An Ongoing Saga...
I have always known that I don't really handle stress well. I am one of those people that bottles everything up and then explodes. I think my body is following suit.
Last week Friday I began having pain under my right rib cage. I ignored it, figured it would go away and went on. The pain didn't go away, but became increasingly worse and I had suspected that I had either a hernia or something severely wrong with my gallbladder. By Tuesday, while internally still experiencing extreme pain, the skin all the way across my stomach became numb to the touch. I finally broke down Thursday and went to the Dr. fearing that he would think I was the biggest hypochondriac on earth. I was pretty much a mystery to the Dr. and he scheduled me for 6 viles of blood work and an abdominal ultrasound for this coming Monday. Yesterday it happened...I began to break out in a rash across my stomach where I have been so numb. I have pretty much self-diagnosed at this point, especially after reading this...."Shingles' symptoms may be vague and nonspecific at first. People with shingles may experience numbness, tingling, itching, or pain before the classic rash appears. In the pre-eruption stage, diagnosis may be difficult, and the pain can be so severe that it may be mistaken for pleurisy, kidney stones, gallstones, appendicitis, or even a heart attack, depending on the location of the affected nerve." So, that's my story...I'm pretty irritated about it all, but really I have no control over it now. I think that's the part that bothers me(a certified control freak)the most. This weekend I am pretty much in quarantine,heaven forbid I get near anyone pregnant or anyone who hasn't had the chicken pox. So I am gonna sit here, self-loathe, feel sorry for myself, wallow in it all, and post on LJ and annoy everyone else too. I hope the next 4-5 weeks fly by, because this is gonna be a serious nightmare.