This message is from: "Lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you for all the good wishes that I received.
The story... Friday night / Saturday morning (2 AM on the 2nd of November) I had the third chest pain attack. This time is was so bad I called 911 and requested assistance. While I was being transported to the hospital, the ambulance pulled over to get an IV line in me and my blood pressure's top line dropped to 80. My pulse dropped to 10. The ambulance "code 3" (go as fast as you can) the rest of the trip to the Mercy Hospital. At the hospital, they did the normal heart treatment but due to my visit the past Sunday, they knew it would be most likely my gall bladder. Finally my gall bladder registered a complaint and showed signs of stress. The ultrasound showed sand (small stones) this time out. Dr. Yo ( the best in our area) was the specialist on duty this weekend and he scheduled surgery for that afternoon. I said good bye to my gall bladder on the afternoon of the 2nd. However, Dr. Yo could not reach a large stone that was blocking a duct in the liver area during the surgery. On Sunday the 3rd, I went in for a second surgery / procedure called a ERCP. This is a procedure that goes through the throat to the stomach and to the blocked duct. Dr. Ramon did this procedure. My ducts and the area around the ducts were inflamed... it took a full hour to get through the area to open up the ducts. I woke up 5 times during the procedure and had some choice words for the 300 foot garden hose they had down my throat. Lucky for the surgery team... they could not understand what I was trying to say to them. Once done, I was left to recover in the hospital for a day. I was taken home by my Dad (He flew in from Michigan) on Tuesday Morning 11/5. I am now home. I have 4-6 weeks of "taking it easy" on the arm before I can resume normal activities. No weight over 2-3 pounds, no pulling, lifting for bending.... Hmmm not much else to do around here, but straighten up the office and clean out files. (My favorite job.) (lol) Anyway... I believe that I will now be fine and will not have any more visits to the hospital. 500 plus emails await my reply... I will try to get to all of them between the pain pills and the rest I will be needing since I feel like I have been beaten up royally from the inside out. Catherine Lassesen Hestehaven Southern Oregon
