Can I PLEASE Get a Break???

Disclaimer: If you don't want to read about my GI tract issues you might want to skip today's entry.

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Now...diarrhea. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was constipated post surgery so I took a laxative, then I got a stomach bug (though now I'm questioning if it was a stomach bug at all) with diarrhea so I took Imod.ium, then I was constipated again so I took a laxative which results in yesterday's diarrhea. I had to take the Imod.ium last night just to get some relief so I'm fully expecting constipation again. Can a girl get a break for a while???

I went to Dr. Goo.gle yesterday, and found several sites that said constipation and diarrhea were common after effects of a lap. They said it had something to do with the fact that you were being poked on in the area of the bowels and it sometimes takes a few days to get back on track. But it's over a week later!!!! I'm ready to be feeling better!!!! So, I'm calling Dr. K (I'm going back to his original nickname since J doesn't like the Dr. Wonderful reference) to ask if this is common or if there's possibly something else going on.

I'll update later...I know y'all probably REALLY don't want to hear about my digestive system/ GI tract, so I certainly won't be offended if you don't check back for updates.

Update: Dr. K said to take Fibercon. So off I go to Wal.greens to buy MORE stuff to fix my tummy woes!! ;o)

So Uncomfortable

Disclaimer: If you don't want to read about my GI tract issues you might want to skip today's entry.

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I'm bloated and crampy...yes, folks, I'm constipated! Is this a side effect of the lap??? I took a laxative last night before going to bed...nada this morning. UGH!!!!

A funny thing about the laxatives though...I sent J to the store early Saturday morning for nausea meds, laxatives, and diarrhea meds because I just wasn't sure what I needed. I just knew I felt horrible. Turns out Saturday I needed the nausea and diarrhea meds. So I put the laxatives away for another time. Well, I needed them last night, so when I took them out of our medicine cabinet I looked at them, and they were chocolate bars! I was so shocked. I had never seen chocolate laxative bars. I had only seen them in pill form. So I talked to J about it, and he'd only seen them that way. He'd never seen them in pill form. We had a good laugh.

Thinking of Changing the Name of My Blog...

...to "Reproductively Challenged"!! What do you think??? (Can you tell I'm hyped up on pain killers???)

Thanks for being so sweet to J for standing in for me. Funny thing was, he was hollering at me from the office to ask me if what he said was okay. Of course I was still half asleep, but found what he said to be perfect.

He's been such a great nurse. I'm so blessed!!!

Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes! They mean the world to me!!!

I'm headed back to the couch. I just know J has set up a camera somewhere to watch my every move and make sure I don't do too much today. HA HA!!

TTYS!!

Lap Results

Bed-Rest Nazi (who is not amused by that name! :o) ) reporting for Janna:

I talked to "Dr. Wonderful" (not sure what I think about that name either!) after Janna's lap. He said everything was fine...no scarring, no endo, etc. The only abnormality was the PCOS, which we've known about for quite some time.

All good news, although I know Janna was hoping for a tell-tale sign that would explain why we aren't getting PG post D&C. I kinda agree, but I'm mostly just glad that she's okay and there aren't further complications. Whatever the desired outcome, it is definitely better to know than to worry and speculate.

Nothing against you all, but I hope I don't have to substitute blog any more. And if I do, I hope it's because Janna is on bed rest because she's PG.

Best of luck,
J

A Little Anxious

I had my pre-op appt. today, and I got to talk to Dr. Wonderful for a while. He said he doesn't expect to find anything major like endo or fibroids, so he thinks everything will go smoothly. But I'm hoping he'll at least find a little something so we'll know what's been keeping me from getting pregnant again.

We have to be at the hospital at 5AM...UGH!!! I'll have J log on to update y'all when we get home. He's the bed rest nazi so I know he won't let me update y'all myself. *picture me rolling my eyes*

TTYS!!!

AF is Coming! AF is Coming!

Woo Hoo!! I started spotting yesterday, and this morning I started cramping so she should be here soon!!! Now...onto the lap!!!!
Correction at 1:30 PM: Make that...AF is Here!!!! Yippee!!!

I Have the BEST Doctor in the WORLD!!!!

Woo Hoo...my surgery is Wednesday!!! As in Oct. 16th, Wednesday!!! The pre-op nurse called a little bit ago, and said that Dr. K (now known as Dr. Wonderful) called the hospital himself to schedule it, and then he moved some of his patients around so I could have the surgery next week!!!!! The nurse kept saying, "You need to tell Dr. Wonderful 'thank you, thank you, a million times thank you' for doing this. Most doctors wouldn't do this. And they certainly wouldn't do it themselves."

I'm just praising God for this because it's COMPLETELY His doing!!! I'm so freaking excited!!!! Now please pray that AF shows early next week...heck, I'll even take her visit this weekend!!!

ARGHHHHHHHHH

Well girls...I can't get in to have the lap until the last week of Nov. The OR's at the hospital are full until then. So unless my doctor can pull some strings I have to sit out this month, November, and December. I'm so pissed off!!! The pre-op nurse was going to talk to my doctor to see what he wanted to do. Hopefully (and I'm praying really hard) he'll find a way to get me in sooner. So much for increased fertility after an HSG.

HSG Results Part 2

I just got off the phone with Nurse C, and she said that Dr. K found some adhesions that needed to be removed, and he was suggesting having a laproscopy done. Nurse C said that Dr. K still wanted to talk to me, but he's on call and at the hospital right now. So he would try to call me back tonight or tomorrow to talk about it in more detail.

Now I'm freaked out! Any and all laproscopy experiences are needed!!!!!!!!!

Update...
I just talked with my doctor, and he thinks the reason I haven't gotten pregnant again is because of the scarring. He said he would have his pre-op nurse call me to get it scheduled. He wants to do it early in the cycle so he knows I'm not pregnant, but we're not going to be able to try that cycle. He said we would have to wait until the next cycle (if the lap wasn't too invasive.)