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Hi from hospital! šŸ™ƒ

 Iā€™m stuck in a hospital bed waiting for surgery (been here about 26 hrs now šŸ¤Ŗ) and boredom has reduced me to writing another blog entry šŸ˜‚

Iā€™ve been experiencing episodes of horrendous pain which is mostly felt in my upper back. This has been happening every few weeks for over a year now and absolutely nothing will ease it...I just have to wait until it passes which is usually about an hour or so.

I was seeing the physio thinking the problem was my back (because that was where I felt the most pain), but I started to realise that my stomach would get very bloated and sore too and I would get nauseous and sometimes vomit. The pains felt similar to labour, but unlike contractions there were no breaks... just constant almost unbearable pain. I thought maybe I was intolerant to something I was eating because the pains would always come on not long after eating dinner. I spoke to my GP and straight away he said it sounded like gallstones and wanted me to get an ultrasound to check. The ultrasound showed that I did indeed have gallstones and if they were to continue to give me grief that I needed to have my gallbladder removed.

So that brings me to here and now šŸ˜…

Wednesday night around 1am the pain started and this time it did not go away! It was the worst pain Iā€™ve ever felt... even worse than giving birth... so after hours of waiting for it to pass, I finally went to hospital and was so grateful to hear they would remove it for me! But itā€™s been a much longer wait than I expected and definitely not the nice restful night away from Oscar that I sometimes fantasise about šŸ˜‚

Highlight of my time in hospital so far was watching the bachelor finale with my entertaining roommate last night (Oof how painful was it to watch Bella get rejected šŸ˜¬šŸ˜¬šŸ˜¬) and finally getting to eat a hot meal after fasting all day (hospital food has never tasted so good! šŸ˜‚)

Good news is Iā€™m third on the list for surgery today and hopefully if it all goes to plan I can come home tomorrow! Itā€™s not been nice at all being away from Oscar and Jordan (no visitors because of COVID of course šŸ™„) but I am so grateful I can finally put an end to these painful episodes and at least move on from one difficult aspect of life right now šŸ˜… Now for Melbourne to just get out of lockdown already! šŸ¤Ŗ





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  1. UnknownSeptember 25, 2020 at 7:23ā€ÆPM

    Hi Jade
    so sorry to read that your suffering with your gallbladder . I had mine taken out years ago due to similar issues. you definitely have empathy and sympathy rom me. wishing you a speedy recovery. I will keep you in my prayers
    hugs
    hayley Price x

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