So, I had my follow up with a GI surgeon and he said that I'll get another CT in January (happy new year to me- not) and if my appendix is still swollen then, I'll have it removed.
I'm torn on this. On the one hand, no one wants to have surgery. On the other, once it's out I'd never have to worry about it again! The surgeon also said if they remove it, it would be an outpatient procedure and would only take about 20 minutes. Awesome. That's because it wouldn't be infected or ruptured; otherwise it would be a huge invasive surgery. It almost makes me want to get it anyways lol! Plus, I would hate to have spent all this money and gone through all of this for absolutely nothing. Either way, we'll have to wait and see.
The worse part of all of this is that I'm having a huge setback as far as weight gain goes. Trying to eat again for the first time in almost 3 days was extremely tough. It was like learning how to eat. I had to start with easy foods and work my way up to eating something that was substantial and if I ate something that wasn't right, I knew it almost instantly. I would get a horrible stomach ache and feel sick for hours.
So working into eating has been a really slow process, and I lost quite a few pounds. A few pounds seems like nothing to pretty much everyone...but when it's 6 months of serious weight gaining effort for you, it's extremely disheartening.
I was just randomly going through some old bookmarks and stumbled upon your blog again, I'm glad to see you've kept it going and are trying to get some positive out of it again! I'm also sorry to hear the full hospital story, that sounds awful! Try not to get TOO discouraged with the minor set back, from trying to lose weight I know how exciting it is to get one step closer and how much it stinks to go in the wrong direction, so hopefully you can feel better and head back to gaining weight.
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Becky! The support is greatly appreciated :)
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