This shall be a rather unusual journal as I have to go back nearly 2 years in time to start. I decided to do this because my experience may assist someone else and I know it will help me.

October, 2006  Unexplained Pain

It hurts on the right side of my upper abdomen whenever the cat jumps on me. I mention it to my primary care physician. He says since I've had a colonoscopy, it cannot be that type of problem. He suggests that perhaps my gyn can order an ultrasound when I see her next week or so. He confirms that I have another hernia and I get a referral to my surgeon.  It continues to hurt when the cat jumps on me and I decide maybe it is due to the hernia. For some reason. in the back of my mind I have concerns about ovarian cancer.

When I see the gyn, I ask her the location of the ovaries and tell her about the pain. She suggests I talk with my primary care doc. I tell her that he said I should talk to her. She presses on the right ovary and I feel no pain. She says the pain is too high up to be from the ovary and is more likely bowel related. I get a clean bill of health. It continues to hurt when the cat jumps on me.

November, 2007  Hernia Surgery Schedule

I am scheduled for hernia surgery and tell my family and friends not to fuss. I have already had a partial hysterectomy, an appendectomy, gall bladder surgery and 3 hernia repair surgeries. I don't want them to stress themselves out any more. I'll be fine.

November 27,2007: The Day of the Surgery WILL BE FOUND IN CHAPTER 2

THIS JOURNAL HAS SEVERAL CHAPTERS. AS OF FEB. 15,2009 THERE ARE 7.