Good morning!
I am back until Thursday, when the parts for my computer should be here.
I will be sure to post Friday's Favorites on Thursday  afternoon before I take my computer in again.
I hope I won't be away for more than a few days and will be looking forward to returning...alas I am addicted!

As  most of you know by now I have been making numerous trips to the doctor and hospital for the last 15 months trying to determine what is causing the pain I have been dealing with.

Due to the fact that I already have IBS I at first figured that was the problem until I started having symptoms that could not be attributed to that and then after having to go to the emergency room they discovered after a CAT Scan that I have acute epiploic appendagitis, unfortunately  that is suppose to come in attacks as does the irritable bowel and the pain continued my family doctor was wonderful and booked every known test to find out what was going on with me.

Now after many tests and specialist appointments I was lucky enough to have a student doctor point out something that noone else noticed, my Superior Mesentric Artery is blocked, this is the artery that comes from the aorta and feeds the bowel and intestines so even though my appointment with the vascular surgeon is a month and a half away I am very thankful to that student doctor for being so observant and finding this out as I was to the point where I truly was considering putting myself out of my misery with no end in sight to the pain I have been suffering.
I thank God for answering my prayers and sending me in the right direction to be diagnosed.
I am sure my family is sick of hearing me complain...I know I am sick of complaining.
If any of you have heard of this or can offer some advice on dealing with the pain for the next month and a half (meds do not touch the pain as it is like an angina attack but in the abdomen and nitro spray doesen't work for that) I would be truly thankful for the advice.
I am going to post links to both the sites for the Epiploic Appendagitis and Mesentric Artery Ischemia  for anyone that is interested in learning more about these conditions.

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday !

http://www.mssurg.net/Team5Conferences/2005-6/Epiploic%20Appendagitis.pdf
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/191451-overview