Wow...2010! (1/25)

I haven't written on here for quite a while. I wish I could say that means that there has not been any news to report, but that is not the case.

I have had less attacks of pancreatitis, which is a good thing. The word "less" implies that they have not gone away entirely, which is not necessarily a good thing.

I had a fairly painful attack a couple of days before Christmas. I knew that I couldn't spend Christmas in the hospital when I had six kids at home. So that involved taking some of my very dwindling supply of pain meds. Yuck. Some day they will invent some pain meds that just make you stop hurting, but not make you feel weird.

I had another painful bout last week. It was during the night and I seriously considered calling an ambulance, but realized that the likelihood of an ambulance reaching my house through two feet of snow wasn't good. Too bad you can't live without a pancreas.

A good thing is that I finally have a new doctor. I have only been to see her one time, but I liked her fairly well during that visit. I will need to divulge a little more information to her about my pancreatitis the next time I visit her; probably this week. I mostly discussed my blood pressure (since I needed a refill on that medication) and this odd, all-over, muscle pain. I will have to explain the pancreas stuff a little at a time so #1-She doesn't think I'm a raging alcoholic and #2-She doesn't think I am some crazy hypochondriac or #3-She doesn't think I am a drug seeker. That is what I usually get at the hospital; especially now that my enzyme levels don't spike as high as they used to anymore.

Soon, I need to update my other blog. The last post was actually supposed to be on there and somehow I posted it on both of them. So my next endeavor....update six + one = fun, fun, fun.

Don't hold your breath, though. It probably won't be today. LOL