TODDnLESA@aol.com wrote:
> 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 dy!
> ing 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.
>
> Love to all,
> Lesa