there's only so much jerry springer one person can take...
so i've had a really long, mostly terrible week... i got sick with a virus on saturday, although really i was getting sick for at least a week before that and trying to ignore it. it probably didn't help that for the entire cold spell i had no heat in my office at work so i sat there in my winter coat every day freezing to death. my coworkers now call it 'siberia' and come to visit me for a few minutes at a time until they start to get hypothermic. the heat has been sort of fixed, but i've been out of work all week. first it was the virus, and then on monday when the virus finally left i was struck down with the worst abdominal/back pain i've ever had. i could barely walk, and ended up going back to my doctor who immediately sent me to the ER where i spent the entire day wednesday. i've never been in the hospital before, so it was my first time in the gown, on the stretcher, with an IV, getting a CT scan, etc. not very much fun at all, by the end of the day i didn't even care if i died when i got home, i just wanted to get out of there.
turns out i don't have appendicitis, which is good. no other major organ issues that they could find, which is also good. but the pain remains, and it's kind of disconcerting that they have no idea why. it could be the aftermath of the virus, or a very bad muscle sprain/tear, or lord knows what. possibly lovely gallbladder problems as my mother had issues with hers when i was a kid and it kept looking fine on CT scans and the like until she FINALLY (after like a year) went to the Mayo clinic and they figured out that it wasn't working correctly and she had to have it removed. joy of joys, hopefully i'm not headed that direction (have never had surgery before) but i guess we'll see. i'm so familiar with hospitals as all of my immediate family spent time there when i was growing up, my dad used to have to be admitted for maybe 7-10 days every other month, my brother had multiple surgeries and his appendix burst, and my mom for all of the gallbladder stuff. so i've been at a hospital so many times, but never for me and i was all alone the entire day (m. showed up after work and brought me home) so it was kind of depressing. i guess i need to get more friends or something. although to be fair, my coworkers and boss were all offering to come stay with me but i didn't want that so i guess i can't complain.
so no work all week and i'm so so bored. who ever thought that i'd WANT to go back to work?? but i miss the kids a LOT even though they've been text messaging (yeah, crazy for 5 and 7 year olds) and calling me every day to sing get well songs over the phone. i'm ready to go back though, now i just wish my body would comply.....
longest week ever. i just want to be pain-free, which seems so far away right now. even the vicodin they gave me doesn't seem to do anything. i guess if i don't start feeling better in a few days i have to go in for an ultrasound and more bloodwork (my white count was slightly off) to try and figure out what is going on.
& i was always the healthy one of my family!!
suuuuuck.
turns out i don't have appendicitis, which is good. no other major organ issues that they could find, which is also good. but the pain remains, and it's kind of disconcerting that they have no idea why. it could be the aftermath of the virus, or a very bad muscle sprain/tear, or lord knows what. possibly lovely gallbladder problems as my mother had issues with hers when i was a kid and it kept looking fine on CT scans and the like until she FINALLY (after like a year) went to the Mayo clinic and they figured out that it wasn't working correctly and she had to have it removed. joy of joys, hopefully i'm not headed that direction (have never had surgery before) but i guess we'll see. i'm so familiar with hospitals as all of my immediate family spent time there when i was growing up, my dad used to have to be admitted for maybe 7-10 days every other month, my brother had multiple surgeries and his appendix burst, and my mom for all of the gallbladder stuff. so i've been at a hospital so many times, but never for me and i was all alone the entire day (m. showed up after work and brought me home) so it was kind of depressing. i guess i need to get more friends or something. although to be fair, my coworkers and boss were all offering to come stay with me but i didn't want that so i guess i can't complain.
so no work all week and i'm so so bored. who ever thought that i'd WANT to go back to work?? but i miss the kids a LOT even though they've been text messaging (yeah, crazy for 5 and 7 year olds) and calling me every day to sing get well songs over the phone. i'm ready to go back though, now i just wish my body would comply.....
longest week ever. i just want to be pain-free, which seems so far away right now. even the vicodin they gave me doesn't seem to do anything. i guess if i don't start feeling better in a few days i have to go in for an ultrasound and more bloodwork (my white count was slightly off) to try and figure out what is going on.
& i was always the healthy one of my family!!
suuuuuck.