DR stuff.... 2016

Well I posted on 3.14 I was having and MRI. I had one of my brain to see what is going on and how much pressure is on my eye... now let's take you back a week before. I started to have stops in my vision. I didn't think anything of them cause they started at night and went away for the morning that was except til Friday 3.11 I had them all day and continued through. I still have them. basically I may have these the rest of my life or I may not... I am hoping not cause it makes it hard to do anything on my phone... and it is terribly hard to do much that requires focusing too much. On 3.14 I was diagnosed with papilledema of the optic nereve. With this I hope so much I won't need surgery and that the horse pills I am on will help... essentially at the appointment it was difficult to sit through. I first sat in Dr. Babcock office, then he noticed my eye nerves were swollen sent me to Mccann. I did an optical field test and retina test all while my eyes were all ready dilated and hard for me to see in the first place... After all of that I went in to talk to mccan and he looked in my eye and said it was papilledema of an optic nerve. I had my MRI scheduled for 5:30 and took my anxiety med at 4:30. I waited till 8:15 and finally got back to the tech. Wednesday he told me he sent info to the people at community.
In the days that followed I had a spinal tap done at community medical center in Missoula MT. The first nurse who was a male country accent and seemed like he was flanoyently gay, on would assume. But since my spinal as near lunch he was on rotation. He had informed me he would be with me through the entire procedure. That was incorrect and as soon I was carted back to the prep area I was alone and vulnerable. As soon as the doc stuck the needle in my back I cringed. And my whole body shook, they finally got me a nurse who was catching up with paper work to come and calm me down because the doc needed me to be calm. They pulled 30cc of spinal fluid. Measured the amount and found it was way more then normal. I was released and finally home. But I will never forget how I was treated at Community Medical Center in Missoula MT. At that point further I vowed to never get any procedure done there unless absolutely necessary.

Hot Mess

I am a hot mess.

Lately I have been to so many drs and not getting anywhere. On January 19th I had my gallbladder taken out. The surgery was flawless, and recovery was ok some minor set back but I got over them. The one thing I was pretty upset about was the fact I was still having problems. I told my surgeon and he suggested to get an endoscopy to rule out heartburn and sent me on my way. Then since I was really annoyed with this and still getting pains I mentioned this to my primary and we started some blood work. It all came back normal, slightly elevated liver enzymes. So I was like ok still having the pains what's going on. He sent a referral to a gi specialist who has to "review" my chart before he will even schedule an appointment. Their office told me if symptoms still continue are emergent to go to the ER. Well after being shafted and having these problems still I went into the ER. He took my history and did an ultrasound as well as a chest x ray. both came back fine. I am at a stand still. Why am I having these pains.He prescribed an anti spastic med, it is supposed to help with my stomach to not be so irritated from not digesting well. I then was talking to my pharmacist about the med, he was surprised that this was prescribed when there is other meds that work better. My doc refilled what I have since it is working. Finally able to getting to a gi specialist mid April, and also on the waitlist if someone cancels. Which the receptionist says is highly unlikely.
Among all of my stomach, and gi problems I was talking to my obgyn about looking at if I have endometriosis. Since I have reached my max in benefits why not fix something that has been affecting our sex life. I don't wanna go too much in detail but if you were to look up the symptoms of endometriosis I hit most of them. It is and nasty thing to have. On the 25th of February I went in to have a laparoscopic diagnosis surgery. He found a spot of endometriosis, and he also found something that has been causing discomfort. Since I am still kinda groggy from the anastasia I plan on waiting to call him and discuss what he found. The fact he found endometriosis and fixed what he found makes me relieved, I know it proly won't 100% fix the problems I deal with on a daily basis. But I am hopeful for some relief. To top most of this off I have been feeling depressed quite a bit lately. It is a very hard pill to swallow, and since I know the warning signs of depression I am trying to nip this in the butt before it gets worse. So as of now I am on a pharmacy of drugs, but all of them are working and once we start to figure out my gi problems I hope to get my life back and start working out and doing things I want to. Me and Russ went for a walk around the block, and then to albertsons. It sure was nice to get out and walk this is what I hope to continue this and then come home and eat dinner.

As all this is going on we moved. All our stuff is out of the old place except for Lucy's bed and Russells bike. We are working on cleaning up the old place it is really hard when immediately we step in the place and instantly feel sick from how much dirt is in the place. In our new place we have 3 bedrooms, separate living and dining areas, 2 bathrooms, we just got new washer and dryer, plus we have a dishwasher that works. since we have moved I have done well to keep up with dishes. Also trying to keep up on laundry with our new washer and dryer. We are loving our new apartment.

An update on the kids. Lucy is grown she is 3 feet tall and hardly weighs 40 pounds. still is in pre-K at Valley Christian and she loves it there. We plan on getting her into kindergarten at CM Russell. Leon has a bit of colic, we changed his formula from the similac advance to the enfamil gentle ease. We are slowly inducting some baby food since it doesn't seem like was to more than just formula and cereal. Leon loves it and wants more. He is grown, he is now in 3-6 month clothes. Russell is doing well I am very thankful that he has been by my side for most my surgery's, he missed my recent on cause he had to work. But his fill in for my recent surgery was really helpful. I appreciate all the help I was able to get from my family through all of this mess of problems I have been dealing with. I hope the worst is over with. I am very thankful for his work to help and be so accommodating to all the stuff. I have been dealing with lately. I hope that soon I can make it up to their office and make something for the here soon.

thanks for reading this.
Hot Mess Laura

I just want to eat pizza.

Well as my last blog post was about the birth of my second child this one is kinda like what's been going on since.

When I was pregnant I was getting these nasty nasty attacks. I was having sharp pain in my stomach on the left side and went to my back. When I have these attacks I also can't breath so I have my inhaler handy to try and get through them. At times they last for a few minutes or a lot longer. Most of these came from my diet. My diet isn't the greatest. Me and my husband are pretty lazy when it came to cooking. But I had a good excuse I was 6 month pregnant and the boy was sitting so low I was always in pain if I stood too long. This made doing dishes or cooking extremely difficult. When our baby was out I was recovering and it made it difficult as well. We ended up eating greasy food and what not. I mean when I was pregnant I craving pizza... when I ate pizza it will kick my butt the same night. I want to eat pizza again.

Well my ob thought it was heartburn I was on meds for a good while and I still had these attacks. Being annoyed I went to my regular doctor and asked him if it could be my gallbladder. Since I didn't disclose the key fact it comes right after I eat greasy foods like pizza. (I just want to eat pizza) He wanted me to take the heartburn meds twice a day. I did that for a week or so, he also ordered labs. They didn't show anything to suggest gallbladder is what my doc said when he got the results. In the midst of all this I was breastfeeding and dealing with the pain of the gallbladder without pain meds. After the new year I emailed the my doctor. I love this feature of being able to email him and say what do you think? This saved me an appointment to his office since he ordered an ultrasound to have it checked out, that took 1 week and a half to get into in itself.

January 7th I went in for an ultrasound at the Broadway building. Early in the morning we went to the appointment. By 9am I got an email I had gall stones. Also that he suggested a surgery to remove it. I sent the info for the surgeon who did my mom's hernia, and my aunt Kelis gallbladder surgery. My appointment with him was Monday the 11th. He asked his questions and did an exam then we discussed the surgery. The scheduler wasn't sure when we could get in because she had to coordinate with an assistant. I got the call from her today the 12th at 10:30. Surgery is Tuesday the 19th at 7:30am. My first though I had to call russ and inform him of this. I also texted my family, informed my work, lucy's school of pick up drop off arrangements, and had to rearrange the appointments I already had that day.

My hope with this surgery that we can eventually go back to reality and live life and not have another surgery or major health problem for awhile.