Gallbladder Surgery

This is what I look like with no make-up on. :)

I was scheduled back in March to get my Gallbladder out. After having a horrible attack while pregnant with Sophie and another minor one a week after she was born, I didn't want to go through that again. So I had it scheduled and I was ready to go get it done. My mom, grandma and twin sister have all had theirs out...it was inevitable. The day before the surgery I was talking to a friend and she was telling me her horrible story about getting hers out. She continued to tell me that she was dieing. I was shocked and scared for what could happen to me. She had other medical problems with her heart and liver, but getting her gallbladder out was the worst thing she could have done. I thought and prayed about it for a few hours (I didn't have much time) and decided to cancel my surgery. Part of my reason for canceling it was also because Sophie was still on Oxygen and I was feeling a little overwhelmed at the time. After making that phone call, I felt relieved and at peace.

Since March I would get these achy pains in my stomach. It wasn't horrible, but it was uncomfortable. Then one day in October I was making dinner for a friend and I kept having this pain and feeling like I had to throw-up. It would come and go. So in between when I would feel better I would jump up and work on dinner again, until I had to go lay down again. That is when I decided I would make an appt. to have him look at my gallbladder again. From there we made an appointment the next week and had it removed! :) It was a perfect time as we had reached our deductible and co-insurance back in March with Sophie so it was completely free. I knew I had to get it out eventually...so it was either now for free or later pay $6000.

It was a rough couple of days. Very painful to move, lay down, or sit up. It wasn't too bad if I kept up on my pain killers though. I loved being able to take it easy though and not feeling like I had to "go, go, go". I had just finished watching my niece for 4 days and the break couldn't have come at a better time. :) The funny thing is that my sister had her baby on Friday, October 30th, my mom had a hysterectomy on Monday, Nov. 2nd, and then I had my surgery on Thursday. My other sister decided to go to Disneyland during that week too (we got the hint!) :) So that left none of us available to help each other, but it all worked out in the end.