Surgery 1 is done...

I had my gallbladder removed on Wednesday. The surgery took 3.5 hours, and it should have only taken 1 to 2 hours. It seems that it was being stubborn, and it was nice and comfy where it was. Dr. B was just about ready to open me up instead of doing it the easy way when it finally decided to come out. I've spent the last couple of days recuperating. Thankfully today, I'm feeling mostly human. I'm hoping that after I get to finally take a shower that I feel even better. I'm very light headed and dizzy today. Not sure if that is from lack of having anything of real nutritional value to eat or not.

I got a phone call yesterday from Dr. M's office about the hysterectomy. It looks like I'm going to be having that done on June 2 or June 9. When I went and saw her on Monday, the sono showed that one of my cysts had grown, but it was fluid filled. I had a tumor on my cervix that was not there 4 weeks ago, and I have a solid mass on my left ovary.

This getting old business is for the birds, and I'm ready for all of these surgeries to be done.

Today was full of the unexpected...

I got a phone call from my surgeon around 10 AM. He had looked at my ct scan again, and he was worried about something he saw. There seems to be a gallstone that is over 3 cm, and he said my gallbladder needs to come out. His office called me back at 530 saying they could get me in Monday morning at 8. Whoa, hold up people. That is way to soon, and I don't have anybody that can help me on Monday. They said they could push it back to Wednesday which I figured would work. Hubster will be home with me day of surgery. My aunt will come on Thursday to help out, and then my mom will be here Friday through Monday. If I need more time than that, then I just don't know what I'm going to do. I'm sure if push came to shove, that I can figure something out. This has been a whirlwind day.

I just have to say that the Navy had better not get it into their heads to go ahead and send Hubster to Hueneme from the 25th - May 6. That would really suck big time.

A Year...

It has been a full year since Hubster returned home from Iraq. I still can't believe it has been that long. It doesn't seem possible. I can still vividly remember every detail of that day. I think it will forever be with me.

He is still debating on just what he plans on doing when his contract ends in June. I told him that he needs to hurry up and make a decision because he is running out of time. He starts back to school in May. I'm very proud of him for doing that.

MIL is in town. She got here Monday night. Her visit here has been really good. Tonight is church night. We are looking forward to that. We went shopping today for the kids. She ended up buying me a new pair of athletic shoes. They were on sale for 70% off, and they are good for running. I can tell you that her being here is not good on the diet. She likes to cook, so I'm trying to be extra careful with what I eat. I eat what she cooks, but I really make sure the portion is small.

The Weekend that Was...

Quick recap...Friday night we went to a little Italian place to eat. The food was okay. They had singing waiters which was pretty neat. The place wasn't busy at all, so we sat and talked for a few hours. It was so nice. Saturday, Hubster went to Men's prayer breakfast. I made somewhere close to 100 cookies for our Sunday school picnic. We had so much fun. I really do love our Sunday school class. They are some of the best people around. Church on Sunday was really good as always, and then last night I had a bad episode of pain. People kept asking me if I was all right. No, I wasn't. I hurt. The only way to describe it is to take your world's worst cramps, and multiply that by 10. You should probably get close to it. The pain radiates down into my upper thighs, so the more I stand the more it hurts. Maybe it was a cysts bursting. That can cause the pain like that. Today I'm very achy, and nothing I take is about to take that pain away. I've taken Tylenol, and it doesn't help. I really just want to feel better.

I lost a whole pound last week. This is just so frustrating. Yesterday afternoon, I was down 4 pounds. Today, my official weigh in day, I was only down 1. Then I weighed again about 2 hours later, and it showed I weighed a 2 pounds more than I did last week. I'm just going with the 1 pound weight loss because I normally weigh at the same time. I can tell a difference in the way my clothes fit though, so I might not have lost in pounds. I have lost inches though.

MIL is scheduled to be in this evening. I can't wait to see her. We are going to go out of town for the weekend. I believe we finally have it nailed down where we are going. It is a place that none of us have ever been before. I think it should be fun.

Gee Whiz...

I hate, hate, hate wasting money. It is a huge pet peeve of mine. I went to the surgeon yesterday for my gallbladder. You know, the one, that has gallstones, but it hasn't caused me any issues. He couldn't fathom why in the world that they would refer me to him. Those are his words. He said there is no way that the pain I have is caused by gallstones. That it is way to low to be that. He asked me if I had any symptoms, at which point I politely informed him no. That I really felt this was a waste of my time and money. He agreed. Wish he would have agreed to refund me the $50 co-pay. He did tell me that if the gallstones haven't bothered at this point, that there was a distinct possibility that they never would. He also said that if I really wanted my gallbladder out, he would take it out for me. No thank you. I see no reason to remove something that is not bothering me in the least. He was very nice, but I have had it up to my eyeballs with doctors visits and tests. I'm giving Dr. M. her last shot at doing something on April 21. If she can't do something about the pain, then I'm switching doctors. This has gotten insane and expensive. There is something wrong, and she needs to fix me. A year has been long enough.

On a happier note, tonight is date night for Hubster and I. We are meeting one of my besties and her husband for supper tonight. We laughingly call her husband Hubster's long lost brother from another mother. They act just alike, and they haven't seen each other in a few weeks. We expect them to be in rare form tonight. I'm also going to have my hair done. I love hair done days. They are relaxing, and Jennifer does such a great job. Think I'm going to ask her not to put blonde highlights in it though. Think I'm going to go for full on red hair one more time.

Sigh, then we have the government shut down thingy looming. I could care less if the government shuts down, but they need to make sure that the military gets paid. It really irritates me that Congress and the president get paid, but the military gets shafted. Hubster's drill was cancelled this weekend. Which is all nice and good, but they will have to make it up. That means that it is going to come at an inconvenient time for us probably. I blame both political parties for this fiasco. There is not a winner on either side. Yes, the budget needs to be cut. This budget should have been in place in October. There is not an if, and, or but about it. I want to go up to Washington and smack some people upside the head.

What a Weekend!

It was wonderful. Saturday I finally met a lady that I had been chatting with online for over 6 months. We met for pedicures and lunch. I must say that was probably the best pedicure that I have ever had. I paid for it, but it was wonderful. We ended up eating at TGIFridays. It isn't my favorite place to eat, but it will certainly work when you are hungry. It wasn't to bad. Plus I know they have some pretty good boneless wings, and that is what I was hungry for. Saturday night Hubster and I went on a date. We ended up eating at a steak place called The Keg. Let me just say, that was probably the best meal I have eaten in forever. It was so incredibly yummy. It is not cheap, but we are already making plans to go back to there in June with some friends of ours.

Sunday we went to church in the morning, and then we made it up to the base. We needed to do some grocery shopping. We found out they were showing Gnomeo and Juliet at the theater, so we decided to take the kids. The girls and I (that is what happens when you wake up at 530) fell asleep during the movie, but the 3 boys said the movie was good. We came home after the movie, so we never made it to church last night. That felt odd, but Hubster wasn't feeling all that great. I think the long hours from work last week finally caught up with him. He was exhausted. He got a phone call last night from one of his Chiefs asking him to (aka informing aka voluntell) that they needed him back in Port Hueneme from April 25 - May 6. Looks like he is going to be gone again for 2 weeks.

I also got a phone call on Friday from the general surgeon's office. I have an appointment with them on Thursday at 330. They politely informed me that if I had any "episodes" or hurt in any way, that I was to call them immediately. If I couldn't get a hold of them, then I was to go straight to the ER. Yeah, that made me feel wonderful. May I just say that I'm ready for all of this to be over and done with. I just don't want to hurt any more.

The WW thing is going great. I lost 2.5 pounds last week. I was very excited with that, and I didn't feel cheated in any way. I was able to eat whatever I wanted to on Saturday night because I had so many saved points. This is really a great program. Here is hoping that it keeps going that way. I'm really enjoying this, and I'm really enjoying my workouts.