What's on your liver?

Earlier today, I had an appointment at the hospital to get an Echo scan of my liver. The last year, I've been feeling extremely tired, but in the last couple of months, I started to get severe headaches or mild long during headaches (like today) that last from early as I wake up, till the end of it. Besides that, there's quite some other stuff going on like spontaneous fainting, feeling as if I have to vomit, etc. but I'll spare you the details. The thing is, I usually always brush things away as ah, I'll get over it, or it's ain't that bad. You can guess when I call the doc, it's probably something serious. Lol.

Last year, I had a broken rib fraction, which was odd, because I can't remember bumping into something, other than 2 years ago. I got an MRI to be sure, and I was told it was an "old" fracture. Hold up.. old fracture? I broke my rib twice, but I found out only about the 2nd time. lol. Other than that, the doctor told me I had a heart rhythm disorder. So, I finally got some pills that I have to take every bloody day. So there's that. I have to say, after taking the medication, I finally got to experience a slow heartbeat, as I've always had a BPM of 100 or higher. Yeh... dead tired? 100 ticks a minute. One of the things that you can get from taking this medication is feeling tired. Well, there's that, right? I'm feeling tired, so it has to be the meds that I'm taking.

I wish it was just that. I tried some stuff out, to see how I'd feel. Smoking + Drank coffee as soon as I woke up. Only smoking, nope. Only drinking a cup of coffee... hmmm... feeling noxious, and my heart is racing (before taking meds), all right. Let's quit with that. Let's start drinking more. And so I went down the whole list of bad habits (not the entire list, I need to live), and tried to determine what would cause the stress on my liver. I actually had to ask the doctor TWICE to take my blood. Well, I asked him once, and then a few days later, I was informed I nearly fainted again, so 'he' suggested taking my blood. One day later, he called me and told me that my liver values were extremely high and should be researched.





And here we are. An appointment around one-forty p.m... What's the catch? You can't eat 6 hours before that. Well isn't that wonderful eh? Skipping breakfast, ok. I don't eat much for breakfast after all (maybe some fruit, or a glass of water). But Lunch as well? That's kind of hideous if you'd ask me. But fair enough, I'm not the only one who needs some examination, right? I'm young, healthy, fit. Nah, I ain't. not anymore. The appointment took pretty long. Longer than expected. And the supervisor of the trainee who helped me had to step in to make sure all of my abdomen was captured. SMILE, as I said to my liver, milt, and the rest of the group. Of course, it's only human to feel a bit anxious about what it could be, that's upsetting your organs so much that they have to work 24/7 so you don't feel that tired the entire day.

I will hear more about exactly that, at the beginning of the next week. I'm going to make a bet. If I have to come to the doctor, it's going to be serious. If I just receive a call, it's not that serious (I hope lol). NGL, I hope it's not something serious, but I've been feeling under the weather for quite a bit now. Stress is surely taking its time to spread out its toll. Oh well... getting hungry now, and cranky.

So, as soon as I got out, I started to eat the 4 sandwiches I made before leaving the house. Oh yeah... of course, we had to drive behind slow assholes the entire trip on our way to the hospital. I can't grasp the idea of how people have become so selfish while driving. Oh well. Finally... the food started to kick in, and let me have some water to take my medication. All should be well... actually, when I was drinking the water, I felt instantly better. Hmm, I should do that more often, drinking water that is. lol.





Once home, I stare at a blank screen, checking out some photographs. I can't even remember what I did. That's also a thing. I'm having trouble remembering things short-term. Especially when I have these headaches. It's annoying. Not remembering if you did or didn't take your medication for example. And before I know it, it's dinner time. I made food yesterday. Nasi Goreng, Sambal Tempeh Goreng, and 50% Gado Gado (no peanut sauce unfortunately), so today I made my family's Kecap Sambal Sauce which @lackofcolor just loves to have. Spicy, sweet, and sour. After eating, I tried to watch Black Adam, but wtf... Hawkman is one of the worst costumes I have ever seen. His helmet looks so dumb, I had to laugh a few times. Also, this "Storm" chick had -way- too many colors when she did her signature move. I endured it. I finished it, but I truly endured it. I'm happy that I did because I'm such an idiot, I thought it was a Marvel movie (the reason I wanted to give it a chance lol), but I felt relieved to see it was a DC movie. Of course... Batman, Superman, all horrible movies, and all DC. Should've known better.





Anyway, with this annoying headache, I figured I shared a bit about my day, today. And share a few photographs with you. I mean... maybe some of you are going to read through everything, but I'm sure most of you are here for the pictures. Hope all is well with all of you. I hope I'm going to feel better, not worser. Lol.

Cheers,
Ruben

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