Day Two Hundred and Forty Nine.

    This blog is actually a day late because I ended up getting home later than usual last night. All morning yesterday I was having horrible right upper quadrant pain and feeling really nauseous again. By the time I got to work I was so grumpy and frustrated so a lot of my co-workers told me I should go to the ER to get checked out if there was a lull. I really didn't want to but because it's a holiday weekend I knew I wouldn't be able to see my doctor till Tuesday so I decided to go to the ER and get seen. I felt so guilty leaving my co-workers but I was really in a lot of pain and not really being that productive anyway. Everyone was so nice to me in the ER because most of them knew me from work so I definitely got treated really well.
    The part that's a little frustrating is that they did all sorts of diagnostic procedures and nothing turned up. I did take some pain medication when I was there and that made me feel a lot better. The doctors think it could be either my gallbladder or an ulcer. They did an ultrasound to see if I had any gallstones but apparently that doesn't show whether your gallbladder is working correctly or not. They recommended that I follow up with a gastroenterologist. So now I'm taking two different medications for the stomach acid and have been advised to change my diet. That's going to be so hard because two of the main offenders are spicy foods and caffeine....both of which I indulge in and love:(
    My boyfriend ending up meeting me in the ER and then we went back to my place around 1am when I was discharged. I immediately took a shower when I got home then we went to bed. I felt very filthy when I got home because I work in the hospital and I know what gets cleaned often and what doesn't. I will say that I hate being on the receiving end of healthcare! I hope that what's going on with me really will change once I take the medications and change my diet a little bit because I have definitely not been myself the last few weeks. I have been increasingly grumpy and I hope that knowing that I don't have anything so serious that can't be corrected will make me more happy. Alright, until later.