Last Friday I debuted my first time in the emergency room. Randy and I went to Utah last weekend for my best friends wedding and to visit my family. We got there on Thursday and hung out with family and helped decorate for a wedding reception. My stomach was bothering me a lot and I just thought it was because I hadn't eaten in like seven hours. So I ate a late lunch at about 3:00 and it only got worse from there. It wasn't a normal stomach ache either. It was more my gall bladder area and most of my abdominal area. It seriously felt like something was eating my insides from the inside out. The pain only got worse. Let me just say I had the worse night of my life. I slept maybe a total of two hours, I spent the rest of the night in the bathroom, crying my eyes out, sitting up, stretching out, etc. At about 5:30 in the morning the pain got so bad that Randy decided to take me to an urgent care. Well there were no urgent cares open at that time so we went back to my parents house to wait. Randy decided to call his dad to see what he thought and to tell him about my symptoms and pain level. His dad thought that I was having a gall bladder attack and that I should go to the emergency room.
So Randy and I went to the emergency room got checked in, hooked to a machine, the took some blood to run some test, and then I got an ultrasound. The pain level was at about and 8 out of a 10. Well the diagnosis was what they call gasteritis (not sure of that is spelled right) basically a really swollen stomach that could lead to ulcers. So they gave me some pain medication and I am supposed to take an acid reducer everyday and hopefully it doesn't lead to ulcers.
I am doing much better now a week later but I still have some pain. I am not a fan of the emergency room and wouldn't be sad if I never have to go back again.
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Oh you poor thing how horrible, I'm glad you are feeling better.
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