Business as usual (10-1-08)

I have had a couple of pretty painful episodes of pancreatitis since I last wrote. In a little over a week I will have that surgery and I am hoping that things will be great after that. I am so darn tired!

I seem to be something of a klutz. I keep getting these ugly, blue bruises on my legs. I don't remember how they get there, but they are ugly enough that it seems like I would remember.

Last week, I had strep throat. I missed work for a couple of days and felt kind of yucky. It wasn't that bad, though. I guess everything is relative. I used to think strep was terrible. Now that I have given birth a bunch of times and have pancreatitis all the time, it doesn't seem so bad.

My new pancreas thing is this weird pain. I have been having it since Sunday. It feels like my ribs are bruised and that my upper abdominal area all along my ribs is bruised as well, but it looks normal there. It hurts when I move around or bend and is kind of crampy the rest of the time. It is just weird because this is sort of new. Usually it doesn't hurt this much when I touch that area. My friend has been telling me to call the doctor and tell her about it. Maybe I will tomorrow, but I'm not sure. I think she may be sick of hearing about my pancreas. I don't know if there's anything she could do, anyway. I'll see how things are tomorrow.