I Spent My Christmas Day At The Hospital
So I spent my Christmas day at the hospital. Yeah, you read that right. No matter how careful I am with my food, I had biliary colic (gallbladder attack) on Christmas morning. It's hard to avoid triggering food when it's festive season. I am sure I am not alone in this.
What is biliary colic?
Biliary colic, also known as a gallbladder attack or gallstone attack, is when pain occurs due to a gallstone temporarily blocking the bile duct. Typically, the pain is in the right upper part of the abdomen, and it can radiate to the shoulder. Pain usually lasts from one to a few hours. ~ Wikipedia
We were supposed to attend a Christmas party a couple of friends house and had some fun time but we ended up staying for less than 30 minutes. I could barely eat anything but managed to eat a small portion of vegetables and gulped down a half cup of plain water. I couldn't eat anything much because I was nauseous.
And around noon time, 30 minutes after the party started, my husband rushed me to the A&E at University Malaya Medical Centre. There were quite a number of patients and I had to wait for almost 2 hours before I managed to see the doctor. I was given a painkiller jab which gave me immediate relief. The pain was so severe I almost fainted. They did a blood work to determine if my duct was blocked. The result came out negative though so I was sent home with some medications and a referral letter to see a specialist after Christmas.
I am feeling fine now but I have not much appetite. I am meeting up with a specialist tomorrow and please keep me in your prayers and hopefully, a surgery (gallbladder removal) will be scheduled soon. I just can't live like this anymore.
You can read my previous post about my illness here: I Have Been Ill and Hospitalized
Note: People fall sick all the time. I don't want this but it still happened. Please be kind and don't write 'nasty' comments with good intention. Stuff like "that's why you should eat this, do that etc." is untactful. I suffered a lot as it is already and this kind of comments discouraged me a lot. Going in and out of the hospital is not fun and there are many other stuff that are going on in my life that you have no idea about. Therefore, if you have nothing nice to say, just don't comment, don't vote, don't do anything. It's kinder that way. Thank you.
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Speedy recovery, and hope things will improve after your surgery. Next Christmas will be a better one!
Thank you @ladylei :)
Hope you get well soon @coloringiship.
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That's horrible for you! I know you wanted a good day. On the positive, the specialist will help you. Let's hope 2018 will be a better year for you.
@colouringiship, get well soon!
Yes it was horrible and on Christmas day :(
Get well olivia...
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Thank you bro:)
take care mate!
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Oh noes 😪 get well soon Olivia
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Get well soon.
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Stay strong and I wish you a speedy recovery and great health next year. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you @positivesteem and happy new year to you too!
Ugh, it could be very painful. I hope you'll recover soon. Take care of yourself, do not eat too much meat and fet (or much better to go vegan :))) and the problems will go away! Wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year. If you have enough energy to collaborate with me, you are welcome to a great challenge: https://steemit.com/inspirationchallenge/@kalemandra/inspirationchallenge-don-t-forget-the-deadline-31-december
Thank you for reading my post @kalemandra ... okay I will check out your post...sounds interesting :)