Maze
Expecting 4th, 2 Angels
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I am feeling really lost this week. I can't find much information about my situation online, and what I do find is hardly comforting.
Last Saturday I woke up with a horrible pain in my abdomen, and rushed to the toilet only to throw up blood. The pain didn't go away. My spouse took me to the local hospital which isn't all that big. Once there, they got me through right away and made sure the baby was okay. After that, they did blood work and then checked all my organs via ultrasound. I was on morphine for pain, medicine in the IV to try and stop my vomiting (though it didn't work) ...it was basically a giant blurry mess.
They eventually came back and told me my blood work and ultrasound were normal, and they couldn't find any explanation for the pain. However, they were very adamant I go to the hospital in the city where there are 'more specialized doctors.' They didn't even want to take my IV out.
Ulcer had been thrown around a bit, and my spouse was looking it up on his phone, and it seemed to line up. So I said I'd see how I felt the next day. They didn't argue with me.
Come Monday, I got a panicked call from my family doctor's office, saying I needed to come in that day, citing abnormal blood work. Weird, right? Since the hospital that took it told me it was fine.
I come in that night, they make it so I am seen before the walk-in clinic began. While I was sitting there, I get a call from the hospital I had been checked at. It was a doctor in the ER, not the one who had overseen my care. She said "You were to see your family physician today?" and I said "I am there right now." She said "Oh good, well we need to talk about your ultrasound..." I interrupted her. "My ultrasound? I am here because I was told my blood test was abnormal, which I thought was weird because your ER told me it was normal." The doctor sputtered a bit and said "Well, I don't have those results in front of me, but your ultrasound revealed that you have liver disease... as well as some spots that need an MRI to rule out cancer."
I began bawling right there in the waiting room. I don't know why the doctor didn't wait for my own physician to tell me in private. She knew I was right there.
While my gut tells me I don't have cancer, and some research suggests the spots are inflamed areas due to my disease... I am left feeling a bit hollow. I don't know why the ER sent me off like everything was fine, I don't know what to expect for this pregnancy... that has now been overshadowed with illness and fear. I am so tired, and I feel so sick... I just want help and answers. More importantly, I don't want to feel so alone.
Has anyone gone through something like this? Known someone who has? I didn't know I was sick before I got pregnant, I hadn't planned on getting pregnant in the first place, but at almost 13 weeks, I am too invested to just write it off. I am obviously worried about the baby too... and worried about the kids I already have. It's too much to deal with.
I just wanted to add that I don't drink, and I am not obese. So this disease has really caught me off guard. I didn't do anything to cause it.
Last Saturday I woke up with a horrible pain in my abdomen, and rushed to the toilet only to throw up blood. The pain didn't go away. My spouse took me to the local hospital which isn't all that big. Once there, they got me through right away and made sure the baby was okay. After that, they did blood work and then checked all my organs via ultrasound. I was on morphine for pain, medicine in the IV to try and stop my vomiting (though it didn't work) ...it was basically a giant blurry mess.
They eventually came back and told me my blood work and ultrasound were normal, and they couldn't find any explanation for the pain. However, they were very adamant I go to the hospital in the city where there are 'more specialized doctors.' They didn't even want to take my IV out.
Ulcer had been thrown around a bit, and my spouse was looking it up on his phone, and it seemed to line up. So I said I'd see how I felt the next day. They didn't argue with me.
Come Monday, I got a panicked call from my family doctor's office, saying I needed to come in that day, citing abnormal blood work. Weird, right? Since the hospital that took it told me it was fine.
I come in that night, they make it so I am seen before the walk-in clinic began. While I was sitting there, I get a call from the hospital I had been checked at. It was a doctor in the ER, not the one who had overseen my care. She said "You were to see your family physician today?" and I said "I am there right now." She said "Oh good, well we need to talk about your ultrasound..." I interrupted her. "My ultrasound? I am here because I was told my blood test was abnormal, which I thought was weird because your ER told me it was normal." The doctor sputtered a bit and said "Well, I don't have those results in front of me, but your ultrasound revealed that you have liver disease... as well as some spots that need an MRI to rule out cancer."
I began bawling right there in the waiting room. I don't know why the doctor didn't wait for my own physician to tell me in private. She knew I was right there.
While my gut tells me I don't have cancer, and some research suggests the spots are inflamed areas due to my disease... I am left feeling a bit hollow. I don't know why the ER sent me off like everything was fine, I don't know what to expect for this pregnancy... that has now been overshadowed with illness and fear. I am so tired, and I feel so sick... I just want help and answers. More importantly, I don't want to feel so alone.
Has anyone gone through something like this? Known someone who has? I didn't know I was sick before I got pregnant, I hadn't planned on getting pregnant in the first place, but at almost 13 weeks, I am too invested to just write it off. I am obviously worried about the baby too... and worried about the kids I already have. It's too much to deal with.
I just wanted to add that I don't drink, and I am not obese. So this disease has really caught me off guard. I didn't do anything to cause it.
The good news is my doctor doesn't think they're malignant, the bad news is they are still serious enough liver damage. I had just gotten to a head space where I was more calm, and now I've been thrown back into panic mode again.
