HNY!

Happy new year! Yeah, I know it’s mid-January already. Sorry!

Before Christmas, a very good friend emailed me and ask how I was doing. Her email made me think how am I doing now and since writing makes me think clearer, I decided to blog about it (part of the journaling thing you, sana lang mapanindigan ko ang pag print ng blog ko! LOL!). Also the blog post is for my legions of readers (HAHAHAHA!!! Feelingera!)

So, how am I now?

I had my shockwave procedure on Dec 14. It wasn’t as smooth sailing as I hoped it would be. The procedure itself was okay but the anesthesia’s effect on me was just horrible. I was terribly nauseous the whole day! But more than that, the two weeks that I was not allowed to breastfeed because of the meds was hell! To top it all, Joya got sick after twelve days with UTI AND roseola so I called my doctor and asked that I be allowed to stop the med which was not allowed for bfeeding so I can feed Joya again.

Latest x-ray scan revealed that the gigantic stone on my ureter is gone. Thank God! I’m still under observation for that though. I am under meds still and am FORCED to drink one gallon of water everyday. The two stones in my kidneys… I still have no idea what the doctor’s going to do with them but as they do not pose any immediate threat, deadma lang muna.

Emotionally, I have a super duper improved disposition. Unlike before the procedure, around November, when I was really so down. Ngayon, normal na ako. I’m back to my optimistic self. Two of my three doctors believe that my hematuria (blood in the urine) was caused by the stones. The third doctor , who, unfortunately, is the best among the three (hahaha!), believes otherwise. She said that she suspects that I have a kidney leak but she assured me that there are now meds which can cure that.

Pero kung ano pa man, basta I am more at peace. I have also started going to mass again and things (even other things that have been bugging me) have started to fall into place.

Happy new year for me!