Stomach pains and no gain.

Let me start off by saying that I ate today for the first time since last Tuesday! It was oh so delicious and it has stayed down. KNOCK ON WOOD! A little background...

For the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing sharp pain in my stomach, a dull aching feeling between sharp pain, I have had no appetite, when I do eat it's been very small portions and then I feel really full followed by vomiting. Well last Thursday it got really bad.

Since I hadn't eaten since Tuesday I decided that I would try to force myself to eat a small sandwich. I only got a few bits down when the pain started. My stomach didn't agree and I didn't even make it to the toilette before it came back up. I made it to the bathroom but not into the stall. Then I realized it was all down the front of my sweater. Instantly I was gaging again. I couldn't even get the vomit off my shirt the odor was horrendous. I had to flag down the receptionist and the kind motherly type that she is she came to my rescue. She rinsed and washed my sweater in the sink while I stood helpless in a stall feeling mortified. I calmed myself down and tried to go back to work. I could still smell the vomit even through the soap smell. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. It smelled like dog poo. I know completely disgusting right. So around 2:30PM i finally called my boss told her what happened and went home. I couldn't take the smell any longer.

I called my doctor and they wanted me in the very next morning. He did his poking and jabbing and question asking. He decided it sounded like I had gall bladder disease. Well since then I have had a battery of blood test, lots of poking and jabbing courtesy of the nice doctor, and an ultrasound Saturday morning. I was put on a liquid diet and several meds.

So finally I get word today.. it's not my gall bladder. At least not according to the ultrasound. SO NOW WHAT! I explain that I still haven't eaten and they decided to send me to a GI doc to do a scope. So now I have another appointment, which I am told it's only a consult to decide if they want to do the scope my doctor has now suggested, but NO answers yet. And I am starting to get really hungry.. and CRANKY!

So I came home to make tacos, the planned meal, they smelled so good I couldn't resist. I made one with very little meat... basically just smeared the spatula on a flour tortilla, added a little cheese, and a little sour cream. As I ate it I felt so guilty but it was so yummy. I've been in pain for a week so I was ready for the consequences. Anything I had to be better than the Ensure I had been having for the last several days.

Well my stomach is now hurting but not like it did before. The meds must be kicking in. I will try something else tomorrow and see if it stays down. I go Wednesday to the GI doctor and we will see from there.