. Finnally 2 weeks ago I had an attack that was crippling (these are far worse than labour pains in my opinion). I researched again on the net and finnally discovered I had the symtoms for gall stones. As if I was not feeling old enough as it is, I now have this??? correct me if I am wrong ,but this is an old person disease! Anyway, I call the doc, get an appointment, and go to see him. He agrees that it sounds like gall stones but then starts checking my ears. He could not think of the word but tells me my neck is bigger than normal. WHAT???? later we discover he was talking about my thyroid gland. He sends me to have an ulrtasound on the gall bladder.
This is where things get horrible! I went this morning and was pushed from room to room, floor to floor, doing all kinds of things I didn’t know anything about. I finnally had a man who spoke english (as I know just a little german and most of which is not medical lingo). He did the x-rays on me. I was given this cup of white thick goo and told to take half in my mouth but not to swallow untill he tells me to. I thought I was going to gag! It was basically the equivalent of liquid chalk and that is describing it nicely! I was then handed two pills and told to chew them just slightly (enough to swallow them), gulp the rest of the white goo,
Sandi says:
and swallow both at the same time. Now understand, I already know how HORRIBLE the drink is, they are gonna add something else to it? What I was not prepaired for was that they would fizz. so now in my mouth I have liquid chalk and what is like pop rocks and I have to swallow this???? You have to be kidding!
Sandi says:
I think if I had food in my stomach I would have tossed my cookies just to have something better to taste than this stuff! I can only imagine the look on my face and how funny that man thought it was.
Sandi says:
I was shuffled around some more, poked again with needles for more blood, and then told I could go home. The kicker to this tale is that after all is said and done…they did not find gall stones! I have no clue what is causing the pain and where to go from here.
Hope I brightened your day! Mine can only get better(even if my nose hairs were plucked one by one all day)!
Sandi says:
there is the whole long story!
Wayne’s World says:
Do you have any results from the blood samples?
Sandi says:
no not yet. they checked my thyroid for some reason
Sandi says:
i looked on the net and NOTHING pointed in that direction. not the symptoms or causes
Sandi says:
don’t know what is going on now
Wayne’s World says:
Are you still having the pain?
Sandi says:
no. i had an attack last sunday that lasted all day and that was the last one. maybe the stones all came out then.
