Proceed with Caution

So two posts ago (on Tuesday), I mentioned that I had started having severe pain in my left ovary. Well, here's the update (and if you are a man and don't like to talk about girl stuff, well then stop reading now...I won't be offended):

First off-I was wrong. I don't have my left ovary. That's the one they had to take out seven years ago.

That's great that it's not an ovary causing me pain, but what the heck is it then!!??

I called the OB Dr on Tuesday and talked to his nurse. I explained where the pain is, how intense it is and tried to make an appointment to see the Dr. (You can't just make a same day appointment with the OB, which I think is stupid...) The nurse talked to the Dr and he basically said there's no way it can be a girly issue because I have no girly parts on that side. He wanted me to come leave a urine sample, make sure that was negative and then he wanted me to go see my stomach Dr.

The urine screen was negative.

Mind you, Tuesday, I was still as sore as all get out. It was more pressure than the sharp shooting pains, but it still hurt. Bad. And in fact, still does today. Irritating.

The stomach Dr couldn't get me in until Monday. His nurse was kind of a winch. I asked her what I was supposed to do in the meantime and she said "well, I really don't know." Long story short, she talked to the Dr and he wanted me to get a CT of my abdomen and my pelvis yesterday and then come see him on Monday.

So yesterday I had a cat scan. He wanted it with and without contrast. If you've never had a CT with contrast let me tell you something-it's the weirdest dang thing ever! They hook you up to an iv and then shoot you with a crap load of dye all at once. Before doing it, the nurse said "Now, when I do this, you may feel warm all over, have a weird metallic taste in your mouth and some people have said it makes them feel like they have pee'd their pants."

She injected that stuff and INSTANTLY I felt everything she said. Including the whole pee'ing your pants thing. Had she not told me that might happen, I swear, I would have thought I had just pee'd the bed, right then and there. Holy cow it was weird!!

The GI nurse said she'd hopefully have the results of the CT tomorrow, though I'm not planning on it. I'm going to call her in the morning though and see if I can find something out. I still feel like crap. Not as bad as I did Monday night, but still crappy. I don't think it's my stomach stuff...it's too far down. I think it's something girly in nature...but who am I?

It's frustrating. I know my body well enough to know that something isn't right. I just wish I knew what it was.

So that's the scoop. I'm going to get off of here and head to my bed and cuddle up with my new friend the heating pad. It's raining cats and dogs here (we just came out from under a tornado warning as a matter of fact!) and it's the perfect night for snugglin' in bed.

Night!