Does it ever end?
Not sure how many this blog will reach given the exodus from TV.com but I'm gonna post anyway...
The title of my blog is "Does It Ever End?" ...why you ask? Well, since my last blog's title was "More Drama" talking about my mom and the drama of my husband working a turn around. Well, thankfully the drama surrounding my mom and hubby have pretty much ended. My mom is recouping well and the turn around my hubby was working 13 hour days on has ended. TG!!! Now the drama surrounds me. Here's a brief synopsis:
Recently, I've lost a lot of weight in a few month's time. I started having problems with my blood pressure around my 40th b-day (in January) and chest pains that turned out to be stress (this being told to me by my doctor after the EKG cleared me). Well, that lit my fire. I was determined to lose the weight I had packed on in the last few years. I started dieting and exercising. I guess the trouble started when I started to get obsessed with the exercising part. It was just so cool seeing and feeling those pounds melt away. Fast forward to now. I've finished losing the weight but am still exercising a lot and somewhat watching my caloric intake. I might have a day that's high in calories then follow it with a day that's low. Now on to the dramatic part ...(as if that wasn't enough) ...
Monday, during Thanksgiving vacation week, we decided to take a ride to the Riverwalk in New Orleans. (Sidenote: I kick myself for forgetting to bring my camcorder that I just got as an early Christmas preasent to post video...it really is pretty down there). Well, we relaxed and ate some beniets at Cafe Du Monde, walked the Riverwalk, ate some very spicy Jambalaya from Messina's, and I drank a couple of medium Hurricane daiquiris. Needless to say I was feeling rough the next day. Coincidentally, having a doctor's appointment for another issue that following day, my doctor noticed that I was holding my stomach and not looking too hot. I told him why I thought my stomach was hurting given all the crap I ate the day before. He wanted to run some tests anyway. They included an ultrasound and a CT of a few of my organs. This included my gall bladder. It seems, which I didn't know myself, that if you lose a significant amount of weight quickly, you can damage it. The tech showed me that my gall bladder was chock full of gall stones. In addition, the walls were "thickened" as he put it. So guess what your little Cajungirl just had on Friday....yes, the day after Thanksgiving....
Gall badder removal surgery. My surgeon said afterwards that it was an ugly looking gall bladder. I share this story because I had no idea that the "gas pains" I thought I was feeling, after the days of eating a high fat diet, were actually gall bladder attacks. Ladies, and even gentlemen, watch how quickly you lose your weight. Avoid the high I let myself get on and lose too quickly. You'll thank me later. After doing a little bit of reading on the subject after my diagnoses I see it's a very common side effect. Thinking back now I realize this has actually been going on for months...not a smart move on my part. So I'm doing ok...I can't drive for a few days but other than that I've just been taking it easy. Of course the pain killers help but the surgery was laproscopic so it really wasn't that invasive. The only incision that bothers me the most is the biggest one under my belly button (out of the 4 that I have). Lesson learned ...just a little too late.
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