Crazy Weekend

So I was telling you about my CT scan which the Des Moines oncs thought showed a 2 inch tumor and the Mayo people thought it might be scar tissue, WELL............

Thursday night I scarfed down some sushi and later that night I had the worst gut ache.  I figured I ate some bad sushi and went to bed to try to sleep it off.  Woke up Friday and still had a horrible stomach ache.  I ordered an Iced Latte at Starbucks and every time I took a sip my stomach seemed to expand.  I had an appointment and called my friend to cancel it.  I told him I thought I might have eaten some bad sushi.

Later on Friday I was so bloated and uncomfortable and I noticed I couldn't pass any gas.  I knew this wasn't right so I decided to call the doc.  Should I call my family doc or my oncologist or the team at Mayo.  I called my oncologist and they told me to come down and get an X ray.

I did and it showed a blockage in my intestine.  So I got admitted to the hospital.  I was anticipating some surgery and that wasn't good!!  If I did do surgery I wanted the team at Mayo to perform it since they did the last one and "knew" my insides.

Well, later that night (at 11 pm) they wheeled me through a quiet Methodist hospital and performed a contrast CT scan on me.  It showed I did not have a complete blockage but a narrowing in my intestines.  The narrowing is right where I had surgery in 2011.  It was where the CT scan showed a "tumor" or scar tissue.

So I stayed in the hospital all weekend eating cream of wheat and custard and ice cream and jello.  They cheered when I passed gas and had a bowel movement!!  Finally they let me out on Monday.

So I go back to Mayo on July 11/12 to visit with the Sarcoma Team.  We shall see what they want to do.  The consensus in Des Moines was that NO ONE wanted to operate on my abdomen considering the amount of surgeries I have had.  My stomach literally looks like I was slashed with a knife several times.  I am one scarred lady!!  I guess no tummy tuck for me although if I am ever declared cancer free I may do it as a celebration!!!

So that is what happened this weekend.  Out of left field I end up in the hospital.  I'm a very tough person but those pains are NOT fun!!