So...Tuesday I was in the hospital.
Two weeks ago I had a bout of horrible stomach pain. It was so painful I literlaly couldn't move out of bed. It lasted about two days and then I saw my GI doc (actually, a nurse practitoner in that office) who gave me some IBS meds and told me to come back in a month to see the Doc.
Well, Mondy night I ended up cracking my left cheek (on my face, not my rear!) on a kitchen cabinet door...its such a long story but the gist of it has to do with stealthy pets opening a cabinet door in the dark in order to raid the garbage can.
I was screaming from the pain and the fear that I'd end up with a black eye. Hubby said, "Put some ice on it and take some ibuprofen (advil) for the swelling."
I suddenly forgot the advice from the gastroenterology office: "No more ibuprofen!"
Since early November, I had been taking 800mg prescription tablets of the aforementioned painkiller/anti-inflamatory for my back pain. I guess a few weeks of bombarding my gi tract with that particualr chemical took its toll and really injured my stomach. Needless to say, when I awoke at 4am Tuesday morning from a wrenching pain in my gut I knew the pills did me in.
I was sick (yeah, both types) all morning and in terrible pain. I called the GI doc's office and they told me to go to the E.R.
A CT scan later revealed no abdominal bleeding or obstruction. I got a shot of some sort of insane painkiller that knocked me out and I somehow slept deeply for a few hours on that narrow gurney in the coldest treatment room I've ever experienced. I got home that evening and slept for another 5 hours.
Today (Thursday) I am still nauseated, in pain, and have no appetite whatsoever. I've tried toast and crackers but it makes me gag. I'm starting to feel dizzy from, I'm guessing, the lack of nourishment. I will try to buy some bananas later today - part of the weak stomach "BRAT diet" - Bananas, Rice, Apples/APplejuice, Tea. I tried some weak tea this morning but spit it out. I did manage to have some diet 7up and a sugar-free popsicle.
Luckily I only have to leave the house to take kiddo to school and then I can just rest in bed with some more clear soda...
I follow up with the GI docs in 10 days or so but I sure hope this stomach business fixes itself sooner than that.
