This ain't no stomach thing - it's gallbladder/liver

[mrsbrown]

Um, so I went to emergency after my ultrasound on Tuesday.

They didn't find anything in the ultrasound, but they admitted me so I could have an MRI, my jaundice symptoms (from having having a liver that couldn't work properly) started getting better after I had the most amazing fluorescent yellow diarrhea.

I waited around all day Tuesday, got a bed at 8pm, a real ward to be in at 2am (Mum confirmed that I almost certainly got a bed at 2am 'cos someone died) and then spent wednesday waiting for the MRI appointment to be decided. It never happened, but I continued to get better and my blood test confirmed that the abnormal liver function was gettting better. I went home. I haven't had a pain attack since Sunday, despite eating fatty cheesy food.

I will now have another blood test next week, the MRI the week after and then I'll see the gastroenterologist after that.

The theory is that I had a gallstone blocking my bile duct, which isn't there anymore. Maybe I dislodged it by vomiting on Sunday, or the the poking of the ultrasound, or something.

I didn't get much sleep in hospital, I slept all day yesterday and now I'm all enthused about the baronial sunshade project.

Comments

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

Apart from the normal upset when a loved one is suffering, there's something about you getting sick that makes me very, very nervous.

[nobble.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping after this ordeal that you are feeling better and the liver and the gall bladder stuff improves steadily. Be well and take care of yourself