Wow, what a week. I had been in pain for awhile and I thought it was just my Rheumatoid Arthritis being out of control. But it wasn't my joints that was bothering me it was my right side. I had hoped to be able to wait til January to deal with the possible issues as I was out of FMLA and PTO.

I guess my body had a different plan. I was admitted to the hospital on Monday. My primary doctor thought it was a gallbladder issue. Monday evening got in for an ultrasound and that test came back normal. So they kept me because despite the ultrasound you could physically see by the distention in my stomach that something was wrong. They schedule a HIDA test for Tuesday afternoon.

HIDA test shows that my gallbladder was only functioning at 5% and at any point was going to stop working completely or bust. Doctors say we will have surgery on Wednesday. Now keep in mind I hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 7am Monday morning. at this point I was very very frustrated and thirsty!

Wednesday afternoon they prep me for surgery and the gallbladder is removed. For many patients the gallbladder can be an out patient procedure, I wasn't so lucky. They kept me another day and finally let me go home Thursday evening. I slept most of Friday and pretty much Saturday too. Today is the first time I'm sitting with my laptop trying to catch up on what happened in the world while I was in disposed.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers and concern. It meant a lot to me and I'm so glad to be back :) Have a wonderful week and let us all make it magical!