Health Updates and a Kookaburra

Health news of the day - I'm grouchy because my body is being nuts as per usual. I thought that the birth control was going well. However this morning I had some bleeding while still being on the pink pills which means I shouldn't be bleeding. Though being frustrated with my body is not a new thing it does not make it any less frustrating. This week was actually a pretty good one but this set back today feels like it majorly overshadows everything because WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY BODY!!!!!!!!!!!

In upcoming health news - I am heading to Peoria later this week for a check up with my kidney doctor and my yearly endoscope to look at the mess that I call my digestive system. For those who need a refresher on that I have polyps that grow in my duodenum (that's where the stomach connects to the small intestine). Though these polyps have never been cancerous they do cause a lot of pain when they get big because they make it hard for food to be passed from my stomach to the rest of my system. So every year I have them removed and every year they come back due in part because of the medications I am on. They cannot do anything to stop them from growing because I need those medications and I need that part of my digestive system. This week is just a scope not a removal. The removal will probably be sometime next month and will be scheduled after my GI doctor sees what kind of hot mess he is dealing with in there.

Ok lets shake that off and get positive.

This week was a pretty typical week. I did my normal volunteering minus one day because my car was in the shop getting new brakes. Though I didn't get the job in town I wanted I did apply for some more jobs that I think I am better qualified for. I have also been better at remembering to take my before meals pill (it is a fast dissolving pill that coats the walls of your digestive system to get rid of some of the pain of eating when you have intestinal polyps). That means that I have actually been eating this week and not been in horrible pain after. Being able to eat is always a plus.

And then when I am really feeling down I do like I did today at Mom and Dad's after lunch and watch this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q
PS - you have to go to youtube to watch it :)

I really have no clue why this makes me so happy but it does. Maybe you will enjoy hearing a kookaburra "laugh" too.

Comments

  1. Dave Carr DevosApril 26, 2015 at 8:11 PM

    HAHAHAHHA that Kookaburra kills me!! It sounds a lot like me when I laugh! I think I'll just join a family of wild kookaburras!! You can come if you want!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. BBApril 27, 2015 at 9:17 AM

      Hahaha how about I just come visit you and your Kookaburra family :)

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Scars

Image
I said quite some time ago that I would post a picture of my newest scar...and then I forgot...when I remembered I thought why not just do a post about my scars...I know people who have tattoos and show those off...but I don't have those instead my story is etched on my body in a different way...so here it is...and in some of them I tried to circle scars that I thought were hard to see but it may end up being easier to see them without my attempt at helping... So these first two are obviously of my stomach...the scar with the one by it is hard to see but that scar is over 20 inches long...it wraps around my left side...you can see the end of it in the picture below...that is from my first transplant from when I was 8...the scar with the 2 by it is from my most recent transplant...which as you can tell is much smaller and is still a little red because it's still healing...the three scars circled under my belly button in the bright blue are from dialysis when I was 21 mon
Read more

It’s been a while

Hey there, So it’s been a while. I wish I could say I was returning with amazingly great news about life or some mind blowing tidbit about Jesus. But I think by now if you are reading this or have rread any of my posts in the past you know that is not this blog. Having a blog that mostly chronicals the downs of being a person with a chronic illness means that posting again after a bit of a hiatus can really only mean one thing - more downs to report. If you’ve seen my recent social media posts. You might think, “How can that be? You are doing all this work at your house.” Well when you are sick you get good at knowing that life goes on no matter how you feel. So you go on and sometimes above with it. Here’s what is going on - after having a horrible appointment with a gynecologist in something like October I finally decided I really needed to see someone else because the increasing pain on and off my period is not ok. And as someone who has wanted a hysterectomy for more than 1
Read more

After Moving Day

Health update - I have been feeling better since starting this medication. The side effects were a little rough at first but I think my body has adjusted since I have been feeling much better and have energy again. Mom and Dad moved into their newly remodeled house this weekend and I am so happy for them. They have needed a one story house for a few years since they have been talking about it even before Dad's accident. We have already created so many fun memories and stories to tell during the renovation that I can't wait to see what other adventures this house has for our family. Often during this move I have felt like other people have been more attached to my parents house than my family. Sure my brother, sister and I all grew up in that house and we had a lot of fun memories in that house. But a four bedroom, two level house was too much house for my parents to live in alone. In the past few years instead of being able to remember the fun times in the house we've j
Read more