The surgeon says I have a hernia directly behind my belly button (I am not obese and cannot see or feel this hernia) and I have an erosion (I guess not yet a full ulcer) in my stomach wall. He says that I shouldn't be in pain with these issues, but scheduled surgery for Wednesday the 15th. Next week). What upsets me the most is that I am in a lot of pain, and I'm afraid that the pain is something else completely.
He did also say I had a small hiatal hernia that didn't require surgery, and a small (4mm) lesion on my left kidney, but that although we would scan it again in 6 months, it was probably nothing. He said because imaging has gotten so clear in recent years, you can see things that you never could before and a 4mm lesion was probably something that was just part of my kidney.
Because I have had previous gall bladder surgery, he said scar tissue could be causing a problem, but he won't know until he “gets in there”. I'm going to sound like a baby and admit I'm scared! My first visit to the ER was exactly to the date one year sense my mother went to the ER. Second ER visit year to the day she died. Surgery is scheduled for what would have been her birthday. I want to ask everyone for a little prayer, but I feel bad asking because it may be nothing major and I'm not the worlds greatest Catholic, although I am one. Right now my right side hurts, worse with a deep breath. Before it was the left side under the ribs and then a bit lower. I trust this surgeon he's come highly recommended from people I know.
I think the prayer power that FR has will bring you safely back to us, as it has before. Just a thought.
Be seeing you....
Hey, Ping!
Sounds like you’re in good hands. God be with you.
Okay....far be it from me to even play a doctor on TV, but your surgeon said you shouldn’t be in pain with a hernia and a stomach erosion? That’s kind of weird...it seems to me you might naturally have pain. But what do I know.
Mac, you say you aren’t the world’s greatest Catholic....well, don’t worry, honey. None of us are where we should be, but God’s mercy is everpresent. He’s going to take care of you, and you will be fine.
I understand what you’re saying about your mother. My mom died in 2002, and about a year later I started having heart palpitations. I freaked out a little bit. It turned out to be too much coffee, if you can believe it. But the doctor told me it’s natural, after a parent passes, to feel scared and start thinking, well, I’m next in line to go. He said those kinds of worries can exacerbate physical issues.
Will be praying for you...and don’t ever feel bad for asking. God wants us to ask.
(Can the doctor give you something for pain, to get you through until Wednesday?)