Illness

 Last year I got extremely ill, with severe intestinal inflammation, weight loss and anemia. Things seemed to improve somewhat for a while but in the past few weeks the same problems came raging back even worse.

My most recent labs showed a WBC count of 26.3, which is potentially deadly. Had to take two weeks of Cipro and Flagyl, two of the harshest antibiotics available. I ultimately had to stop them 3 days early because my internal organs felt like they were being shredded and I experienced mild confusion. While driving to GA. I am doing follow up labs this morning. 

Few days ago I got a CT scan of my abdomen with and without contrast. Have to call the doctors office today to see what the report says. At this point, I am suspecting they are going to advise an appendectomy. I think my problem is chronic (not acute) appendicitis. Though that may be the best case diagnosis. 

Still having a considerable amount of pelvic pain on the right side, which is what leads me to that suspicion. Honestly, if they advise an appendectomy I will happily go with that advice if it offers hope of an improvement. I'm not fond of the idea of surgery. I've never had any surgery except on my right foot with a local anesthetic and that was when I was 18. 

Of course, I do have some apprehension that this could be cancer. However, I think the chance is low because my condition has been up and down, not consistently getting worse. Plus I had tumor markers drawn last year and they were not only normal but low. 

The worst part of this is fatigue, partly due to pain. I'm an energetic person by nature and the fatigue is really rough on me. 

I also have a GI specialist consult in February. That was the earliest I could get in to see them. 

My current work contract ends on 1/24. Though in this case if surgery is urgently advised I will have to end the contract early. Happily there is another nurse already in orientation who could take my place. I do want to see if I can go back to the facility I was working at last year but it's best if I get the CT results before checking on that.