Hubby & I became grandparents to a gorgeous baby girl a week ago!
Aaliyah Isabella came into the world at 2.12am, September 4th, 2010 and weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. A first niece for Scott & Jass. Our Daughter Shona & Marc are very proud parents indeed ... we are all thrilled beyond words!!
The next lot of news is not so good (but at least I have answers).
I am scheduled for more surgery on September 30th - I asked the Prof for a couple of weeks home with the new baby first (yes folks we are lucky enough for her to be living with us!!)
As you would know from prior posts I have been having problems & lots of pain since last November & all the tests showed nothing. I had thought it had resolved. After eating no solid food for over 3 months I started to be able to tolerate some low residue food (& stubborn me decided that was as good as it was going to get & because there was nothing showing up in all the tests I had I began doubting myself)
Recently I decided to listen to my 'gut instinct' (pun intended) and made another appointment with the prof. He asked me to eat a meal of hard to digest food just prior to having another barium follow through. It worked!! The problem area definitely showed up and I had a brilliant radiologist who knew exactly what to look for too. I have a section of small bowel approx 20cm in from the ileostomy that has strictures ... this is stopping solid food from passing this area for ages (until it is broken down). This has taken up to a week in some cases and the pain during this time is intense.
they could not rule out a recurrence of the PMP because they also found many small nodules throughout the abdomen BUT the prof seems to think that because my scans have consistently been all clear that a recurrence is unlikely .... I like the way he thinks!!!
I am hoping that it will be a simple procedure where he can release some scar tissue but am prepared that he may have to remove that section of small bowel and resect it ... either way I am hoping for a quick recovery to get home & enjoy my darling little granddaughter, Aaliyah!!!
More later, Kay :)
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All people's comments are now emailed to me so I can respond to any queries promptly ... I am very aware that I have missed comments from time to time because they may be on older posts ... this should solve that problem ...
OH it also allows me to delete those pesky scam comments that relate to "PMP [management] training" .... (they obviously don't read the articles they are commenting on LOL )
If you or a loved one has recenlty been diagnosed with PMP, or are somehere on your journey, I wish you well & hope that my story, the links to other stories and/or the links to further information is helpful for you.
Cheers Kay :)
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