Logging when unwell

Thanks both of you, I'll continue to log, don't want to break my logging streak! It's more a matter of keeping anything down rather than decreased appetite but it doesn't normally last long so shouldn't do me any harm.

lilawolf wrote: »

I do. I want to make sure that I eat enough as well as not too much. I look to hit my weekly calorie goal. So if you can't keep much down now, I'd eat more when you're getting better. Need to take care of yourself.

Good idea, thank you

Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »

ugh, i remember the pain i was in before having my gull bladder removed.. just wait til you get it out, you're going to notice a huge difference, its absolutely lovely lol

Called the hospital today, I've had three paramedic call outs in the last two months! Hoping they'll bump me up the list...Can't wait to get it out and eat a bit more normally albeit more healthily than before it started playing up.

Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »

The night i had stones, i seriously didn't know what was happening... for a few years i would have these moments, randomly where it would feel like i swallowed a bubble and it was stuck in my chest/upper stomach... i remember laying and contorting my body into weird positions and bouncing around the apartment, etc trying to find relief

the night i had stones though that got stuck, i thought i had food poisoning, i threw up a few times trying to get relief but got none, the pain in my back was so bad...

if you are vomiting, why aren't they removing it now? why is there a list? when i went to emerg, they took me right in and i had it removed hours later, i had to stay over night, they kept me on pain meds through IV drip, im in canada though, maybe it works different..

In the UK at the moment the NHS is struggling due to budget cuts by our present government. Emergency surgery is taking priority at the moment, gallbladder removal is considered routine surgery and so a waiting list exists, even if you get a date there is a huge chance routine surgery will get postponed if emergencies come in, understandably. In addition social care budget cuts mean that nursing home/ care home beds for the frail / elderly are in short supply, hospitals have large numbers of their beds taken up by frail/elderly people who do not need medical care in hospital but can't look after themselves at home. This leads to further delays in the system.
I don't have a fever and am not jaundiced so I'm not considered an emergency case at the moment, however as a single mother who works full time, the pain and pain relief causes me huge issues, I can't go into hospital without childcare in place and the pain meds impact significantly on my ability to look after my children, and I obviously can't work or drive when I've taken them.
Maybe we should move to Canada