Bump in the road

This is unbelievable. Last night I had the worse headache, along with lower abdominal pain. Pain to the point of waking up with it this morning. I called Dr. Kaplan, and he said, now don't be alarmed, but I want you to go to the ER.

I have appendicitis! I just can't believe this. Back in February when I had my first CT scan, they did tell me I had a little phelgmon (I don't know if I just spelled that right, and spell check didn't catch it) but anyway, it's a blockage of fecal matter in the appendix. No biggie, we'll keep an eye on it they said. I forgot about it.

It's back and it's bigger and hurts. But not to the point of my appendix bursting and me going septic. So, I'm here, in the hospital, getting antibiotics by IV. I have to stay overnight, and if the pain goes away, we'll just treat this with antibiotics until I'm done with chemo, which is until about the end of August, then they will have to take the appendix out. They could take it out now, but it'd be risky if there were complications as it would slow down my cancer treatment and there would be risk of infection.

Great, lumpectomy and appendictomy to look forward to in the fall.

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm being punished for being such a brat as a teenager. God only knows.

Right now the worse thing is, I'm starving, and I can't have any solid food. I'd kill for a sandwich.

Other than that, I'm still tired and am beginning to realize I can't do it all anymore. A nurse just came in though, and was surprised that I was a patient - she thought I was a visitor. I guess it was the lipstick.