more gall bladder woe

[baratron]

My entire abdomen is on fire. My gall bladder is a small nuclear device spreading radiation through my body, and my guts are full of acid that's burning in a different way.

Taking another dose of 100mg Tramadol at 4.30pm, and if it fails to help, going back to hospital again (yes, I was there last night as well as Saturday night) where they should admit me for a few days of delicious morphine therapy and hopefully bump me up the queue for gall bladder extraction.

This illness is totally exhausting me. I keep thinking I've reached the worst pain I've ever had, and then it gets worse. I don't exactly have a low pain threshold, either. I'm sick of being in pain and sick of moaning about it.

If I get admitted to hospital, will anyone who lives within reasonable range of Kingston please come and visit me? Last time I only saw my mum and Richard, and I was so bored it's just not true. Assuming they can get the pain under control, I'll be happy to see anyone that can come & talk to me for a bit.

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[alexmc.livejournal.com]

Give me a shout on the mobile or whatever and I will try to visit. You have my mobile number - it hasnt changed, and is also available via my userinfo page.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Phone calls to mobiles from the phone above the hospital beds cost an absolute fortune - something like £1 a minute :/ Unfortunately they have a monopoly as you're not allowed your own mobiles in hospital, so they csn charge what they like.

This was further contributing to my sense of isolation - I couldn't make very long phone calls because it was costing me a fortune. Even outgoing calls to landlines were being charged at 40p per minute.

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

I'll do my best to visit. And you have my sympathy. (One of those situations where virtual *hugs* seem a bit inappropriate.)

[baratron.livejournal.com]

I'm hating the fact that it hurts me to hug. Arms round the shoulders are ok, and pats on the arm, hand or lower leg & feet. The whole of my torso is out of bounds (and I don't like my head or hair being touched at the best of times) :/

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

*nods* *curls up around your feet*

[kshandra]

*squeezes your hand and frets s'more*

[lovingboth]

If the 'where and for how long' details are published, L's travelling to Kingston about once a week at the moment and I can get away from work sometimes.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I had my gallbladder removed in 1997. Thinking good thunks for you, dear one.