Thursday, May 15, 2014

The same diagnosis

In April 2012 I had surgery (major surgery) to repair a diaphragmatic hernia. Two months later(June) I had surgery to remove my gallbladder, laparoscopic. Which was a piece of cake to the first one. After that I got pregnant and had Faith on March 26th 2013. In the fall of 2013 I started to notice I was in pain in my abdomen. I am pretty tough and usually just suck it up. It takes me a lot to go to the ER. I went to the ER in September. After different test they told me nothing was wrong. Around the end of March I noticed I was starting to have pain in my abdomen. But it wasn't unbearable and it came and went. By the end of April it got really bad. Finally on April 27 I went to the ER agian. They made me feel like it was all in my head and there was nothing wrong w me. You start to almost believe it but you know you really hurt. They told me all my test came back normal and they were discharging me w ulcers. My CT came back after this. The Dr mentioned something about a diaphragmatic hernia and told me I should go follow up w my surgeon. My appointment was Tuesday. They told me everything that was on the report from the radiologist. In September there was an opening in my diaphragm but only fat was through it. Now I actually have a diaphragmatic hernia( which is the colon through the diaphragm). My surgeon wasn't sure if the mesh tore from my last surgery or it's new(he hadn't seen the imaging, yet). Possible reasons are pregnancy causing a wear on my body either re opening or new, or when I fell down the stairs last year. What's next? An upper endoscopy on May 27th to check for anything else, than deciding on surgery. 😒 my pain comes and goes because when the colon slips out I feel okay but when it goes back through the hole I feel horrible. I haven't felt that great all night. Good news is I am not crazy I have answers and a wonderful loving husband.

No comments: