MSW Summer Open Small Works Exhibit Opening

I barely made it to the opening, at 3:00. It was from 2-4. Sorry, if I missed anyone. I absolutely had to drag myself there. It was a good turn out, even at the halfway point. Lots of good artwork. I got a few complements myself. I really love all the folks from Mid-Southern Watercolorists. If you're a water-media artist in the South, I highly recommend joining this organization. I wish I felt well enough to be more involved. Even so, I still feel it's the most involved I've felt with an art community since college. Thanks to those who came! I really appreciate it.

CT Scan Results

Well, had a ct scan on Tuesday, and got the results on Thrus., which didn't show anything wrong. So, Dr. Moutos is back to shoulder shrugging, and expecting me to stop with the prescription pain killers, even though I'm still having pain. Seems insane to me.

Having a ct scan is really awful. Unlike when my mother had one, they gave me the 2 glass of barium in the main lobby. My mother got to be in a hospital bed. I was already doing badly, since I couldn't have anything to eat or drink after midnight, which meant no pain medicine too. It was almost impossible to get the second glass down. In the 20 minute break between glasses, my body had definitely figured out that it was poisonous. I had to fight to keep it down, at which point the nurses finally sent me to a changing room. I felt bad for the nurse who did my scan, cause I was having a complete mental breakdown. I'm not good about needles, and she put it in below my right thumb( I'm right-handed). It's so very bruised the past few days, even though it's almost been a week. She injected the iodine, which feels so cold going up your arm, then it makes you feel like you wet yourself, even though you haven't. Then I had to hold my breath, which was so hard considering how sick I felt. On top of it all, you then have to wait 20 minutes, to find out if they turned out alright. I passed out in the car, on the way home. Made it back home, just in time for my body to decide that the barium had to go out the other end, since I never threw up. This next sentence is gross, so if sensitive, skip to the next paragraph. It actually turned my poo off-white. Yes, it was that bad. You know if something does that, it has to be bad for you. Hope that you never have to get a ct scan.

So now I have to see a gastrologist to rule out the pain being cause by my guts, I'm pretty sure it's not. It's a weird pain, right around the incision site. Dr. Moutos says it would be extremely rare, but my intestine could be stuck to the incision site, which is not detectable by any kind of scan, only by opening me up, would he be able to find out. Who wants a surgery, were you don't know for sure if you need it? I'm really at my wits end. I'm so tired of not being able to do anything. I feel like screaming.

I thought my life would be back to normal by now. I'm so frustrated.

MSW Summer Open Small Works Exhibition

I want to invite everyone to the opening reception for the Mid-Southern Watercolorist Open Membership Exhibit at Cantrell Gallery. It's on July 8, from 2:00 til 4:00, located at 8206 Cantrell Rd, Little Rock, AR, 72227. I have "Sourwood Bonsai" in this show.

I plan on attending, but I'm still having pain from the surgery, so there is a chance that I won't be able to attend. I should be having a ct scan in the next week to find out if I have a surgical hernia or whatever is causing the continued pain. I found out last week that I have a couple of cysts on the same ovary, so I'm not very happy about that. I may have to have another surgery, so don't be surprised if there is another long period of neglect of this blog. Sorry. I'll try to post once I find out more.

I appreciate any continued support through this ordeal. Thankyou!