One Year Later
It has been over a year since I last had a journal entry. How are things going with me?
Well, I still have sit bone pain, and my hemorrhoids are still causing me pain. In fact last year my doctor sent me for Sigmoidoscopy, was given the all clear as far as that goes. My sit bone/pubic bone pain seems to come and go. I definitely think I damaged something the last time I gave birth.
I have been having new pains here lately which is one of the things that have driven me back to this journal. Under my rib cage both front, back, and sides I have been having sometimes dull pain, sometimes a more nagging pain. It is not super painful but it is worrisome. So I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to ask about it. I worry that it has something to do with my kidneys, and of course being the hypochondriac that I am concerned it is something really bad. Will see what the doc says tomorrow. I will update with what she says.
My family is doing well. Honestly I can't complain God has taken care of us very well!
Update: I went to my doctor's appt had to take my daughter with me because I didn't have a babysitter, but she did really well. The doctor listened well enough but I think she was frustrated by some of my answers because I didn't how she thought I should. She was leaning towards a low-key bladder infection, now I have had a bladder infection before and they were all super painful and I knew exactly what was going on. This is not that. She gave me some antibiotics that she wants me to finish even if nothing shows up in the tests. She ordered Blood tests and Urine analysis. Everything came back fine except for there was a small amount of blood detected under the microscope. That has never happened before. The doctor sent me an email saying everything looked normal and that if the pain get worse to come back. Well I emailed back and asked specifically about the blood in the urine I am waiting to hear back about that. It worries me because it feeds into my fear about bladder/kidney disease/cancer. I hate having things wrong with me because it feed into my anxiety something fierce.
Update: The doctor basically said what I thought she was going to say that it was of no consequence. It was either from an infection (which I am still not buying) or sometimes it just is. It wasn't a large amount and could only be seen under a microscope. So she wasn't worried. I really wished she had ordered another test to check in a month or so just to make sure but what do I know?
I'm worried but until it gets markedly worse, I guess I have no choice but to wait. :(
Well, I still have sit bone pain, and my hemorrhoids are still causing me pain. In fact last year my doctor sent me for Sigmoidoscopy, was given the all clear as far as that goes. My sit bone/pubic bone pain seems to come and go. I definitely think I damaged something the last time I gave birth.
I have been having new pains here lately which is one of the things that have driven me back to this journal. Under my rib cage both front, back, and sides I have been having sometimes dull pain, sometimes a more nagging pain. It is not super painful but it is worrisome. So I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to ask about it. I worry that it has something to do with my kidneys, and of course being the hypochondriac that I am concerned it is something really bad. Will see what the doc says tomorrow. I will update with what she says.
My family is doing well. Honestly I can't complain God has taken care of us very well!
Update: I went to my doctor's appt had to take my daughter with me because I didn't have a babysitter, but she did really well. The doctor listened well enough but I think she was frustrated by some of my answers because I didn't how she thought I should. She was leaning towards a low-key bladder infection, now I have had a bladder infection before and they were all super painful and I knew exactly what was going on. This is not that. She gave me some antibiotics that she wants me to finish even if nothing shows up in the tests. She ordered Blood tests and Urine analysis. Everything came back fine except for there was a small amount of blood detected under the microscope. That has never happened before. The doctor sent me an email saying everything looked normal and that if the pain get worse to come back. Well I emailed back and asked specifically about the blood in the urine I am waiting to hear back about that. It worries me because it feeds into my fear about bladder/kidney disease/cancer. I hate having things wrong with me because it feed into my anxiety something fierce.
Update: The doctor basically said what I thought she was going to say that it was of no consequence. It was either from an infection (which I am still not buying) or sometimes it just is. It wasn't a large amount and could only be seen under a microscope. So she wasn't worried. I really wished she had ordered another test to check in a month or so just to make sure but what do I know?
I'm worried but until it gets markedly worse, I guess I have no choice but to wait. :(
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