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Being overweight/obese catches up as you age.
I almost died from hypovolemic shock and my doctor looked me in the eyes and said no you didn't.
I've been having some kind of gallbladder issue, where suddenly I'm vomiting for hours if not a couple days. The latest one on May 8th was the one that almost killed me. I had made the rookie mistake of only watching out for fat content, not knowing about processed foods triggering an attack. So I ate beef jerky.
30 minutes later I'm going up to the Pharmacist I work under, and told him, "Hey, I was trying to push through, but the cold chills are starting and I need to go home."
The second I was home and out of my scrubs I was at the toilet. I vomited almost non stop for 8 hours. The final nail was late at night, my fiancé was getting ready for his overnight shift when I threw up stomach acid.
The second I did, I knew something was Wrong. My hands and feet started to slowly lose feeling and I got so dizzy. The most I was able to get out to express the urgency was "opital".
We live close to our hospital, 7 minutes away. By the time I got there, I needed a wheelchair and my abdomen was cramping in pain. My hands were starting to cramp too. Weird positions I'd never normally do. The triage nurse was really nice and just trying to keep me calm.
Once she heard my lips were going numb I was rushed into one of the rooms near triage. I was told originally that there was gonna be a wait because of a really bad accident that had happened. It was urgent enough that I was r u s h e d back. They hooked me up to an ekg immediately as well as put ice in my hands and on the back of my neck. Something they only do to help break the shock. They gave me an antiemetic, tramodol, and benadryl in my IV and started me on 2 liters of saline.
I got to stage 3 hypovolemic shock, the stage right before total organ failure due to vomiting up 30-40% of my body fluid. Because of the stage I was in, it triggered lacticacidosis. That only triggers when your body is taking blood supply away from your liver and kidneys, causing them to overproduce lactic acid. That's what the cramping was. Lacticacidosis alone is fatal without treatment.
My lactic acid reflex test was 3.1, when its supposed to be 0.5-2.2. The nurse even got worried when she saw my numbers. I heard this nurse that had been so helpful and knew what she was doing panic a little. "Oh god your lactic acid is high."
They let me go home after 2 hours, but I ended up needing about 4 days to recover. My primary doc said because I wasn't admitted for the night that I didn't almost die. He was convinced I was just getting sick from smoking weed, despite none of the symptoms or home remedies matching up. Same with family history. I yelled at him.
My fiancé reported him. I'm still waiting to hear what happens. It's been almost 1 month and I'm still filling prescriptions with his name on them. Fuck Grant Couette.
It's almost 7am and I haven't slept. I'm having a really bad time with my gallbladder. Long story short it has Polyps. Doctor at the ER told me that "You're fine. They arent that big so therefore you don't need to remove it". I AINT FINE. I get in so much pain when it acts up. The pain is so unbearable that I either puke acids or food or just go to the toilet to relieve the pressure and pain. In addition to that, this week my right leg gets severe pain and I can't even move it or stand with for a few minutes. DON'T YOU HATE WHEN AN ER DOCTOR DISMISSED YOUR PAIN! DO I LOOK LIKE I WANTED TO GET BILLED FOR FUN FROM THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT INSURANCE?!
Mind you I have a regular Doctor for this but they also think I'll be fine living with these damn Polyps since they aren't growing. I HAD TO LITERALLY CALL HIM FOR RECOMMENDATION ON A SURGEON AFTER THE ER DEBACLE! Oh btw if the polyps gets bigger its potential to be CANCER! Like why would I want to live like this and wake up to CANCER? Like why?
Also, if you do choose to live like this you have to have a crazy diet. No fats or cholesterol food. I literally lost 20+ lbs. That's cool and all but sometimes when the pain hits me for a week some of those days I don't eat. More like I can't. My body refuses. I get so nauseated. And acid is everywhere. And omg your sides feels likes there's a mass that's about to explode and it's stabbing the shit out of your insides.
Anyways I'm going to try and talk the surgeon soon. I can't take it anymore. Before I was ok keeping it since the pain only last a day. It has been months now and the pain is longer and it is more painful than before. I am so scared of surgery since I never had one. I don't like not having control and not seeing things. I'm so scared to not wake up. I've read some ppl journey here who had gallbladder issues, some gave me hope but others gave me more of my fears. Idk how to feel about this decision. I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK. I WANT TO EAT REGULAR FOOD.
I'm ranting here instead. I've been stuck at home for quite a while now. I don't really talk to ppl and my circle of friends is low. I mostly talk to my wife. But I need another outlet.
TW! Emetophobia
If anybody is wondering how I'm doing seven months into my stomach and gall bladder going on strike, this is a genuine thought I had a few minutes ago
Me, looking at my sandwich: maybe if I chew it up super super well it will be completely unrecognizable when I throw it up later and then I won't have to put sandwich on the "foods I can no longer eat because I threw them up once" list...
Guys... I take mental damage from even thinking about zucchini now...
i want to snack on chips but they upset my gallbladder ..sigh..
Me: Wow. My first Sprites since getting my gallbladder out. I’m treating myself. These are so amazing. It’s like having McDonald’s Sprite every sip. Woohoo. Sure, I’ll have three Ms. Outback waitress.
*gets home, immediately shits my pants*
Me:…….well shit
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dear gallbladder: how dare you
insincerely: me, the bastard responsible for feeding you
