I've felt a sense of urgency in needing to get on here and write a post.
About a week and a half ago I suddenly got a horrible pain in my upper right abdomen. It was Friday night and I couldn't sleep well due to the pain. That went on for several days. I thought, it'll go away, no need for a dr. Yet, after almost a week of it my husband urged me to go to the dr and get it checked out.
The dr pushed around my abdomen and then asked if I'd be ok with him ordering an ultrasound, the thought was to make sure my gallbladder is ok because that's where the pain was at. The next day I went in for the ultrasound and more pushing on my abdomen, ouch. I was scheduled for a follow up appointment for the following Tuesday.
Monday rolls around and I have a message on my phone upon waking up, from the nurse at the dr's office asking me to call. I thought oh ok maybe everything is fine and I don't have to go in and waste money for an appointment. Nope, actually it was the opposite. She was calling to ask if I could come in today instead of tomorrow. Gulp. The only reason a dr's office asks you to come in one day sooner is if it's bad news. And then, as I'm trying to get ahold of my racing emotions, I get another call. We had an opening, can you come 20 minutes sooner than that? Really, again? How bad can this be? I was a wreck. But my husband calmly sat down and said, let's pray, and we did. Isn't he great?
Well the appointment time rolls around and my husband came with me. I think my finger nails lost a few more centimeters off them from all the chewing. Sorry if that's gross. I was nervous. I tried to get some answers out of the nurse, nope. As soon as the dr walked in I told him I was scared. But this dr, let me tell you, he's got a straight face if you've ever seen one. He will never tell results too soon. If he doesn't know the answer he won't make one up, he'll find one. I guess that's a good thing, but I needed to know what was going on with me. Isn't the intensity building here? May as well make this exciting.
Ok so he says first, my gallbladder *on this test* looks ok. Well, that's a relief I suppose. Then... my kidneys and liver, not so much. Now, take note, I don't drink or smoke or take prescription (or non prescription!) drugs. Kidneys and liver?
My right kidney has multiple kidney stones in it and there may be a blockage. That same kidney is enlarged. There is also a *possible* mass on my liver. That's really all he would tell me. He said he didn't want to say more til we did more testing, then asked if we could order me a CT, that would tell us more. Of course I said that's fine.
Now you would think that would seem more serious and scary than a gallbladder issue. But I felt this sense of relief. I felt, a peace that surpasses all understanding. Philippians 4:7 I felt everyone's prayers in action. God was with me. He is always with me.
So my test is tomorrow, the CT. I have to wake up insanely early compared to what my body is capable of doing, drink some nasty mixture of stuff, wait an hour, finish it, wait another hour and go get the test. Fortunately, the hospital is a 2 minute drive away. Just down the street in fact. And for that I am thankful, even though it's not a facility I could be in if one of my normal health issues arose. But for this, for a test, I believe it's ok. So anyways, I'll be doing that, shouldn't take long, and then I have an appointment set to go back in to the dr for results on Friday. I'll know now if they call sooner, it's urgent. But they probably can't call sooner since they aren't in the office tomorrow and it'll take a little time to send over the results- you know, because it always does.
So all this to say, your prayers are appreciated. They are heard and they are felt. I don't know what the future holds for this or anything else, but I know God is holding me, and as long as He's got this, I'll be ok.
This story may sound like it's about me, but really, it's not about me. ♡
