6 June - The Problem With Gall Bladders

The problem with gall bladders is similar to all those other things we take for granted like electricity or water -- you never think of them when all is running fine, but when something goes wrong... you really notice it and it becomes a big problem. Sarah has been getting gall bladder attacks periodically which are very painful. We even ended up taking her to the emergency room late at night last week because the pain was so severe (she said childbirth was preferable - and she did childbirth with no drugs!). Turns out the attack ended about 1 hr after we go there and she was fine afterwards (thank you to our neighbor Pat for staying at the house with the kids!), but we don't want to let things go on like this... so she'll be meeting up with a surgeon next week to discuss removing her gall bladder. We're not sure if this is related to her breast cancer or not. All we know is that an ultrasound shows "sludge" but no stones in her gall bladder. Typically, the best medical solution to a problem like this is removal and a modified diet afterwards.
Other than that, Sarah is doing fairly well. Her hair did not fall out this week - turns out that Carboplatin doesn't make everyone's hair fall out and when it does, the time can vary quite a bit. So, next week will be eventful and mostly not-fun: talk to surgeon, go out for a birthday dinner with hubby (for salad?) on day b4 birthday, get chemo on birthday (or get surgery instead and delay chemo 10dys). Well, you do what you have to, right? We're keeping our fingers crossed for no more gall bladder attacks.