i'm CUT UP!

So today's post in to let everyone know i'm having SURGERY. Yep. surgery. This will the 3rd surgery of my life (back, wisdom teeth, now this). I'm going to have my Gall Bladder removed on DECEMBER 15TH 2008. we did a bunch of test the last few month to determine what the pain in my right side was. at first we thought it was my liver. But after an ultrasound (which was so painful cause she was pushing on it the whole time!!) the doctor said it was for sure my gall bladder. I don't have gall stones, but i do have what they call SLUDGE, yes that is the techincal term - no joke! lol after that we did a HIDA or Biliary Scan to see how my body digest, this was done with some radio active juice that was iv into me, i had to be perfectally still for an hour on a hard cold table. then they made me lay there some more after giving me something to make the gall bladder contract which makes you feel like you wanna throw up! i laid there for another 30 minutes. by the time i got out i was soo hungry because you can't eat for 4 hours b4 the test and after waiting and then the test it had been like 8 hours! so the end result of that scan was that we found out my gall bladder only contracts at 10.5% out of 100%. pretty low lol the doctor and then later my surgeon pretty much said i have no choice and it needs to come out, and sooner than later, since it is inflammed.

so thats what i have been dealing with lately, accepting it and dealing with it. at first i was a bit upset, not majorly, but mostly just scared and then mad that i have to have a surgery. its not that major and can be done with small incisions if all goes well, but i'm not really worried about the scars, i have a huge one on my back from my back surgery and i think other people look weird without scars on their back lol but its still a bit scarey. today i did research on the hospitals and picked one which helped me feel better. but anyways just wanted to let everyone know.