Cancer and Stomach Scares
The day before yesterday afternoon, I had a little scare. I had just gotten out of the shower and was getting ready to eat some lunch, when all of the sudden I had excruciating pain in my stomach. I had my family rush me to the emergency room, just to be sure it wasn’t something serious.
After 1 CT Scan and an ultrasound, the only findings were that I was extremely low in potassium and I had an increase in some pancreatic function. The docs put me on a 4 hour potassium drip, so we ended up being in the hospital for 12 hours!
Yesterday (saturday) I had the same damn thing happen! Around noon, the stomach cramping hit again. This time, much worse. I broke out in sweats and started seeing stars and white lights! I was in so much pain I thought I was dying. My sis and dad rushed me back to the ER at St Joe's and we were immediately admitted. The docs gave me a shot of dilaudid (heavy pain meds) and nausea medicine. Next thing I know, I am waking up 6 hrs later still in ER with no change. I was still not on any hydration drips and did not have any new medication. Here I was, still in pain and the nurses were still not doing anything to alleviate my pain!
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