I didn’t have a very enjoyable night last night.
Around 11:00pm, while working on the computer, I started to have some pain in my upper abdomen, right under the bottom of my right ribcage. I layed down around 12:30am but could never get to sleep. The pain became much more intense, about a 9 on the pain scale for me in my life.
I thought maybe it was gas or indigestion and got up to use the bathroom and even try to have a little techni-color yawn to make it feel better. No luck. This will make me sound like a mama’s boy, but I called my mom around 2:30am to get her diagnosis. She has been a medical transcriptionist almost my entire life and honestly could probably diagnose patients on par with Dr. Gregory House.
So, I woke up my wife and told her I was going to the ER. With two small children asleep in their beds, I told her there was no need for her to go with me, I’d be okay.
Almost 4 hours later, blood & urine tests, x-rays and an exam by the ER doc, I was sent home with some pain medication and told to schedule an abdominal ultrasound, which I did and will be tomorrow morning at 7:30am.
After speaking with my mom and a friend, and reading a little bit online, I believe I passed a gall stone. Given some of the other symptoms I’ve experienced last night and in the previous month, it all seems to make sense now.
I’ll let you know if I end up having a surgery scheduled for my future.
