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Hope you feel better QB, try not to stress too much.

Ally wrote:My rant? I live with my parents still (long story) and since my dad hasn't had a steady job for close to two years, and my mum's pay alone doesn't cover the home loan payments, we have to sell the house. This whole thing has triggered an utter clusterf**k of things to break out, not to mention, just the process of selling a house is super annoying, the real estate agent is one of the most condescending men I've ever met, and the people who have come through the house are so nitpicky! Who cares if you don't like the colour of the walls or the garden isn't up to scratch?

Ally, I'm sorry you and your family have to go through this! I do hope that things get better and that the people coming to the house stop being such jerkfaces, including the real estate agent!

One of my dad's sister's passed away today. I think it was a week or so ago that they diagnosed her with liver disease and gave her 6 months to live. She didn't quite make it. It's going to be a rough time for our family as my dad and most of the family didn't get a chance to see her before she passed away. She's in California, most of the family is in Arkansas. And yeah....that' pretty much it...

That's truly terrible - not getting a chance to see her must be so crushing. I'll keep you all in my thoughts.

My condolences to you and your family in such a difficult time, Kareesh. Sending lots of magey love your way!

I'm so sorry. May she rest in peace.

I know this is nothing compared to the hard times most of you have been through, but I'm going insane! I have been suffering from gallstones since August. I was supposed to have a quick easy in and out scope surgery on April 30th, but they had to switch to an open procedure *insert medical jargon here*. So here I am, day 6 and still in the hospital. Now I am looking at a 6-8 week recovery instead of 10-14 days. Guess with 2 months off of work I can get a lot of stitching and gaming done. Thanks for listening, sometimes it just feels better when you let it all out.

Gallstones are the bads, and I hope you have a speedy recovery. Take it easy and remember we are always here!

samarin wrote:I know this is nothing compared to the hard times most of you have been through, but I'm going insane! I have been suffering from gallstones since August. I was supposed to have a quick easy in and out scope surgery on April 30th, but they had to switch to an open procedure *insert medical jargon here*. So here I am, day 6 and still in the hospital. Now I am looking at a 6-8 week recovery instead of 10-14 days. Guess with 2 months off of work I can get a lot of stitching and gaming done. Thanks for listening, sometimes it just feels better when you let it all out.

I hate medical problems, they always end up being worse than they seem they should be. I'm sorry about your galstones its terrible to be in pain for that long.

Recently I had to go the the ER for kidney stones, I was really really hoping it was my appendix so that it would just be a one time thing (but of course it couldnt be the "easy" option). Luckily I passed the stones after a while but when they did my CT scan they found a large cyst on my spleen. The problem with this is that it isnt causing any symptoms so the surgeon would like to leave it in, but its large and a unique type so he also kind of wants to remove it. I have now gone to 2 surgeons, had a CT scan, 2 ultrasounds, and 2 MRIs in the past month just to decide what to do with this thing. I should get my MRI results back this week and a desicion can finally be made.

If I do end up having surgery I will probably be on sick leave for 2 weeks, luckily that isn't terrible but the intial estimate they gave me was 3 days.

Oh and when I had my ultrasound and MRI both technicians said they had never seen anything like this before. I've decided that this is the last thing I want a medical proffessional to say when I have something wrong with me.

I am surprised surgeons aren't fighting to take you spleen out just so they can write a paper about it. Just think, your spleen could be medically famous!

Definitely not a fun thing to hear from the techs about results. When I went in for an xray today the first thing I heard when I got in the room was a staff saying "I don't know what I'm doing". Very comfortable :S. Took 4 x ray techs poking at my tubes and incisions until they gave up and got a nurse to tell them what they were supposed to do. Was not pleasant, but I am down to one drain tube now (stays in for 6 weeks tho), and I will be home tomorrow. I never thought I'd miss the smell of the kitty litter box XD