medical stuff…

The appt w/ my doctor went about as well as can be expected, in some ways better than I’d hoped.   She actually gave me a prescription for migraines that she said is ok to nurse while taking, which is odd because after having Bo the neurologist said the same med was not ok to take while nursing.  I really am not too concerned, I just want my head to feel better!  So that was one new med I start, one of a few!   I was glad she is treating the headaches and not having me go to the neurologist for it, yet at least.

the not so good part of the appointment involved words like gastroenterologist, colonoscopy, rare diseases that only 1% of the population get, at which we both had a good laugh, we’ve learned I’m always in the % of rare diseases!   she was going to start me on a med for my stomach stuff but after looking up several sources she didnt feel confident enough to let me take it while nursing since Zeke is so little still so we wait to see what the specialist says, whom I need to call and make an appt with.    Other fun things I was not expecting, she is concerned about a “mass” she felt on my stomach, she is hoping it’s just an ovarian cyst but was worried about it and some other feeling she felt above my incision.   but…my csection incision itself is fine, looks great even.   so she’s leaving these things go til my 6 week postpartum check w/ the ob, but did say if the ob didnt do an ultrasound to look into it to call her becuase she wants one done if they dont order it.   The list of symptoms and illnesses seemed to go on and on, and there were only a few suprises, the biggest being the ob stuff since I was thinking I was fine in that area!

I’ve lost 13 lbs since having Zeke which isnt as much as I’d like or as much as I’d lost w/ the other two pregnancies at this point post partum but oh well, I also only gained 14 lbs this pregnancy so that’s not too bad.

I had to go to the lab to get a ton of bloodwork done, I mean it a ton, 5 vials or so I think, I tried not to look!   So we wait for those results to see how screwed up my body is these days.    Another concern she had was about my gout, which is not doing so great.   I shouldnt be taking the current gout med for such longterm usage, but when I dont take it I’m in incredible pain.   the other med for gout I cant take while nursing.   I told her I really want to nurse as long as possible, especially since Zeke is still so young.    I only stopped nursing bo at 7 months because I had to due to starting meds, I dont want to stop now for that reason, one because I can barely afford all these medical bills as is, but adding formula to that would do us in.   not to mention nursing is going so well, better this time than with either of the other two boys.  so well even I havent had to use the hospital grade pump we rented this month since well since a few days after getting home from the hospital, Zeke has had one bottle, maybe two and even then he didnt seem too interested in it.   he’s yet to have formula which is great!

so no real news/diagnosis yet, we wait some more.  It will be interesting to see if my thyroid is out of whack already, she suspects it might be as well.   she thinks the stomach issues might also be a result of an autoimmune problem  but we wont know for sure til the labs come back and maybe not even til I see the specialist.    Dean asked if I was depressed and suprisingly no, not this week.  I went into this appt expecting the worst and so far she’s left me feeling a “little” hopeful that this might just be thyroid related but the worst case scenario isnt so good, that we’ll deal with when and if we need to.   The biggest thing I am glad about is not having to see the neurologist yet.   I am hoping i wont need to, but in the back of my head I’m still worried about the possibility of MS, something I was so worried about even I couldnt voice it to the dr, all of my new and old symptoms point to that still but I’m hoping its just some other stomach issue causing problems, which really wouldnt be too suprising since when I was a kid I had to see drs and take tests for stomach problems and they never figured out what it was, I’m guessing this is the same sort of thing.    All I know is I’m not looking forward to a colonoscopy and hoping I really dont have to have it done.   but….she seemed to think they would have to.

well I am supposed to be getting some rest, been out for a few hours and I am worn out!   so I’ll update when and if I get any news about the labwork, the good I guess was last weeks labs were fine, but all that really did was rule out the problem being from the antibiotics I took while in the hospital.   so now we wait for more results and see what comes next, always fun, the waiting game!