Meet the Surgeon Day

See that tiny little organ lying beneath the liver?

Well, that little organ has been causing me so much pain and it's been ruled as cholelithiasis. In other words, Gallstones. (google gallstones and you can see how nasty it is, poor me).

My doctor suggested i meet with a surgeon to see about getting it removed as a means of a cure. Someone can have gallstones and not know it, but once symptoms arise and it turns to cholycystitis then it's bad news. The pain is not fun and it wakes me up in the middle of the night with a pain that i describe as : Someone pushing down on my URQ with both hands all the way through to my back.

Anyways, today i met my surgeon. I kept imagining him to look like this:

A sweet nerdy man who would make awkward jokes about something geeky that would go totally over my head. Then i imagined my surgeon to look like this:

awww yeeah!! McSteamy...who wouldn't want a studly surgeon like him? holler!!


Unfortunately for me, my surgeon was no mcsteamy, nor was he some nerdy looking awkward man.

I am blessed to have a tall older man who is so smart and made me feel very comfortable about my procedure. He knew exactly how to explain the surgery to me and did a good job in explaining all the pathophysiology behind my disorder. I have a really amazing surgeon, awarded as one of the top general surgeons in Arizona 2011. He was funny and I feel confident placing myself in his hands for the operation.


"I'm surprised that for all the junk i eat, I'm not morbidly obese"

that was what i always would say whenever i found myself eating fast food at 1am with a big fat cup of Dr.Pepper. Well self, i might not be morbidly obese but my habits earned me a spot in the Operating Room on July 12th. Prayers are appreciated.

Fear and Faith cannot exist in the same room, therefore i am letting go of my fears and putting my full faith in my Heavenly Father that everything will turn out well and that I will recover without complications. Gallbladder, buh bye!!