Still Struggling With Mystery Stomach Pain
I woke up about 6 hours later to the nurse telling my family that I was able to go home and they were going to work on the discharge papers. I immediately spoke up and exclaimed that I was not going anywhere until we knew what the problem was. The pain I had experienced early was the most horrific thing and I didn’t think mentally or physically I would be able to handle going through it again without being under the care of the hospital. They ended up admitting me 10 hours after we originally got to the ER.
The docs decided to not let me have any food/liquid by mouth. Last night I was finally allowed apple juice. When it seemed that my stomach was able to handle that, I received the go ahead for soft foods. I went straight for the cafeteria mashed potatoes, which at the time seemed like the tastiest carbs I’ve ever had in my life.
Unfortunately, my stomach started cramping up and I ended up throwing up about an hour later.
Tuesday was really rough. I had my liquid breakfast of chicken broth (yes, I’m back to liquids only). The doc(s) came by and wanted to do a gall bladder test which meant no pain meds or food/liquid until after the test was completed.
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