Hello Everyone! I haven't been online much the past week, I've been in awful
pain. I had the "fistulagram" done last Thursday. It didn't go at all like
I'd hoped. Unfortunately the abscess wasn't all in one confined little area.
It covers my total abdomen like a road map, it's from my diaphram down the
center of my abdomen and has a bunch of fingers down along both sides. I
couldn't believe it. The radiologist was quite surprised as well. I went to
see the doctor that same evening and he didn't know what to say! Now, I am
waiting for the insurance company to authorize a CT scan which will be done
with the dye being shot directly into the hole in the abscess. The doctor
said it's no wonder the thing keeps draining, it's all through my abdomen! I
don't know whether it was the dye or what but I was dying for days afterward.
I'm trying to keep positive (like I advise everyone else to do) but it's
very hard. I've been fighting this thing for over three months now and still
I wait! It looks as though I will be going to UCLA again for some major
surgery soon. Again, I will have to wait for an authorization from my lovely
HMO...aren't they just great?
I hope all of you are doing better than I am at this moment.