A trip to the Emergency Room.. the adventures never end!

 

 

I started my period yesterday right on schedule and was experiencing the "normal" pain I've always had with it. Except this time the pain kept getting worse and worse, I had sweat pop out all over my body and I got deathly sick at my stomach. I was talking to my husband about hurting and I was in the process of sitting down in the chair in our bedroom and that's the last thing I can remember. I didn't realize that I had blacked out.

The next thing I know I'm sitting in the chair all lopsided and my husband and son are screaming my name and shaking me. My husband checked my pulse and found it to be very rapid. My son was crying and holding my hand rubbing it.  I came to and was confused about why they were right there and the looks they had on their faces worried me. He said my eyes were open the whole time and that I was just not responding to them at all- not blinking or anything.

 

 

My husband said we had to go to the hospital, and I said no that I was fine, that I had just had a wave of pain rush over my body. He disagreed and started putting clothes on and so did my son. I want to take a quick shower before I go, so my husband helps me in the shower but will not leave me because he said I could pass out and hit my head on the faucet or the hard ceramic tile we have in the bathroom. So I take a nice cool shower, get out and put on some shorts and a bra and a tank top and we leave. Yes, I left without shoes, but I did have a pair of socks so that's a good thing.

 

The pain seemed to come in waves and it would be ok for about 2 minutes and then all of a sudden it would be the worst pain and the sickest feeling I've ever had in my 35 years on this earth.

 

 

When we get to the hospital I am unable to walk because of the pain and I'm feeling extremely dizzy. My husband pulls right up to the ER entrance and runs in and gets a wheelchair. He picks me up out of the passenger seat and places me in the wheelchair. We wait in the lobby for 2 hours before I am called back.

During our 2 hour wait my son who is normally a very, very well behaved teenager and very quiet was voicing his dissatisfaction about no one having seen me yet. He was also going to the bathroom every 10 minutes or so and throwing up. He takes that after my husband, when my husband was a kid and even a teenager when we started dating if something stressful happened he'd throw up. So my son comes by it honest.

 

 

I've never seen my son or husband look so worried or out of place before, not like that. So anyways, once we get back there they run a full blood panel, a urine analysis, chest x-rays, and an EKG, they were gonna run a CT scan depending on how the other test results came back, but thankfully they didn't have to run one. And I got a my first pap smear I've gotten in about 12 years. So that was fun  (I'm being sar-cas-tic like Ron White the comedian says) *LOL* 

 

 

So what they think happened is I had an ovarian cyst that burst and the pain of it bursting made me unconscious for a little while. So I'll be making me an appointment for the next week or two to see a new gynecologist. The ER nurse asked me after I got back in the ER room last night how long has it been since my last pap smear and I said about 12 years, maybe a little longer. She said that was bad and they she too went about 5 years without getting one because of anxiety like mine. She said she found a female doctor that she's been going to for the last 2 years and she gave me her name and recommended her highly. So I'm going to call today and see if I can get an appointment in the next couple of weeks.

 

I'm fixing to go get 2 prescriptions filled that they gave me at the ER last night/ this morning. One is for pain and the other is an antibiotic, the doc said my white cell blood count was 14,000 and it should have been around 10,000. He said stress and pain can make that number jump up and be off, so that I shouldn't worry about it too much. He said i also have a small infection.

 

I'm so sorry that I've not posted about my tattoo experience in detail like I said I would. I've started a post on my notepad and saved it, but it's not finished yet. I promise just as soon as I have the time and I'm feeling up to it, I will post it.

 I'm also way behind on checking up on everyone. I'm really sorry I've not been there to support you all and encourage you during the last week or two. I'm gonna try to get caught up with each of you this week. Please understand that I've not abandoned any of you, I care very much about what each of you are going through, because I know it's so very hard to win the weight loss fight. It can be done, but we need all of the support we can possibly get.

 

 

I'll be taking a few days off from blogging more than likely, I'll try to update Friday which is my WI day, but I'm not looking forward to it at all. I already show a 5 pound gain as of today, the doctor said I could have a gain due to the stress and pain and also my body holding on to all the water I am consuming. He didn't say why I would hold on to it, but that I should not be shocked if I did. All I know is that I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this lightly. I am going to start a juice and water and yogurt fast starting today and lasting until Friday. I may throw in a salad each day for good measure.

 

I know that a lot of you will not agree with this method, but I have come too far and gotten too close to my goal to blow it all now. I do not think this will have any impact on my ovaries or anything like that. If I did I wouldn't do it. I just can't being gaining weight like this, even if it is water or whatever. I'll be very careful and monitor my myself over the next several days. Please know that I am thinking of all of you and I miss you all greatly and I miss seeing how you are all doing.

 

I'll post again as soon as I can,

Keep on rockin' it!

~Tink~

Please Take Good Care

How awful!  Thank goodness you let your hubby and son take you to the hospital.  At least they were able to tell you what it was!

As for your fast, let me be the first to say that your top priority at the moment should be your health, not the number on the scale.  That's all I'm going to say about that.

Don't worry about letting us down here at EP.  Take all the time you need to get better, then we'll talk.  In the meantime, get plenty of rest and only blog when you're good and ready.

Hugs!

Angel

I'm praying for you!

Get better soon and good luck at the OB/GYN.  I'm sorry this is happening to you!

Glad you are back home and safe...

Wow...poor you and your poor hubby and son..I can tell they were so worried about you...be good to yourself and take it easy till you get the green light from doc...all the weight-loss in the world means nothing if you arent here...k??:)

As for fluids...oh i am going through that nonsense right now i think due to allergies causing it.  Your gain is from your body trying to deliver nurtients and healing to your body...just let it do its thing...it will pass...just drink 6-8 glasses of water and get rest!

It's so important to do that when you need to be treated and heal.

Worried about ya....so please take care....ok?

Hugs...wildflower

Hey you

 You take care of you, ok?  That must've been so scary for you and your family.  I'm glad that you got a pap smear.  I'm like you... I waited 6 yrs for mine.  I do not go to the Dr. unless I'm deathly ill, or pregnant.  I hope you're feeling better and you're on the mend.

Oh and I do love your new tattoo

im sorry

When I was reading this, my heart fell to the floor, im so sorry to hear about what you had to go through last night. Im worried for you, and I do hope that you start to get better and everything turn out okay. I have faith that everything is going to be okay. Im going to pray for you and please update me on what is going on. I too would be screaming my head off in the ER, sometimes they just take to long. Im glad that you got seen, and that all your tests came out good.

I know just how you are feeling with the gain, last year when I went to the ER the next day I came out five pounds heavier but it was because of my body just going into shock. I know you will get it down. I hope you start to feel better, please take care of yourself.

God bless you.

Alexia

Take Care!

That must have been scary for you and your family.  It's great to know that you are loved so very much and cared for by your family.  I'm happy that it wasn't worse that the cyst.  It just reminds me that I soon need to make an appt myself for a pap.  Not fun, I know, but necessary. 

Take care, and rest up.  And the above posts are correct, your body is just shocked and the weight will soon pass. 

Hey

Hey there. I hope you are feeling better. I have been through that too and know what it is like. Take Care

Checking up on you

Hey there, Im just checking on you to see how everything is going, I have been praying that everything gets better and that you start to feel better. Hope you are resting and that you have a wonderful evening.

Alexia

Oh.My.God!

How awful!!  Sorry for all you were going through  :'(

Poor dh and son!!  Hope things are starting to feel better.

(( Hugs ))   ...and, prayers going your way!!