Fun Friday

Friday night about four in the a.m. I woke up with a pain in my chest. It felt like someone was driving a spike through my chest. All I can say is that it hurt. It lasted about an hour. I wasn't sure if I was having a heart attack or not. I didn't think I was, it didn't feel like one. Not that I've ever had one, so who was I to know. But from what I've heard of one, except for the pain in the chest it didn't feel like one. Still I thought about getting dressed and going to the emergency room. When my appendix's went bad a few years ago, my not wanting to go to the doctor almost cost me my life. But I'm hardheaded when it comes to going to the doctor. I'll struggle with pain before I go, I know it doesn't make sense, it's just the way I am.

Well after about an hour the pain subsided enough for me to go back to sleep. A few hours later I had to get up for work. When I work up I was still in pain, not as much as the initial pain that work me, but still hurting. I went to work just as they were opening the building. I mentioned to my boss what was going on and he told me I needed to go to the doctor. So I decided that maybe I should. I went to the emergency room.

They hooked me up to a bunch of wires and stuff and gave me the good news that it didn't look like it was my heart. They sent me down for an ultrasound. That was weird, laying there watching her take the ultrasound and seeing my kidney, liver, gall bladder and other organs on the screen. Not that I really could tell what they were.

Back to the room and about twenty minutes later the doctor came in to tell me it was my gall bladder. I had trouble with it years ago, but only once so they decided not to do anything about it. This time they want to take it out. I have to call the surgeon tomorrow and set an appointment.

I'm feeling better, but still not all that great. I'll be glad when it's finished and hopefully I'll be feeling better.